AAP says it can do higher in Karnataka Assembly polls than in Gujarat
3 min readBy PTI
BENGALURU: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is scouting for good candidates who can win on their very own popularity, and would deal with about 60 constituencies within the Assembly elections in Karnataka only a few months away.
AAP is upbeat after wresting management of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) from the BJP and the noticeable present within the Gujarat Assembly election, say occasion leaders in Karnataka.
The occasion’s state unit Vice-President Bhaskar Rao advised PTI right here on Friday that the 5 AAP candidates who emerged victorious within the Gujarat ballot weren’t backed by “money and muscle power”, they usually gained on their very own popularity.
“We would like to pursue that line here (in Karnataka)”, he stated. While the occasion would area “new and good candidates” in all of the 224 Assembly constituencies in Karnataka, the place the polls are due by May, it could deal with 50 to 60 “winnable” segments.
“We are very optimistic that in Karnataka, we will make a better mark than what we have done in Gujarat”, Rao stated, including that campaigning by AAP National Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for Karnataka Assembly polls would undoubtedly enhance the occasion’s “winnability, acceptability and chances”.
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Karnataka wants a “thoroughly new model”, he stated. Congress, BJP and coalition fashions have been “rejected”, in response to him.
“We will concentrate on people (candidates) with good reputation”, added Rao, a former Bengaluru Police Commissioner.
On the rivalry in some quarters that the AAP had eaten into Congress votes within the current Assembly elections in Gujarat, he stated no one stopped M Mallikarjun Kharge-led occasion from consolidating their votes.
He additionally stated: “We are buoyed that Modi magic has not worked in Himachal Pradesh. So, it cannot work here (Karnataka) also”.
BENGALURU: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is scouting for good candidates who can win on their very own popularity, and would deal with about 60 constituencies within the Assembly elections in Karnataka only a few months away.
AAP is upbeat after wresting management of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) from the BJP and the noticeable present within the Gujarat Assembly election, say occasion leaders in Karnataka.
The occasion’s state unit Vice-President Bhaskar Rao advised PTI right here on Friday that the 5 AAP candidates who emerged victorious within the Gujarat ballot weren’t backed by “money and muscle power”, they usually gained on their very own popularity.
“We would like to pursue that line here (in Karnataka)”, he stated. While the occasion would area “new and good candidates” in all of the 224 Assembly constituencies in Karnataka, the place the polls are due by May, it could deal with 50 to 60 “winnable” segments.
“We are very optimistic that in Karnataka, we will make a better mark than what we have done in Gujarat”, Rao stated, including that campaigning by AAP National Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for Karnataka Assembly polls would undoubtedly enhance the occasion’s “winnability, acceptability and chances”.
ALSO READ | In victory speech, Kejriwal seeks PM’s blessings to run MCD
Karnataka wants a “thoroughly new model”, he stated. Congress, BJP and coalition fashions have been “rejected”, in response to him.
“We will concentrate on people (candidates) with good reputation”, added Rao, a former Bengaluru Police Commissioner.
On the rivalry in some quarters that the AAP had eaten into Congress votes within the current Assembly elections in Gujarat, he stated no one stopped M Mallikarjun Kharge-led occasion from consolidating their votes.
He additionally stated: “We are buoyed that Modi magic has not worked in Himachal Pradesh. So, it cannot work here (Karnataka) also”.
