Rajkot: Delhi Chief Minister and AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal arrived in Gujarat on Saturday to officially kickstart the party's campaign for the 2017 Assembly polls in the BJP-ruled state.
Kejriwal is scheduled to offer prayers at the Somnath Temple in adjoining Gir-Somnath district in the afternoon, following which he will launch the party's campaign, Kanu Kalsariya, Gujarat unit leader of the party, said.
The Chief Minister is accompanied by party colleague Kumar Vishwas, said Gujarat AAP media convener Harshil Nayak.
Kejriwal's sojourn to the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumes significance as AAP has decided to contest all the 182 Assembly seats in the polls slated in late 2017, he said.
The party has also organised ward-wise protests across major cities of Gujarat over demolition of slums and lack of basic amenities.
Kejriwal's visit to Gujarat comes at a time when tensions between his government and the Centre are increasing over the arrest of AAP MLAs. The last time Kejriwal visited Gujarat was in March 2014, during the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls.
Comments
0 comment