Delhi Elections: AAP member accuses Manish Sisodia of asking for Rs 10 crore to get ticket, resigns

Less than 24 hours after the Aam Aadmi Party announced its list of candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Delhi, party leader Narayan Dutt Sharma on Wednesday accused Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia of asking him to cough up Rs 10 crore to get the ticket from Badarpur constituency.

"Manish Sisodia called me to his house and said that 20-21 crore were being offered by Ram Singh for the ticket from my constituency, and then proceeded to ask me how much I was ready to cough up. Sisodia asked me for Rs 10 crore, I said that I did not have the money as I am an honest man," Sharma told news agency ANI.

Sharma further said that the party has given tickets in several constituencies in exchange for money.

"There are many places where tickets have been taken away from party leaders and given to others in exchange for bags filled with money," he said.

Sharma also said he has tendered his resignation from the party and will contest elections as an independent candidate. "I have already resigned from the party. My next goal is to go among the public and unmask the corrupt here. I will fight elections from Badarpur independently against the AAP and candidates from other parties," he said.

Delhi goes to polls on February 8 and the results will be declared on February 11.

(With ANI inputs)