Mohali, May 16 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday released its first list of 42 candidates for the upcoming Mohali Municipal Corporation (MC) elections in Punjab. The remaining eight candidates are being finalised, leaders said. The ruling party has fielded 19 women. The list includes five scheduled caste candidates and two from backward class.

Former Mohali mayor and AAP MLA Kulwant Singh said the party has largely banked on experienced faces. "More than 90% of our candidates are old-timers. Only one or two comprise new faces. Twenty of the 42 declared candidates filed their nomination papers today. The remaining eight candidates are also finalised," he said.

One of the new faces is ward 39 candidate Sharanjeet Kaur, who switched o...