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Kejriwal begins his 5-day Punjab tour from Mohali

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Feb 25, 2016 04:14 PM IST

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener reached Mohali on Thursday. He was received by AAP leaders, including state convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener reached Mohali on Thursday. He was received by AAP leaders, including state convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur.

Kejriwal, who arrived here on a regular flight from Delhi, drove immediately to Sangrur town in Punjab.

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“I am starting my five-day trip of Punjab today. I will be visiting villages and meeting with common people,” Kejriwal told the media after landing in Mohali.

“We will meet families affected by the drugs problem. We will try to understand their problems. We will meet families of farmers who committed suicide and understand their problems too. The AAP philosophy is that we meet people, listen to their problems and find solutions,” he said.

“Other parties make their manifestoes in air-conditioned rooms. We go to villages and homes of people,” Kejriwal said while taking a dig at other political parties.

Kejriwal will travel to Punjab’s three regions - Malwa, Majha and Doaba, during the visit, starting from Sangrur and Bathinda districts in the agriculturally-fertile south-west Punjab.

Kejriwal will visit Ferozepur and Faridkot districts on February 26, Khadoor Sahib, Gurdaspur and Amritsar districts on February 27, Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar districts on February 28 and finally go to Ludhiana, Fategarh Sahib and Patiala districts on February 29.

“He will interact with various sections of the society comprising families of distressed farmers who have been committing suicides, members of Dalit families and unemployed educated youth and know the concerns of the women folk about their safety and security,” an AAP spokesman said.

He will meet the business community, comprising traders and captains of industry, to know the problems faced by them in the state.

The Congress in Punjab had earlier said that it will oppose Kejriwal’s visit if the Aam Aadmi Party does not change its agenda for the state.

“Kejriwal should not play with fire by instigating the sentiments of the people of Punjab. This is a very dangerous style of politics being done by the AAP,” Congress leader and Ludhiana MP Ravnit Singh Bittu had said.

Kejriwal had addressed a major AAP rally last month at the Maghi religious fair in Punjab’s Bathinda district.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal with Sucha Singh Chhotepur at Mohali International Airport on Thursday. (Gurminder Singh/HT )
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal with Sucha Singh Chhotepur at Mohali International Airport on Thursday. (Gurminder Singh/HT )

The AAP is posing a serious political challenge to the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP alliance and the Congress, which have dominated Punjab’s political space for decades, in the run up to next year’s assembly polls.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener reached Mohali on Thursday. He was received by AAP leaders, including state convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur.

The leader is on five-day visit to Punjab to take stock of poll preparations of the party in the state .

According to reports, Kejriwal will emphasise on people-to-people meeting during his five-day visit, rather than holding mega rally in Punjab which goes to polls early next year.

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