NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party AAP ) recently dropped five candidates, including three in Uttar Pradesh, after negative internal reports. So far, 15 candidates have been withdrawn by the party.Candidates for Robertsganj, Fatehpur Sikri and Ambedkar Nagar in UP were asked to withdraw their candidature when senior party leaders realized that they were not campaigning effectively, while a Bihar candidate was dropped from the poll race after it was found that he had a case of kidnapping against him that he had not declared. Similarly, bowing to public perception, an Odisha candidate was asked to withdraw when it came to light that there were 28 criminal cases pending against him including one of murder.While the UP candidates will be replaced, the constituencies of Karakat in Bihar and Kandamal in Odisha will remain vacant as the last date of nomination has passed. The names of Ram Dhyan Bharti from Robertsganj, Kramveer Chakravarti from Ambedkar Nagar and Mahaveer Singh Solanki from Fatehpur Sikri have been withdrawn and will be replaced, a senior party leader said.The party asked Narendra Mohanty from Kandamal and Ghulam Kundanam from Karakat to withdraw their candidature following pending criminal cases that came under public scrutiny. With this, the party is contesting from 424 seats in the Lok Sabha elections."We receive daily candidate reports. If we find criminal or corruption charges against any candidate, we will withdraw them even at the last minute like we have done for the Odisha and Bihar candidates. The seat can go uncontested but we will not field tainted people," a senior AAP leader said.In the last one month, Abhilasha Jatav has returned the party ticket from Jalaun, Iliyaas Aazmi from Lakhimpur Kheri, Iqbal Mustafa from Faizabad, Asharfi Lal from Shahjahanpur and Khalid Pervez from Moradabad. The party had also asked Dilip Yadav from Etah, Ravindar Singh from Agra and Ajay Somani from Ajmer to withdraw from the race.In Delhi, AAP fielded Rakhi Birla in place of Mahendar Singh from North-West Delhi after a case of his arrest in a case came to light while it has fielded Gul Panag after Savita Bhatti, who was initially given ticket, refused to contest in Chandigarh owing to opposition to her candidature by local party workers.Meanwhile, AAP announced its 15th list for the Lok Sabha polls on Friday with 14 candidates in the fray. The list includes candidates from Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. The list includes old AAP loyalist Dinesh Waghela from Ahmedabad East.