Rampant corruption, lack of development in Gujarat shook me: Ashish Khetan
It was a trip to Gujarat as part of Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘fact-finding’ team that ‘revealed the sham development claims’ of BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and convinced him to fight the Lok Sabha polls, says Ashish Khetan, the investigative journalist turned AAP candidate for the New Delhi seat.
Khetan, 38, who quit his media job to join the Aam Admi Party (AAP) after last December’s Delhi assembly elections, says the Kejriwal-led study tour ‘shook’ him and he decided to take the plunge. Khetan, who runs the investigative news portal gulail.com, said in Gujarat they found ‘immense corruption and deplorable conditions’.
‘So when senior party members proposed that I contest from New Delhi I finally agreed,’ he said.
Khetan is pitted against Congress heavyweight Ajay Maken and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi for the 10 April election.
Khetan, 38, who quit his media job to join the Aam Admi Party (AAP) after last December’s Delhi assembly elections, says the Kejriwal-led study tour ‘shook’ him and he decided to take the plunge. Khetan, who runs the investigative news portal gulail.com, said in Gujarat they found ‘immense corruption and deplorable conditions’.
‘So when senior party members proposed that I contest from New Delhi I finally agreed,’ he said.
Khetan is pitted against Congress heavyweight Ajay Maken and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi for the 10 April election.