The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest the upcomingmunicipal corporation and municipal committee elections in Punjab on its own electionsymbol ‘broom’, party’s District Rural President, Principal Prem Kumar andDistrict ( Urban) President, Rajwinder Kaur, announced in a press conferencehere on Tuesday.
“These elections will be fought on the party’s electionsymbol. It is a golden opportunity for the people this time to bring change inthe cities by electing their councillors among the people, who would work forthe people”, the district heads said in the media briefing.
They further said the officials conducting the electionsshould perform their duties without any pressure.
Rajwinder Kaur and Principal Prem Kumar said that scamsof crores of rupees are done in local bodies and municipal committees. Toprevent such corruption, it is necessary that an educated and qualified personis elected as a representative.
“With ‘broom’ (AAP’s poll symbol), political and garbagecontamination would be cleaned from the streets”, they added.
On farmers’ agitation, “The district leaders said whilethe farmers are fighting for their survival on the Delhi borders in severecold, it was unfortunate that their issues were not being addressed by the dictatorialcentral government. The party has done its duty in the Central Hall by raisingthe voice of farmers in front of Prime Minister Modi”, they said.
Others present on the occasion includes Tarandeep SinghSunny, Media Incharge Jalandhar, Sanjeev Bhagat, Social Media InchargeJalandhar, Pradeep Duggal, Event Incharge, Santok Bhagat Office Incharge,Darshan Lal Bhagat, Ramesh Bhagat, Vinod Modi, Sukhwinder Brahmapuri and AjayThakur.