Farmers Movement Archive

AAP likely to announce its CM face for Punjab soon

NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday held a meeting with AAP Punjab functionaries and MLAs regarding the 2022 Punjab state elections. Punjab AAP chief Bhagwant Mann said in the meeting, which lasted for about three hours, Kejriwal took stock of the work done by the MLAs at every booth in their constituencies and asked how they planned on improving in the areas where they were lacking. “The party will work on the issues on which it was lacking during the 2017 election and we will fight the 2022 elections strongly,” Mann said. Punjab’s leader of opposition (LoP) Harpal Singh Cheema was also present in the meeting at the Delhi chief minister’s residence “We talked about the farmers’ issues at length. The Delhi government has taken a resolve of getting the three farm laws repealed. We should rise above politics and help the farmers who have been distressed for a long time now,” Mann said. “The Delhi government is already working towards that cause. We hope to do so in Punjab as well,” he added. “There will be big announcements in the forthcoming days. Some MLAs also recommended that the party should think of naming a CM face soon, to which Kejriwal seemed to be in agreement,” he said. “He is our chief and AAP is in the opposition in Punjab so he will be regularly visiting the state in the coming days,” he added. The Sangrur MP said there was open discussion on how the party would contest the elections in 2022 and said all the MLAs were “very happy with AAP’s performance in the state”. Statement issued by the party said Kejriwal gave special directions to all the MLAs, saying the party’s flag and agenda should be put aside and the farmers’ movement should be supported at all levels. He also advised the Punjab MLAs and the entire leadership to focus on drawing a positive line to liberate Punjab from the mafia rule in the 2022 Punjab assembly elections. He said the people were eager to oust these parties and therefore, they should be connected and made aware of the constructive programmes of the Aam Aadmi Party.

The Times of India

2021-08-02

Chandigarh