AAP extends support to RLD candidate Aishwarya Raj in Basti

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Feb 24 2017 | 5:42 PM IST
Aam Aadmi Party today extended its support to RLD candidate Aishwarya Raj Singh, who has quit his job in Tata Consultancy Service to test electoral waters in the back of the beyond Basti Sadar seat.
Aam Aadmi Party, which is not contesting the assembly elections, in Uttar Pradesh said in its support letter that Aishwarya Raj does not have any criminal record and is most educated among all the candidates in the electoral fray.
The letter was issued by Anand Rajpal, who was candidate for Member of Parliament for the party from Basti seat.
Aishwarya, who is contesting the seat, belongs to the royal family of Basti and his father was a local MLA while mother a senior Railway officer.
An engineer by education, he had served Tata Consultancy Service in the United States before getting posted in Lucknow.
The seat is going for polls on February 27, for which 14 candidates are in the fray.

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First Published: Feb 24 2017 | 5:42 PM IST

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