New Delhi, February 27
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday declared its second list of 30 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections that includes five from Haryana and one each from Delhi, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Rajmohan Gandhi, a noted academician and grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, will contest elections from the East Delhi parliamentary seat against Sandeep Dikshit, Congress MP and son of former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.

From Haryana, Naveen Jaihind, who led the movement for Right to Information Act and campaigned for Swaraj in the state, will be pitted against Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s son Deepender Singh Hooda in Rohtak.

Apart from Jaihind, the party has fielded farmer-activist Balwinder Kaur from Kurukshetra, a seat represented by Congress leader and millionaire-industrialist Naveen Jindal. The party has also given ticket to social activist Poonam Chand Ratti from Sirsa.

Former IAS officer Yudhbir Singh Khyalia will contest from Hisar, the seat currently represented by Kuldeep Bishnoi, son of ex-CM Bhajan Lal, while social activist and advocate Jaisingh Thekedar will contest from Sonepat.

Army ex-deputy chief Lt General Raj Kadyan (retd), who championed the cause of one rank-one pension, would contest from Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu constituency. Rajan Sushant, the BJP ex-MP known for his active role in the Jaypee Pong Dam rehabilitation, will be the party candidate from Kangra.

From Punjab, cardiologist Dr Dharamvir Gandhi will enter the electoral contest from Patiala, a seat held by Union Minister and Punjab ex-CM Amarinder Singh’s wife Preneet Kaur.

RTI activist Dr Muzaffar Bhat, who joined the party today, will contest from Srinagar, a seat currently represented by Union Minister and National Conference stalwart Farooq Abdullah.

The party also named 10 candidates from Maharashtra, six from Madhya Pradesh, three from Rajasthan and one from Gujarat. Some of the prominent names are: Atul Bhai Sekhda (Junagarh, Gujarat), Samina Khan (Sangli, Maharashtra), Bhagwat Rajput (Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh), Major Surendra Punia (Sikar, Rajasthan), and HC Arya (Almora, Uttarakhand).