After forming the government in Delhi, the rookie Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is now focusing on the Haryana assembly poll where it would project party ideologue Yogendra Yadav as its chief ministerial candidate, said AAP leader Kumar Vishwas, who is himself preparing to take on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in Amethi in the Lok Sabha polls.
Vishwas, 45, a close associate of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, has also invited BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi to contest from Amethi to make the contest triangular.
Vishwas said after the party’s victory in Delhi, the AAP’s next focus would be the Haryana assembly elections and after that the Maharashtra elections due next year.
‘AAP has already launched the process of selection of candidates in Haryana. Yogendra Yadav is among the chief ministerial candidates of AAP,’ Vishwas said.
According to Vishwas, Yadav, a well known psephologist and political scientist whose face is familiar to TV audiences and who is now a member of the AAP’s key political affairs committee, has already started holding meetings with party volunteers in Haryana and meeting people.
‘Yadavji has started holding meeting with party volunteers and the people. We are confident that the party will get the same success as it got in Delhi,’ he added.
On his own plans for Amethi, Vishwas said: ‘I will contest election against Rahul Gandhi and I invite Narendra Modi too to contest from the same seat as he is PM candidate.’
AAP has started holding jan sabhas or public meetings and road shows in Amethi, a stronghold of the Nehru-Gandhi family.
Currently, Sonia Gandhi’s son and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi is representing the constituency.
Exuding confidence about winning the Amethi seat, Vishwas added: ‘We want to finish the culture of dynastic politics in the country. And we appeal to all good people to
come forward to stop this culture.’
Vishwas, 45, a close associate of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, has also invited BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi to contest from Amethi to make the contest triangular.
Vishwas said after the party’s victory in Delhi, the AAP’s next focus would be the Haryana assembly elections and after that the Maharashtra elections due next year.
‘AAP has already launched the process of selection of candidates in Haryana. Yogendra Yadav is among the chief ministerial candidates of AAP,’ Vishwas said.
According to Vishwas, Yadav, a well known psephologist and political scientist whose face is familiar to TV audiences and who is now a member of the AAP’s key political affairs committee, has already started holding meetings with party volunteers in Haryana and meeting people.
‘Yadavji has started holding meeting with party volunteers and the people. We are confident that the party will get the same success as it got in Delhi,’ he added.
On his own plans for Amethi, Vishwas said: ‘I will contest election against Rahul Gandhi and I invite Narendra Modi too to contest from the same seat as he is PM candidate.’
AAP has started holding jan sabhas or public meetings and road shows in Amethi, a stronghold of the Nehru-Gandhi family.
Currently, Sonia Gandhi’s son and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi is representing the constituency.
Exuding confidence about winning the Amethi seat, Vishwas added: ‘We want to finish the culture of dynastic politics in the country. And we appeal to all good people to
come forward to stop this culture.’