Hours after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced its list of candidates for the upcoming bye-elections to 12 wards of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Sunday, former Matia Mahal MLA Shoaib Iqbal (60), a seasoned leader from Old Delhi, resigned from the party. He claimed that the AAP has “failed to live up to the expectations of the people” of the Capital.

“I feel the AAP has failed to fulfil its promises and has not lived up to the expectations of the people of Delhi . I was tired of their ideology and strategy. That’s why I have resigned from the primary membership of the AAP today. I am no longer associated with it now,” the veteran leader said.

Soon after the veteran politician quit, the BJP latched on to the opportunity, and termed November 9 the “Sunday of Scandals” in

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