Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, March 14: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is preparing to enter West Bengal politics after winning a landslide victory in the Punjab assembly election in 2022.
The AAP stated on Monday that it will run in the West Bengal Panchayat elections in 2023 and has already begun campaigning.
“Aam Aadmi Party will contest the 2023 Panchayat elections in West Bengal. On the instructions of the party high command, its local unit has already started its campaign. AAP held a rally in Kolkata on 13th March,” said Sanjoy Basu, Incharge, AAP, West Bengal.
Aam Aadmi Party will contest the 2023 Panchayat elections in West Bengal. On the instructions of the party high command, its local unit has already started its campaign. AAP held a rally in Kolkata on 13th March: Sanjoy Basu, Incharge, AAP, West Bengal
— ANI (@ANI) March 14, 2022
The announcement comes after Arvind Kejriwal’s party won a landslide victory in Punjab, winning 92 of the 117 seats. Following the electoral mandate in Punjab, the party has also chosen to run for Assembly in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.
Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi Chief Minister, and Bhagwant Mann, the Punjab Chief Minister-designate, will campaign in two poll-bound states, Himachal Pradesh and Gujara, according to the sources.