Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief, Arvind Kejriwal, is set to hold a ‘Tiranga Yatra’ on Monday in Gujarat, just months before the state elections are due. Stressing that the “Tricolour is our pride and flag”, Kejriwal urged people to attend the event. “Tricolor is our pride. Tricolor is our flag. Tricolor is our pride. Tricolor is our life. I will join the tricolor yatra in Mehsana, Gujarat this evening. All the people of Gujarat should participate in this – that is my request,” he tweeted.
तिरंगा हमारी आन है
तिरंगा हमारी बान है
तिरंगा हमारी शान है
तिरंगा हमारी जान है
आज शाम को गुजरात के मेहसाणा में तिरंगा यात्रा में शामिल होऊँगा
गुजरात के सभी लोग इसमें शामिल हों- ऐसी मेरी बिनती है।— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) June 6, 2022
Currently, the BJP holds a stronghold in the Mehsana Lok Sabha constituency where Kejriwal is set to address the event. The AAP convenor will be holding the Yatra around 5:30 pm, the party said. This is the fourth time Kejriwal is visiting the state which is set to go to the polls this year.
Earlier, Kejriwal and Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann had held a roadshow in Ahmedabad on April 2. Prior to this, the Delhi chief minister had visited Gujarat on May 11 and May 1 – during which he had addressed a rally in Bharuch and Rajkot respectively.
On Friday, Delhi deputy chief minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia announced that the party will be contesting the polls from all 182 seats in Gujarat. Sisodia had said that with AAP contesting, “people of the state will have an option in the polls”.After bagging a major victory in Punjab, the AAP is now expanding its presence in other states. In Gujarat, the AAP is standing up to BJP which has had a strong hold in the state for around three decades.