Assembly poll prep on, AAP may repeat four Lok Sabha candidates

Singh has previously represented the constituency on a BJP ticket. He joined AAP in 2017 and the party believes he was instrumental in helping it win the Bawana bypoll that year.

When contacted, Singh said he was unaware of any such development. “I am in the party because of Arvind Kejriwal, whatever role he has in mind for me, I will fulfil. I have not asked him for a ticket,” he said.

Other names being discussed, sources said, are of Dilip Pandey, Atishi and Pankaj Gupta.

Raghav Chadha is also under consideration but, sources said, he has told the party he is undecided.

Pandey, the former Delhi state unit convenor, contested Lok Sabha polls from North East Delhi against BJP’s Manoj Tiwari and Congress’s Sheila Dikshit. He stepped down from the post of convenor after the loss in Delhi municipal polls in 2017.

“Pandey has been active in Timarpur constituency for the past few weeks, attending volunteer meetings and meeting people,” said a party official. Pandey did not respond to calls or messages.

The current MLA from the area, Pankaj Pushkar, was seen as a rebel by the party till a few months ago as he had sided with Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan when the rift between party chief Arvind Kejriwal and the two had become public.

Over the past six months, however, he has again become active in the party circle.

The party is also looking to field Durgesh Pathak, its youngest Political Affairs Committee member and national organisation building in-charge, from Karawal Nagar. The current Karawal Nagar MLA, Kapil Mishra, was suspended from primary membership of the party in 2017.

Pathak, who has also been attending small meetings in Karawal Nagar area, told The Indian Express that no discussions over his candidature had happened.

“I am not holding meetings in Karawal Nagar alone. I am going wherever the party is sending me,” he said.