Ahmedabad: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to official kick-start campaigning for the upcoming Gujarat poll on March 26th from the capital of the state Gandhinagar.
Earlier, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was slated to be held in December-with an ‘azadi’ rally by party supremo.
In charge of the party’s poll organisation in Gujarat, Gopal Rai said on Monday that the party will organise ‘azadi’ rallies in all 182 constituencies from March 16th and will end its last rally on March 26th.
The AAP leader said that the party has already announced it will contest on all 182 assembly seats in Gujarat.
Rai said the Delhi Chief Minister will formally launch the party’s campaign, “We want the people to be free of the fear of (BJP President) Amit Shah’s gang and that of the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Gujarat.”
Arvind Kejriwal to start Gujarat poll campaign on March 26th
He said party that his party’s volunteers will collect memorandums from all constituencies during their rallies and present them to Kejriwal in Gandhinagar.
He added. “Earlier, we were to submit these to Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, but looking at the ruling party’s stance vis-a-vis farmers, women’s safety and other issues, we have decided to boycott the Chief Minister. These memorandums will now be submitted to Kejriwal with a request to make them a part of the AAP manifesto.”
The AAP on Monday also announced the return of suspended former convener Sukhdev Patel to the party as a member of the manifesto draft committee.
Patel who is an education activist and AAP member since its formation at the national level was made party convener for Gujarat but was later suspended for three years in 2015.
