AAP set to contest Gujarat polls, Kejriwal to sound bugle in July

 The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is looking to spread its wings over Gujarat, as well-placed party sources confirmed that the party will contest the assembly elections to be held in December 2017 in the BJP-ruled state.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, AAP national convener, will embark on a two-day visit to Gujarat on July 8 to formally launch the party’s campaign for the 182-seat assembly after paying his obeisance at the Somnath temple in Saurashtra, sources said.

Kejriwal is also slated to meet his party cadres and leaders during the visit, accompanied by AAP state convener Kanubhai Kansariya, a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and confidante of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat.