This story is from June 14, 2021

AAP to contest all 182 seats in Gujarat

Promising a positive change in the state, Arvind Kejriwal set the stage for a tri-cornered electoral contest in Gujarat’s assembly polls by announcing on Monday that his party would contest “each and every” one of the 182 assembly seats in the state in 2022. Claiming that the past 27 years of BJP governance in Gujarat was a story of a “tacit BJP-Congress alliance”
AAP to contest all 182 seats in Gujarat
Arvind Kejriwal offers prayers at Lord Krishna Temple, in Ahmedabad
AHMEDABAD: Promising a positive change in the state, Arvind Kejrwal set the stage for a tri-cornered electoral contest in Gujarat’s assembly polls by announcing on Monday that his party would contest “each and every” one of the 182 assembly seats in the state in 2022.
Claiming that the past 27 years of BJP governance in Gujarat was a story of a “tacit BJP-Congress alliance”, Kejriwal said the common Gujarati now has an alternative in AAP.
Addressing a press conference on the campus of the Vallabh Sadan temple after offering prayers to the deity, Kejriwal, who was on a one-day visit to the city, said, “AAP is a credible alternative to BJP and Congress. Gujarat will change soon.”
“Gujarat is suffering because of this alliance between BJP and Congress. BJP led this state for the past 27 years. I heard people saying that Congress is in the pocket of BJP. Both BJP and Congress are the same. This must stop," he said. During the press conference, Isudan Gadhvi, a former vernacular TV news journalist, joined AAP.
Kejriwal spoke about farmers committing suicide in the state, the condition of government-run schools and hospitals, and alleged that traders lived in fear. “People want to know why electricity costs are so high in Gujarat when it’s free in Delhi? If government-run schools and hospitals are top-class in Delhi, why are they in bad shape here?,” he said.
When asked if AAP intended to replicate the “Delhi model” in Gujarat, Kejriwal said the model of development in Gujarat would be decided by the six crore people of Gujarat. Quizzed about AAP taking on BJP on PM Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah’s home turf, he said, “AAP will fight for the people of Gujarat and bring a change instead of fighting against any party or an individual."
Kejriwal also inaugurated AAP’s new state party headquarters before presiding over the party’s state executive committee meeting. AAP made inroads into Gujarat politics recently by winning 27 seats in the 120-member Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), where it is the main opposition. It also picked up seats in other local bodies — municipalities, and district and taluka panchayats.
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