10 January,2023 02:56 PM IST | Mumbai | Ronak Mastakar
AAP national joint secretary Gopal Italia (Centre) with Mumbai unit chief Preeti Sharma Menon (Right)
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday announced that the party will contest the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections in Mumbai. With the announcement, the party is gearing up to enter the electoral politics in Maharashtra.
The development comes in the backdrop of party's participation in Gujarat polls and an emphatic win in recently concluded Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections.
AAP national joint secretary and in-charge of the party's Maharashtra unit, Gopal Italia said that no political party is serious about solving the problems of Mumbaikars. "They (all political parties) have failed and now people have an alternative in the form of Aam Aadmi Party," he said during a press conference on Monday.
Italia said that AAP will set up a full-fledged organisation and contest all upcoming elections in Maharashtra.
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"The people of Maharashtra have tried and tested all political parties, who have miserably failed them and have only looted the public exchequer. Under the guidance of Arvind Kejriwal a full-fledged party, organisation will be set up in Maharashtra and we will contest all big and small elections in the state with full strength," Italia said.
Insisting that AAP has earned the status of a national party after forming government in Punjab and "garnering over 40 lakh votes" in Gujarat, he said, the party uprooted BJP from MCD Delhi, which BJP was ruling for years.
Italia said the Aam Aadmi Party has generated a wave of new hope and fresh expectations in the country.
"Maharashtra has too many parties and too many leaders but no one is working for its citizens. People are left at the mercy of God and are helpless," Italia claimed.
AAP's Mumbai unit chief Preeti Sharma Menon said the Arvind Kejriwal-led outfit will fight the BMC polls with all its strength.
"We will fight BMC elections with all our strength. Education, Health, Electricity, Water, Roads and Cleanliness will be our major issues. At present BJP's ED (Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis) sarkar is only floating tenders and indulging in wholesale loot. The Aam Aadmi Party is not just the alternative but the solution," Menon said.
