NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, SEP 29
After having made its strong presence in Surat Municipal Corporation and the local body polls in Gujarat, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has been striving hard to make the capital gain by making all out efforts to capture the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation.
While the AAP Gujarat had already done the spadework in this regard, it has roped in the senior party leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia for campaigning in Gandhinagar on Wednesday.
Sisodia paid his obeisance at Swamynarayan Temple in Gandhinagar and kickstarted his high-stake campaign with a roadshow ahead of the October 3 elections to the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC).
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Sisodia claimed that the people of Gandhinagar want change, and that his party has emerged as a strong alternative to the ruling BJP and opposition Congress.
Sisodia alleged that Congress betrayed the people’s mandate and handed over the GMC to the BJP on silver platter.
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“Now, the people of Gandhinagar want change. It’s not that BJP has been winning since the beginning here. In the past, people of Gandhinagar had given a chance to Congress also as people were not happy with the BJP rule. But since Congress was the only option, people voted for that party to bring in a change,” said Sisodia.
“But unfortunately, Congress always remained weak. The party betrayed the people’s mandate and ultimately helped BJP to capture power. But now, AAP has emerged as a strong alternative to both Congress and BJP. I am fully confident that we will sweep this polls,” Sisodia added.
He was referring to the 2016 GMC election, when both Congress and BJP won 16 seats each out of the total 32.
Both the parties had equal chances of forming the board through a draw of lots. However, at the last moment, Congress corporator Pravin Patel switched sides and helped the BJP come to power at the civic body.
“Recently, 27 AAP councillors won in Surat. The way they are working, people are now realising what a corporator can do. People just want to get their work done. They don’t want any false promises. People now have a choice in the form of AAP. I firmly believe that BJP never did anything for the state capital and its people,” Sisodia claimed.
He added that instead of seeking votes on religious or caste lines, AAP will seek votes only on the basis of the party’s performance.
Polls to the Gandhinagar civic body are being held almost six months after they were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
As per the schedule, polling for the GMC with 44 seats in 11 wards will be held between 7 am and 6 pm on Sunday. The counting of votes and declaration of result will be done on October 5.
