AAP Roadshow In Himachal Pradesh: Buoyed by the electoral victory in Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has started preparing plans for Himachal Pradesh, which is slated for elections in November 2022.
AAP has chosen Mandi, the home constituency of incumbent Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, to start the election campaign. Party’s national convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann Today i.e. on Wednesday, we will do a road show in Mandi. According to your social media handle, the roadshow will start at 12 noon.
Honorable Chief Minister of Delhi and National Convener of AAP @Arvind Kejriwal Will lead a road show in Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) with CM of Punjab @BhagwantMann
️6 April 2022
12 noonwatch live
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https://t.co/0671kSdDiT pic.twitter.com/SAWvMCZgfq— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) 6 April 2022
Elections are due in Gujarat as well as Himachal later this year. At the same time, AAP has also announced to contest Shimla Municipal Corporation elections.
This is the first time that the AAP has entered the hill state where it has been a two-sided contest for a long time.
The AAP had last month formed an 8-member team for the Himachal Pradesh elections to expand the organization and chalk out an election strategy in the state. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain has been made election in-charge, while Durgesh Pathak has been made state in-charge and Ratnesh Gupta as deputy. Since AAP’s victory in Punjab, Jain has visited the state several times.
Recently, during his visit to Dharamsala, in-charge Satyendar Jain had said that the Aam Aadmi Party had chosen Mandi for the roadshow for three specific reasons. First that it is centrally located, second, it is the center of state politics and third, Mandi is the home area of CM Jai Ram Thakur. Jain also said that he has defeated the incumbent Chief Minister in Punjab and will do the same in Himachal.