New Delhi/IBNS, Jan. 31 -- Seven Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs have resigned five days before the crucial Delhi election stating that they lost faith in party supremo Arvind Kejriwal.

None of these MLAs got tickets to contest the election this time.

The MLAs who resigned include Naresh Yadav (Mehrauli), Rohit Kumar (Trilokpuri), Rajesh Rishi (Janakpuri), Madan Lal (Kasturba Nagar), Pawan Sharma (Adarsh Nagar), and Bhawna Goud (Palam). BS Joon (Bijwasan) was the first AAP MLA who gave his papers.

Naresh Yadav, who represented Mehrauli, was convicted by a Punjab court in a Quran desecration case in December and sentenced to two-year jail.

When the AAP released its fifth list of candidates for the Delhi election, the party announced Mahende...