Virtually kicking off the occasion’s marketing campaign for the year-end Himachal Pradesh meeting polls from BJP chief minister Jai Ram Thakur’s residence turf, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann held a powerful roadshow in Mandi city on Wednesday, saying the occasion’s arrival in the political enviornment of the hill state.
“We do not know how to do politics but we certainly know how to open schools and wipe out corruption,” mentioned Kejriwal in his trademark type. He mentioned AAP has undertaken improvement in Delhi and can do the identical now in Punjab.
“You have given 30 years to Congress and 17 years to BJP to rule the state. All they did was loot Himachal. Just give me five years. If you are not satisfied, you can change us,” he urged the cheering crowd whereas addressing them from an open jeep.
Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress of selling dynastic politics, he mentioned AAP is a celebration of the frequent man with improvement being the only real goal.
“Ki haal hain Mandi waleyon (How are you, Mandi people)? I have performed several times here during Shivratri festival,” mentioned Bhagwant Mann to the gathering. Slogans of “Bharat Mata ki Jai”, “Inquilab Zindabad” and “Jo Bole So Nihaal” rent the air. With the crowd cheering on, Mann remarked, “It feels like I am in Sangrur.”
Kejriwal mentioned he’ll deliver the identical improvement in Himachal and Punjab as in Delhi.
The roadshow with the tune ‘Mera Rang de Basanti Chola’ came about from Victoria Bridge to Seri Manch, the place a public assembly was held. The rally termed as ‘Tiranga Yatra’, marked the entry of AAP in the state’s political spectrum with supporters waving the tricolour.
Even although no large face from the BJP or Congress joined AAP on the event, the gathering on the house turf of Jai Ram Thakur was spectacular. Political observers mentioned that the roadshow had given the occasion the form of momentum it was anticipating to a minimum of make a mark in the poll-bound state.
AAP has already made its intentions away from contesting the polls in Himachal due later this yr by fielding candidates from all of the 68 meeting segments.
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