Atishi Marlena Surname

Senior AAP leader Atishi, who is in the middle of a row for dropping her surname Marlena ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, said on Saturday talks should not be on her name change but on her work.

Atishi, AAP's possible Lok Sabha candidate from East Delhi, dropped her last name "Marlena" for electoral purposes. But she is not the only one from the party. AAP's Jangpura MLA Praveen Kumar too had removed his last name "Deshmukh" in the 2015 Assembly poll.

Former Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashutosh alleged today that he had been forced to mention his last name, even though he never used one, by the party when he was fighting the 2014 national election from a constituency in Delhi. Ashutosh, a former journalist, quit the AAP on August 15, citing personal reasons.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s Atishi Marlena, chosen by the party as a candidate for the 2019 national election, has dropped her last name. AAP has denied reports that it forced her to change her name because it was "Christian-sounding".

Senior AAP leader Atishi, who is in the middle of a row for dropping her surname Marlena ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, said on Saturday talks should not be on her name change but on her work.

Atishi, AAP's possible Lok Sabha candidate from East Delhi, dropped her last name "Marlena" for electoral purposes. But she is not the only one from the party. AAP's Jangpura MLA Praveen Kumar too had removed his last name "Deshmukh" in the 2015 Assembly poll.

Former Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashutosh alleged today that he had been forced to mention his last name, even though he never used one, by the party when he was fighting the 2014 national election from a constituency in Delhi. Ashutosh, a former journalist, quit the AAP on August 15, citing personal reasons.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s Atishi Marlena, chosen by the party as a candidate for the 2019 national election, has dropped her last name. AAP has denied reports that it forced her to change her name because it was "Christian-sounding".