New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has named Mahender Chaudhary as its candidate for the Mehrauli Assembly seat after Naresh Yadav, the initially announced candidate, decided to withdraw from the race. Yadav, who currently serves as an AAP MLA, posted on social media that he would not be contesting the upcoming elections due to an ongoing police case against him. The case, filed in Punjab, accuses him of involvement in a Quran desecration incident. In the post, Yadav said that he had joined AAP 12 years ago, motivated by the integrity of Arvind Kejriwal.
Yadav to skip Delhi polls
Announcing his decision not to contest the Delhi Assembly Elections 2025, Naresh Yadav said in his post on the social media platform, “12 years ago, inspired by Arvind Kejriwal’s politics of honesty, I joined the Aam Aadmi Party. This party has given me a lot. Today, after meeting Arvind Kejriwal, I told him that I will not contest elections until I am honorably acquitted by the court.”
He added, “I am completely innocent and the allegations leveled against me are politically motivated and false. That is why I have requested them to free me from contesting the elections. I will continue to serve the people of Mehrauli and like a common worker, I will put in all my efforts to make Kejriwal the CM again.”
