AAP Nationwide Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday termed as “unprecedented success” his get together’s foray into Gujarat, a BJP bastion for years, and mentioned profitable 5 seats there was as tough as “milking an ox.”
Addressing the get together’s nationwide govt and nationwide council assembly, the Delhi chief minister additionally asserted that the AAP is bound it’s going to dislodge the BJP from energy in Gujarat and kind its authorities there in 2027, because it did in Punjab earlier this yr.
The Aam Aadmi Social gathering had gained 5 seats in its newest marketing campaign in Gujarat with about 13 per cent vote share.
“Not too long ago somebody informed me that I’ve retired milking ox from Gujarat. So tough it was. Everybody can milk the cow, however we’ve certainly milked the ox by profitable 5 seats and securing 14 per cent vote share within the meeting polls,” Kejriwal mentioned, as he congratulated get together staff on the “achievement.”
Kejriwal thanked the individuals of Gujarat too for reposing religion in his get together’s “imaginative and prescient and beliefs.”
“The Aam Aadmi Social gathering shaped its authorities in Punjab in its second foray within the state. Don’t be concerned, we will definitely kind our authorities in Gujarat additionally in 2027,” he added.
In 2017, the AAP had contested 29 of 182 meeting seats in Gujarat elections and 112 of 117 meeting seats in Punjab elections.
Whereas the AAP had suffered a depressing defeat in Gujarat then with all its 29 candidates dropping their deposits, the get together had gained 20 seats in Punjab to grow to be the principle opposition get together within the state.
On the 2022 Gujarat meeting polls, Kejriwal mentioned the largest takeaway from the get together’s foray into the BJP stronghold was that it turned eligible for getting the nationwide get together standing by the Election Fee.
“Maybe AAP is the one get together which got here to energy in Delhi inside a yr of its formation, shaped the federal government in one other state, Punjab, inside 10 years, and now turned a nationwide get together,” he mentioned.
The AAP’s spectacular rise inside such a brief span of time is because of “our ideology and work,” he added.