New Delhi, January 3: Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday named a prominent chartered accountant and former president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India N D Gupta, businessman and social activist Sushil Gupta and party functionary Sanjay Singh as three nominees for the Rajya Sabha elections scheduled on January 16.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced the names after a meeting of the party’s political affairs committee at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence.
The name of founder member Kumar Vishwas, who has been fancying his chances for a long time, was not even considered. Vishwas took a dig at the APP leadership after his name was not included in the list of three Rajya Sabha candidates. “I was punished for speaking the truth. I accept my martyrdom,” he told reporters.