Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party, which is euphoric over its massive win in Punjab and gaining a foothold in Goa, is now looking to expand its reach in Gujarat state is due for elections later in the year.
The party plans several events to begin on Saturday in the state that the BJP has run since 1995.
The Delhi Chief Minister and Bhagwant Mann and his Punjab colleague Bhagwant Mann arrived in Ahmedabad on a visit lasting two days.
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On Saturday, they’ll go to the Sabarmati Ashram and then hold an event that spans two kilometers, called “Tiranga Yatra.” The following Sunday will be a trip to the city of Ahmedabad’s Swaminarayan Temple has been scheduled.
In the wake of the recent incident at the residence of Mr. Kejriwal in Delhi, The AAP’s Gujarat unit has requested that the Ahmedabad Police chief take additional steps to ensure the security and safety of both leaders.
Mr. Kejriwal announced last year that AAP would challenge all 182 assembly seats in Gujarat.
The party also did very well in the local body elections in March this year. AAP got 42 seats, 31 in the Taluka panchayats. nine seats in municipal bodies and two district panchayats.
AAP began its journey in Gujarat during the elections for the assembly but failed to secure even one seat. The party’s 29 candidates lost their money since the party’s most famous faces, such as Mr. Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia -failed to attend the election.
This time it was the case that Mr. Kejriwal had made an earlier beginning, organizing an event in Surat shortly after last year’s municipal elections.
The BJP was a party that accelerated its campaign just a day after the assembly elections, with a rally led by PM Narendra Modi, who had declared that AAP is more of a rival to Congress.
Mr. Kejriwal was furious, citing his party’s record in Delhi, where it was able to win just 28 of the seats at the very first election that it ran in and continued to win the city with 67 seats out of the 70 seats.
In the last election, AAP practically did a similar success in Delhi. This time turned to Punjab, which saw it sweep all the Congress, BJP, and the Akali Dal to victory. It began opening its account in Goa by winning 2 seats at the just-completed assembly elections.
