Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, December 28
After its spectacular debut at the Chandigarh’s Municipal Corporation elections, the Aam Aadmi Party now turns its attention to the Punjab assembly elections early next year.
The party had a phenomenal showing at its very first municipal polls in Chandigarh, sweeping 14 seats and emerging as the single largest party, although it’s still short of the halfway mark at 18.
AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal, who was one of the party’s star campaigners for the civic body elections and who has been dividing his time between his own duties as the chief minister of Delhi and campaigning for next year’s Punjab elections in the last few months, now looks to wrest power from the ruling Congress in Punjab.
AAP’s currently the chief opposition party in Punjab.
“The people of Chandigarh performed a miracle. Chandigarh chose a new face, a new party, and honest politics over old faces and big names,” he says in the video.
“Chandigarh chose AAP’s new faces over BJP’s current mayor, two former mayors, and Chandigarh’s youth leader. A man who runs a dhaba beat the incumbent mayor of the BJP.”
“The common man has won. This shows people are fed up with old parties, old politicians, and old politics. People are tired of corruption. People have chosen new faces and honest politics. I’m grateful to the people of Chandigarh who’ve brought the change. Chandigarh showed the same kind of revolution Delhi did before.”
“I want to assure the people of Chandigarh that we won’t let you down. We’ll live up and strengthen the trust you’ve reposed in us. We should strive to make the city beautiful now. And we’ll work with everyone regardless of their political affiliations,” he said.
“Some experts had said after the 2017 elections that AAP failed to capture the popular imagination in Punjab’s urban areas. Chandigarh’s vote for us showed that even urban areas of Punjab are with us this time. Rural and urban areas want a change. Punjab wants a change. Punjab wants new and honest politics. We’ll all work together to change Punjab like we changed Delhi.”
चंडीगढ़ की जनता ने चमत्कार कर दिया। चंडीगढ़ ने नए चेहरे, नई पार्टी और ईमानदार राजनीति को चुना, पंजाब भी अब बदलाव चाहता है। पंजाब भी अब नई और ईमानदार राजनीति चाहता है। pic.twitter.com/pddKiEf00o
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 28, 2021
Chandigarh done, now Punjab, says Arvind Kejriwal after AAP’s stunning performance in MC elections
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