New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday said it will contest elections in six states—Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat.
Delhi chief minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal made the announcement at the ninth national council meeting of the party.
“Other parties have no vision and that is why they are talking about the past. AAP is the only party talking about the future,” Kejriwal claimed.
“In next two years, AAP will contest elections in UP, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat,” the AAP national convenor said.
“I urge party members to strengthen grassroots-level hold of the party. The organization has to be strengthened on a very large scale. The country is important for us and AAP is the vehicle,” he added.
Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said some clauses in AAP’s constitution were hindering its growth and those have been amended.
“The main problem is in states where the party is new and trying to build its organization. To make our constitution more useful we have made some amendments,” he said.
The party has decided that every AAP MP and MLA will be a member of the national council by default. These elected representatives will also be part of the state councils.
AAP has also allowed more than one person from a family to contest polls.
Kejriwal said the administration could handle the covid-19 situation in the national capital due to the improvements in medical infrastructure in the past five years.
“We opened mohalla clinics and improved infrastructure in government hospitals. Because of this, coronavirus situation was managed though the pandemic had the worst impact on Delhi,” he said.
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