AAP's picks for Rajya Sabha include Harbhajan Singh, Raghav Chadha

Punjab has become the second state after Delhi where the AAP has its government.

Cricketer Harbhajan Singh, Delhi MLA Raghav Chadha, and IIT Delhi professor Dr Sandeep Pathak are among the Aam Aadmi Party picks for Rajya Sabha. The elections for Rajya Sabha will be held on March 31. Punjab became the second state last week where Arvind Kejriwal's party has formed a government after Delhi.

Rajya Sabha election: The AAP has picked five leaders for the March 31 election. 

Lovely Professional University chancellor, Ashok Mittal, and Sanjeev Arora, an entrepreneur from Punjab, have also been nominated to the Rajya Sabha. by the party.

“I've come here to file nomination for Rajya Sabha. I want to thank Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann for nominating me at such a young age. I'll raise the issue of Punjab's people and protect their interests in parliament,” Chadha, 33, told news agency ANI on Monday.

Soon after the party claimed a handsome win in the Punjab elections with 92 of 117 assembly seats, Harbhajan Singh had tweeted a congratualtory message for Bhagwant Mann. “Congratulations to @AamAadmiParty and My friend #BhagwantMann on Becoming our New Chief minister .. great to hear that he will be taking oath as the new CM in Bhagat Singh’s village Khatkarkalan...what a picture...this is a proud moment for Mata ji (sic)”, he wrote.

There are 13 Rajya Sabha seats to which elections will be held on March 31. Of the 13 seats, Punjab lawmakers will vote for five MPs, three will be elected from Kerala, two from Assam, and one each from Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and Tripura.

The victory in Punjab is set to give a boost to the AAP in Rajya Sabha. The party has three MPs presently in the upper house, and all of them are from Delhi.

In a message to the new state ministers, Arvind Kejriwal asked them to perform or perish as Bhagwant Man continues to enforce the government's anti-corruption agenda.

The results in the fresh round of state elections has already given a shot in the arm to the BJP and the party is set to cross the 100-mark for the first time this year after retaining four of five states - Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa.

(With inputs from ANI)