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Mamata to field AAP rebel in east Delhi


Anna Hazare dealt the first blow to Arvind Kejrwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) by throwing his weight behind Mamata Banerjee for the Lok Sabha polls. Now Trinamool Congress plans to field Vinod Kumar Binny — who rebelled against the AAP leadership after winning assembly polls in Delhi — as its contestant from East Delhi parliamentary constituency.

Binny seems to be obvious Hazare choice as he plans to target AAP in one of its stronghold constituencies. Binny turned rebel after he was not made a minister in the Kejriwal cabinet and was finally ousted from the party. Bitter at the way he parted ways, Binny is expected to go the full length against Rajmohan Gandhi, the AAP candidate in the constituency.

The announcement of Binny's name along with all the six other TMC candidates in Delhi is expected to be made on March 12 at the joint rally of Mamata and Hazare at the Ramlila Grounds here. Binny's contest will also be against Congress MP and former Delhi CM's son Sandeep Dikshit.

Mamata and Hazare will also hold a joint rally in Narendra Modi's domain in Ahmedabad on March 20, with TMC planning to put up candidates in Gujarat. The state is also a key area that Kejriwal is looking at to spoil Modi's game on his home turf.

A two-time councillor, Binny contested the 2013 Delhi assembly elections from east Delhi. He was earlier with BJP and won his second municipal election as an independent. He had emerged as AAP's poster boy as one of the very few politically experienced candidates of the party which showcased his model of mohalla sabhas as an excellent example of 'swaraj'.

The first rift between Binny and the party emerged towards the end of December when Kejriwal announced his cabinet. Binny made his displeasure amply clear and it took two senior AAP members to placate him. While this first sign of dissent was brushed under the carpet, another fissure showed up when Binny was denied a Lok Sabha ticket.
 
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