India, Jan. 31 -- Seven Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators, who were overlooked for the upcoming Delhi assembly elections and were replaced by other candidates for the polls, resigned from the party on Friday.

The AAP is contesting all 70 seats in the Capital, which is set to go to polls on February 5, but dropped 20 incumbent MLAs, fielding turncoats from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress in some constituencies.

Commenting on Friday's development the party stated that there was "dissatisfaction" after some leaders were denied tickets, and claimed that the BJP "lured" them away.

The seven MLAs who quit the AAP are: Rohit Mehraulia from Trilokpura, Madan Lal (Kasturba Nagar), Rajesh Rishi (Janakpuri), Naresh Yadav (Mehrauli),...