Aam Aadmi Party today announced the first list of 20 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. Announcing the list after the party's Political Affairs Committee meeting in New Delhi, AAP leader Sanjay Singh said it said Kumar Vishwas will contest from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh which is currently represented by the Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi.

Journalist-turned-politician Ashutosh will fight from Chandni Chowk in Delhi while lawyer H S Phoolka will contest from Ludhiana constitutency in Punjab. These two constituencies are being represented by Law Minister Kapil Sibal and Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari in the current Lok Sabha respectively.

Other Aam Aadmi Party leaders whose names have been announced include Yogendra Yadav from Gurgaon, Baba Hardev Singh from Mainpuri which is held by SP Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mukul Tripathi from Farukhabad in UP at present represented by External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid.

BJP leader Nitin Gadkari who is likely to contest from Nagpur will face Anjali Damania, social activist Medha Patekar will contest from Mumbai North-East while banker Meera Sanyal will fight from South Mumbai held presently by Union Minister Milind Deora.

Sanjay Singh said the Political Affairs Committee also decided to make Yogendra Yadav in charge of Assembly poll campaign in Haryana.