Arvind Kejriwal, the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Delhi chief minister, said on Monday that the party will run for all seats in the Gujarat legislative assembly elections in 2022. In Ahmedabad, he was speaking at a news conference. “Our candidates will contest on all seats,” Kejriwal said.
“People here (Gujarat) think if electricity can be free in Delhi, why not here? Likewise, for hospitals also the condition has not improved in 70 years here. But things will change now,” he added.
Earlier in the day, Gujarat’s senior journalist Isudan Gadhvi joined the AAP in the presence of Kejriwal.
Kejriwal reached Gujarat on Monday for a one-day visit to the state. “Havey badlashe Gujarat. Kaley hun Gujarat aavi rahyo chhu, Gujarat na bhai-behno ney malish (the state will transform now, am coming to Gujarat tomorrow and meet the people of the state),” Kejriwal had tweeted in Gujarati ahead of his visit on Sunday.
After winning 27 out of 120 seats in the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) elections in 2021, this is Kejriwal’s second visit to Gujarat. Candidates from the Kejriwal-led party ran in all local bodies, including municipal corporations, municipalities, districts, and taluka panchayats.
He will also dedicate the new state office of the party, which is located on Ashram Road. According to party spokeswoman Tuli Banerjee, Kejriwal would travel for Delhi on the same day.
Kejriwal’s visit comes only a day after two diametrically opposed Patidar (Patel) factions – Kadva Patel and Leuva Patel – got together in Rajkot’s Kagwad to applaud AAP.
