AAP seeks to strike balance in candidate selection

The party has also managed to field activists, who for years, have been taking up cudgels against various state governments over different issues.

Narmada Bachao Andolan pioneer Patkar is in fray from Mumbai North-east while another NBA activist Alok Agarwal is contesting from Khandwa.

Similarly, tribal activist Soni Sori is contesting from Bastar in Chhattisgarh whereas anti-Posco leader Lingraj is contesting from Bargarh in Odisha.

Experts from the field of academics, literary world and science are also in fray on AAP tickets. Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, is contesting from East Delhi whereas Malyali writer Sara Joseph is in fray from Thrissur in Kerala.

The party has also been able to attract serving and former bureaucrats. Former IPS officer Kanchan Choudhary Bhattacharya, first woman DGP of any state, will contest from Haridwar in Uttarakhand.