C’garh polls: All AAP candidates lose deposit

Raipur, Dec 20: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) suffered a massive defeat in the recently-held Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh with all its candidates losing their deposit.

          The party, led by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, tried its luck for the first time in Chhattisgarh polls and fielded candidates from 85 seats, out of the total 90 seats in the state.

          In its bid to woo tribal communities, particularly in Bastar division, the party had declared Komal Hupendi, who contested from Scheduled Tribe (ST) reserved Bhanupratappur seat, as its chief ministerial face.

          However, all candidates of the AAP, including Hupendi who got 9,634 votes, lost their deposits.

          The party bagged only 0.9 per cent votes, less than the NOTA votes, which were two per cent of the counted votes in the state, he said.

          AAP’s state convener, Sanket Thakur, who contested from Raipur rural seat, managed to get only 1,096 votes.