Buoyant AAP braces for landslide win at new office
10 Feb 2015 5:34 AM IST
Amid exit polls predicting a landslide victory for AAP in February 7 polls, the newbie party on Monday stepped up its efforts to accommodate thousands of volunteers, media — both national and foreign and a host of other dignitaries at the new party office in East Patel Nagar here. The poll results are to be announced on Tuesday in which AAP may emerge with a majority.
The AAP has planned a massive celebration on Tuesday when votes polled in the Saturday ballot will be counted. In front of the three-storey building in a middle income area of East Patel Nagar, the party has set up two stages.
One is for an army of Indian and foreign journalists who are expected to throng the AAP office on Tuesday. The other is for party volunteers who have planned dance performances. “We will be singing patriotic songs. Famous music composer Vishal Dadlani will also perform,” said AAP spokesperson Nagendra Sharma.
Mumbai-based Dadlani, who campaigned for the AAP, on Monday urged supporters to be gracious in victory. “If we win, be gracious. No gloating. AK (Arvind Kejriwal) will be Delhi’s CM, not just ours,” he tweeted.
“I said this to RSS/BJP workers, now to AAP people too. Ideologies may differ, but we love the same India. Be respectful in victory and defeat. Behaviour decides what kind of country we live in! A lot of people may have said/done things to hurt us, during elections. If AAP wins, we must return only love and inclusiveness,” said Dadlani. Four LED television sets have been installed in the open to help party workers follow the election results as they unfold. Seventy loudspeakers will periodically blare out the results.
The party has also made arrangements for the media at a park opposite the AAP building.
“TV channels can have their makeshift studios at the park,” said a party functionary. Almost everyone was visibly upbeat. “We are expecting a large number of supporters tomorrow (Tuesday). We have already written an apology letter to residents for the impending inconvenience,” said Ram Kumar, head of the logistics department of AAP.
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, who will leave his residence in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh for Delhi on Monday afternoon, will reach the party headquarters at 2 pm and address the crowd — irrespective of a win or loss.
An estimated 20,000 AAP volunteers from all over India descended in the national Capital to campaign for the party to overcome a formidable challenge from the BJP.
Most of them are expected to stay on until Kejriwal — if the AAP wins — takes oath on February 15, a year after he resigned as the Chief Minister after running a government for 49 days.
The AAP has planned a massive celebration on Tuesday when votes polled in the Saturday ballot will be counted. In front of the three-storey building in a middle income area of East Patel Nagar, the party has set up two stages.
One is for an army of Indian and foreign journalists who are expected to throng the AAP office on Tuesday. The other is for party volunteers who have planned dance performances. “We will be singing patriotic songs. Famous music composer Vishal Dadlani will also perform,” said AAP spokesperson Nagendra Sharma.
Mumbai-based Dadlani, who campaigned for the AAP, on Monday urged supporters to be gracious in victory. “If we win, be gracious. No gloating. AK (Arvind Kejriwal) will be Delhi’s CM, not just ours,” he tweeted.
“I said this to RSS/BJP workers, now to AAP people too. Ideologies may differ, but we love the same India. Be respectful in victory and defeat. Behaviour decides what kind of country we live in! A lot of people may have said/done things to hurt us, during elections. If AAP wins, we must return only love and inclusiveness,” said Dadlani. Four LED television sets have been installed in the open to help party workers follow the election results as they unfold. Seventy loudspeakers will periodically blare out the results.
The party has also made arrangements for the media at a park opposite the AAP building.
“TV channels can have their makeshift studios at the park,” said a party functionary. Almost everyone was visibly upbeat. “We are expecting a large number of supporters tomorrow (Tuesday). We have already written an apology letter to residents for the impending inconvenience,” said Ram Kumar, head of the logistics department of AAP.
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, who will leave his residence in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh for Delhi on Monday afternoon, will reach the party headquarters at 2 pm and address the crowd — irrespective of a win or loss.
An estimated 20,000 AAP volunteers from all over India descended in the national Capital to campaign for the party to overcome a formidable challenge from the BJP.
Most of them are expected to stay on until Kejriwal — if the AAP wins — takes oath on February 15, a year after he resigned as the Chief Minister after running a government for 49 days.
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