AHMEDABAD: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said on Sunday that he will contest all seats in the next elections of local bodies in Gujaratand announced the first list of 504 candidates.
The party also expressed confidence that it will emerge as a strong alternative to the ruling BJP in the state.
AAP’s Delhi MLA and party spokesman Atishi unveiled the first list of candidates for elections to local state bodies such as municipalities, municipal corporations, districts and taluka panchayats, likely to be held in February.
“The AAP will contest elections in all seats in the polls of local state organs for the first time. With this, the party will enter Gujarat’s electoral politics as a strong alternative to the BJP. AAP will work to remove the BJP from power. ,” she said.
“Not only the polls by local bodies, but the AAP will also participate in the Vidhan Sabha elections in Gujarat as well as other polls. The people of Gujarat want an alternative,” he said.
He stated that it is at the request of the people of Gujarat that AAP is getting into electoral politics in the state.
Atishi accused the BJP of playing intimidation and seduction politics.
“If there is a leader in the country who is not afraid of the BJP, it is Arvind Kejriwal. And if there is a party that the BJP cannot scare or seduce, that is AAP … We, the soldiers of Arvind Kejriwal, will continue our fight for the truth, “he said.
The list is announced weeks in advance as candidates must run a door-to-door campaign, he added.
The AAP leader said the party has also opened an email address for people to register their complaints, if any, against the candidates.
“We are talking about the 3Cs: corruption, criminality and character. If a candidate is found to be deficient in any of these three, the AAP will change the candidate. We will leave the seat empty, but we will not allow a corrupt person to stand for election as ours. candidate, “he said.
The newly elected head of the AAP’s Gujarat unit, Gopal Italia, said that of the first list of 504 candidates, 31 percent were women.
“This is our first list, and we will announce the second soon. We are going to contest the polls in all seats. Our problems are related to education, health and corruption. We want corruption to end completely in Gujarat,” he said.
Elections to six municipal corporations, including Ahmedabad, 55 municipalities, 31 district panchayats and 231 taluka pachayats were supposed to be held in November 2019, one month before their five-year terms expired, but they were postponed three months in view. of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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