New Delhi :  Swati Maliwal resigned as the chief of the Delhi Commission for Women after she was nominated for the January 19 Rajya Sabha elections by the Aam Aadmi Party on Friday. 

The Aam Aadmi Party renominated Sanjay Singh and ND Gupta for a second term in the Upper House of Parliament, party sources said on Friday.

The party’s political affairs committee (PAC) announced the nominations.

“DCW chairperson Swati Maliwal has been nominated for the first time. The PAC has decided to continue with Sanjay Singh and ND Gupta for their respective second term as Rajya Sabha members,” news agency quoted sources as saying.

Sushil Kumar Gupta, whose tenure will end this month as a member of the Rajya Sabha, has conveyed his aspiration to fully immerse himself in the electoral politics of Haryana where the AAP wants to fight elections later this year, the above-mentioned source said.

A court in Delhi has allowed Sanjay Singh,  arrested in the excise policy money laundering case, to sign forms and documents for his Rajya Sabha renomination.

Special Judge MK Nagpal passed the order on an application filed by the politician, who submitted that his present term as a member of the Rajya Sabha is expiring on January 27 and the Returning Officer has issued a notice on January 2 for conduct of the election and nominations for the same are to be submitted by January 9.

The application sought a direction to the Tihar Jail Superintendent to allow Singh to sign the documents.