Khetan's name was among the 61 candidates in AAP's fourth list released by it for the upcoming polls that included former Infosys CFO V Balakrishnan from Bangalore Central.
In the fourth list, the party has announced names of two candidates from Delhi, 39 from Uttar Pradesh four from Haryana, 13 in Karnataka and three in Punjab.
Interestingly, the party has declared candidates for all seven seats of which three worked as journalist, two are academicians while one is a defence personnel and another is a social activist.
From Chandani Chowk, the party has fielded journalist Ashutosh and Jarnial Singh, another journalist who hurled a shoe at Union Minister P Chidambaram in 2009, from West Delhi.
Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and a noted academician, is in electoral fray from East Delhi while JNU professor Anand Kumar will contest from North-East Delhi.
Besides Balakrishnan, the Karnataka list includes Nina Nayak from Bangalore South, where former Infosys CEO and UIADI chairman Nandan Nilekani is in fray. The seat is currently held by BJP's general secretary Ananth Kumar.
Candidates for 39 seats have been declared from Uttar Pradesh with prominent being party leader and PAC member Illyas Azmi from Lakhmipur Parliamentary seat. This also includes the Kaushambi and Gautam Buddha Nagar seats, where AAP holds considerable influence.
The party has also declared candidates for three seats of Bhiwani, Faridabad and Karnal Parliamentary seats in Haryana.
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