The AAP in Delhi faces an uphill task as its president and chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, is in jail.
New Delhi:
Recovering from its defeat in the Delhi Lok Sabha elections, the Ahmed Aadmi Party (AAP) has started focusing on next year’s state assembly elections in the national capital, galvanising its legislators and volunteers to step up public relations efforts and undertake development works.
Despite enjoying overwhelming support in consecutive state elections in 2015 and 2020, winning 67 and 62 seats respectively, the AAP was disappointed in the recent Lok Sabha elections when it failed to win any of the four constituencies it contested in Delhi.
Party leaders said despite the setback in the Assembly elections, the AAP is focused on the Delhi Assembly elections due early next year.
“Party leaders and volunteers have been directed to intensify public relations activities in their respective areas. State Congress members have been directed to ensure that development works which have been stalled in their constituencies as per the Model Code of Conduct are carried out by utilising the Area Development Fund,” he said.
The BJP, which won three consecutive landslide victories in India’s Lok Sabha elections, increased its vote tally in 52 of the 70 parliamentary constituencies across seven Lok Sabha constituencies, sounding a warning to the AAP.
The AAP in Delhi is faced with challenges as its president and chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, is in jail, leaving the second leadership to tackle organisational challenges and strategise for the upcoming state elections.
At a meeting held at the Chief Minister’s Office on Thursday, AAP state legislators were directed to hold meetings with workers every Saturday and Sunday to speed up development works after the Model Code of Conduct is lifted.
There will also be meetings for party members and volunteers on Saturday and Sunday.
“Our struggle will continue as Chief Minister Kejriwal is in jail,” AAP Delhi president Gopal Rai said after a meeting with state legislators.
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