<p>The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday released its first list of 10 candidates for the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls that will be held at the end of the year.</p>.<p> Five of these seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes.</p>.Congress chief Kharge to attend Chhattisgarh govt's 'Bharose ka Sammelan' event on September 8.<p>Among the 10 candidates are the Arvind Kejriwal-led party's state unit chief Komal Hupendi and farmers' leader Tejram Vidrohi.</p>.<p>"First list of AAP candidates for Chhattisgarh elections is out. All the best to all candidates. Is baar chalegi Jhadu (this time broom will sweep). #ChhattisgarhMangeKejriwal," the party wrote on X, formerly Twitter, where the list was released.</p>.<p>In the 2018 Assembly polls, AAP had fielded 85 candidates but all them ended up losing their deposits. The polls to the 90-member House were swept by the Congress, which ousted the Bharatiya Janata Party after 15 years in power.</p>.<p>Hupendi, who lost from Bhanupratappur (ST) seat in 2018 has been fielded from there again. He had joined the AAP in 2016 after quitting his government job as cooperative extension officer, a party functionary said.</p>.<p>A native of Mungwal village in Bhanupratappur area, Hupendi has an MA degree from a Bilaspur college and was selected in 2008 as cooperative extension officer through Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC), he said.</p>.<p>Vidrohi has been fielded from Rajim seat and Anand Prakash Miri, who is heading the party's poll manifesto committee, from Akaltara seat.</p>.<p>The other candidates whose names have been announced are Baloo Ram Bhawani (Dantewada-ST), Narendra Kumar Nag (Narayanpur-ST), Vishal Kelkar (Korba), Raja Ram Lakra (Pathalgaon-ST), Khadagraj Singh (Kawardha), Surendra Gupta (Bhatgaon) and Leos Minj (Kunkuri-ST).</p>.<p>Kelkar had contested 2018 assembly polls from Korba seat as an independent candidate and polled 4,859 votes, he said.</p>.<p>In the 2018 polls, the Congress won 68 seats, while the BJP was victorious on 15 seats.</p>.<p>Last month, the BJP released its first list of candidates for 21 seats for the Chhattisgarh polls. The ruling Congress is yet to announce its list of candidates.</p>.<p>The Election Commission of India has not declared the poll schedule for Chhattisgarh as yet. </p>
<p>The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday released its first list of 10 candidates for the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls that will be held at the end of the year.</p>.<p> Five of these seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes.</p>.Congress chief Kharge to attend Chhattisgarh govt's 'Bharose ka Sammelan' event on September 8.<p>Among the 10 candidates are the Arvind Kejriwal-led party's state unit chief Komal Hupendi and farmers' leader Tejram Vidrohi.</p>.<p>"First list of AAP candidates for Chhattisgarh elections is out. All the best to all candidates. Is baar chalegi Jhadu (this time broom will sweep). #ChhattisgarhMangeKejriwal," the party wrote on X, formerly Twitter, where the list was released.</p>.<p>In the 2018 Assembly polls, AAP had fielded 85 candidates but all them ended up losing their deposits. The polls to the 90-member House were swept by the Congress, which ousted the Bharatiya Janata Party after 15 years in power.</p>.<p>Hupendi, who lost from Bhanupratappur (ST) seat in 2018 has been fielded from there again. He had joined the AAP in 2016 after quitting his government job as cooperative extension officer, a party functionary said.</p>.<p>A native of Mungwal village in Bhanupratappur area, Hupendi has an MA degree from a Bilaspur college and was selected in 2008 as cooperative extension officer through Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC), he said.</p>.<p>Vidrohi has been fielded from Rajim seat and Anand Prakash Miri, who is heading the party's poll manifesto committee, from Akaltara seat.</p>.<p>The other candidates whose names have been announced are Baloo Ram Bhawani (Dantewada-ST), Narendra Kumar Nag (Narayanpur-ST), Vishal Kelkar (Korba), Raja Ram Lakra (Pathalgaon-ST), Khadagraj Singh (Kawardha), Surendra Gupta (Bhatgaon) and Leos Minj (Kunkuri-ST).</p>.<p>Kelkar had contested 2018 assembly polls from Korba seat as an independent candidate and polled 4,859 votes, he said.</p>.<p>In the 2018 polls, the Congress won 68 seats, while the BJP was victorious on 15 seats.</p>.<p>Last month, the BJP released its first list of candidates for 21 seats for the Chhattisgarh polls. The ruling Congress is yet to announce its list of candidates.</p>.<p>The Election Commission of India has not declared the poll schedule for Chhattisgarh as yet. </p>