The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday said that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who will be the face of the AAP in the upcoming civic polls, will begin election campaigning from March 31. The elections are due to be held on April 22.
“Mr. Kejriwal will begin campaigning in the wards by the end of the month. He is expected to address two to thee dozen meetings all over Delhi. These meetings will be ward centric — on similar lines to his campaign during the Delhi Assembly polls,” a party spokesperson said.
AAP’s poll candidates have already started door-to-door campaigns in their respective wards and the party has also set up projectors and LCDs to screen a video message by Mr. Kejriwal on their government’s performance. The video also highlights the corruption in the BJP-led municipal bodies.
Unique campaign
“If in some wards, problems can be discussed by mohalla sabhas, we will organise those. If in another ward, we think a road show will be more effective, then we will do that. Each constituency will have its own unique campaign, depending on the size, population and problems being faced by the locals,” the spokesperson told The Hindu .
Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and other senior party leaders will also start campaigning by the end of the month. “Mr. Sisodia will probably begin his campaigns a few days before Mr. Kejriwal. The schedules will be decided in a few days,” the party said.
The party’s Delhi in-charge Ashish Talwar said that while other parties are busy with internal squabbles, AAP’s candidates, leaders and MLAs are already on the ground campaigning. “Once Mr. Kejriwal enters the campaign, the AAP ground campaign will go into top gear,” Mr. Talwar added.
