AAP declares manifesto for upcoming Rajasthan elections

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AAP declared its manifesto today in Jaipur
The rally was held at Ramlila Maidan
The manifesto was announced in the presence of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) declared its manifesto for the upcoming Rajasthan elections at a rally in Jaipur today.

The party had sought and received permission to hold the rally at the Ramlila Maidan.

The manifesto was announced in the presence of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who held his first election rally in Rajasthan.

The Aam Aadmi Party has already announced that it will contest on all 200 assembly seats during the upcoming polls in Rajasthan.

Media in-charge for AAP Gopal Sharma had earlier said, “Arvind Kejriwal will hold his election rally at the Ramleela Maidan in Jaipur on October 28. He will hold seven-eight rallies in Rajasthan in the run-up to the polls.”

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, apart from other known members, will be campaigning in Rajasthan.

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Arvind Kejriwal’s Jaipur rally to kickstart AAP campaign in Rajasthan

Arvind Kejriwal will hold an election rally in Jaipur on October 28
AAP has already announced that it will contest on all 200 assembly seats
Jaipur rally will kickstart AAP’s Rajasthan campaign

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor and Delhi Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will be holding his first election rally in Rajasthan on October 28. The AAP has already announced that it will contest on all 200 assembly seats during the upcoming polls in Rajasthan.

As per Gopal Sharma, Media In-charge for AAP, “Arvind Kejriwal will hold his election rally at the Ramleela Maidan in Jaipur on October 28. He will hold 7 – 8 rallies in Rajasthan in the run-up to the polls.”

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, apart from other known faces of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), will be campaigning for the party for the upcoming Assembly elections in Rajasthan.

“They are going to campaign very intensively in Rajasthan.”, Deepak Vajpai, AAP in-charge for Rajasthan.

Assembly elections in Rajasthan, in the past, have mainly been two – sided contests with the BJP and the Congress garnering most of the seats. But the AAP, which plans to contest on all the seats in the upcoming Assembly elections in Rajasthan, sounded confident of its chances.

So far, the AAP has released six lists. Names of candidates for 62 seats have already been announced.

“We will be contesting on all 200 seats.” senior AAP leader from Rajasthan, Devendra Shastri mentioned, while speaking with India Today.

As per AAP, party supporters from across the state will participate in Arvind Kejriwal’s rally to be held in Jaipur on October 28. Party leaders visited Bharatpur to take stock of preparations vis-a-vis the upcoming Assembly polls and to ask party workers for maximum participation on October 28.

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AAP to contest all seats in Rajasthan

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday announced its first list of 63 candidates for the Assembly election in Rajasthan, while inviting suggestions from the public on its draft manifesto, which would also be released shortly. The party would contest from all the 200 seats in the State.

AAP State coordinator Devendra Shastri said here that three of the declared candidates would shortly be changed for various reasons. The lists comprising the rest of the candidates would be released after the meetings of the party’s campaign committee to be held during the next few days.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal would address a public rally at Ramlila Maidan here on October 28 amid indications that several disgruntled leaders of the both the BJP and Congress might join the AAP at the event. Mr. Shastri said the rally would be a significant occasion for spelling out the party’s vision and policies for Rajasthan.

Mr. Shastri said the Jaipur Municipal Corporation had “deliberately delayed” the allotment of venue for the rally on the pretext of seeking permission from the Election Commission. “The municipal officers, under pressure from the BJP government, harassed the AAP functionaries for more than a week. There is no provision for getting the EC’s permission for allotment of a place for a public meeting,” he said.

The AAP State unit was in a confident mood after the BJP leader and Kisan Mahapanchayat founder, Rampal Jat, joined the party earlier this week. Mr. Jat, a former BJP general secretary, said the ruling party had failed to keep its promises made to the farmers and had “completely ignored” the rural populace facing difficulties in all spheres of life.

The 63 candidates declared by AAP so far include farmers’ ideologue Giriraj Singh Khangarot (Malpura), National Council member Sunil Agiwal (Bhilwara), chartered accountant M.P. Choyal (Ladpura), medico Bharat Gupta (Malviya Nagar, Jaipur) and activist Ashok Jain (Anta). Mr. Shastri, a former journalist, will contest the polls from Civil Lines constituency in Jaipur.

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Chhattisgarh election: AAP to have tribal CM candidate

The Chhattisgarh unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday in an apparent political masterstroke took a decision to have a tribal face for the party’s chief ministerial post.

Amid the prevailing perception that the scheduled tribe (ST) with around 32 per cent of the 2.25 crore population in Chhattisgarh holds the key to the state assembly, all political parties are seen desperate to forge their presence and instigate a major influence among the tribal voters.

The state has 29 of the 90 constituencies reserved for the ST.

“The formal announcement would be made on October 10 in the presence of state party incharge and a cabinet minister in Delhi Gopal Rai and member of parliament Sanjay Singh”, the AAP’s chief spokesperson Uchit Sharma told the Express.

AAP is contesting all 90 seats in the state. After its 10-day long Jhadu Chalao-Bhrastachar Bhagao across the 45 assembly segments, a consensus has emerged within the party to have a tribal candidate for the CM post. “AAP pledges to safeguard the interests of 72 lakh Adivasis of the state. So far they have always been deceived and used only as vote bank by both the ruling and opposition”, Sharma said.

Tribals once cited as a traditional supporter for Congress party, the ruling BJP under the leadership of Raman Singh has made inroads in tribal votes after the creation of the Chhattisgarh as a separate state in November 2000.

The political analysts felt the AAP is yet to prove themselves in the tribal belts to mobilise adivasi support and declaring “selecting a tribal as CM face could be their trump card”. Both the BJP and the Congress shrug-off the presence of AAP in poll fray as “insignificant” and will not have any impact by their declaration on their poll prospect.

Dr Somnath, Devlal Narethi, Soni Sori, Komal Upendi are among those tribal leaders of AAP figuring as the front-runner for the AAP chief ministerial candidate.

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