AAP national Chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that his party’s chief ministerial candidate for Punjab assembly polls will be announced on Tuesday. He had on January 13 asked the people of Punjab to suggest names of their preferred chief ministerial candidates and launched a mobile number for the purpose.
Arvind Kejriwal then said that though he had wanted party MP Bhagwant Mann’s name to be declared as the chief ministerial candidate, the latter insisted that the people of Punjab should make this decision. “The name of the party’s chief ministerial candidate for Punjab assembly elections will be announced tomorrow at 12 noon,” Mr Kejriwal told reporters on the sidelines of an event here.
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The AAP national convenor had in June 2021 said that the party’s chief ministerial face for the 2022 Punjab assembly polls would be from the Sikh community and that the entire Punjab would be proud of its choice. Voting for Punjab’s 117 assembly seats is scheduled for February 14 and the counting of votes will take place on March 10.
On Sunday, AAP MLA Harpal Singh Cheema said that the party received around 15 lakh responses on its “Janta Chunegi Apna CM” drive. Kejriwal had ruled himself out of the race when the drive was launched last week and said the name of the candidate for the top post will be announced after getting the feedback of people.
The people of Punjab have been asked to give their choice through SMS, WhatsApp or voice message on mobile number 7074870748 till 5pm on Monday. The enthusiasm shown by the people of the state is a testament that this time, the AAP will most definitely form the government in Punjab and that too, with a clear majority, Cheema said.
Cheema said the people of Punjab will “wipe out the traditional political parties” in the upcoming polls and give the mandate to the AAP. AAP, meanwhile, released its 10th list of candidates for the Punjab assembly elections. Voting for Punjab’s 117 assembly seats will be held in a single phase on February 14. The results will be declared on March 10.
In the 2017 assembly polls, the Congress had won an absolute majority in the state by winning 77 seats and ousted the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party government after 10 years. The AAP emerged as the second-largest party with 20 seats, followed by the SAD which managed victory on 15 seats. The BJP had secured three seats.
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