TheAam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday announced that the party will contest assemblyelections on all seats in Punjab and a person from Sikh community would be thechief ministerial candidate, if the party comes to power.
Theannouncement was made by AAP's national convenor and chief minister ArvindKejriwal, who visited Chandigarh on Monday. "I assure you that if AAP getsmajority in Punjab Assembly elections, the chief minister would be from theSikh community," Kejriwal said.
However,Kejriwal did not specify the name of the chief minister's face in Punjab.
Meanwhile,former Inspector General (IG) of Punjab Police, Kunwar Vijay Pratap joined theAAP in presence of Arvind Kejriwal in Amritsar.
WelcomingKunwar Vijay Pratap into AAP, Kejriwal said, Pratap has been serving the peopleof Punjab and he is a popular face in the state. "He is not from apolitical background. He wants to serve the people of Punjab and hence he hasdecided to join AAP," Kejriwal added.
Highlightingthe freebies policies (electricity and water etc) and other developments beingcarried out by the Kejriwal government in Delhi for the last several years,AAP's convenor said the people of Punjab need change now.
"Peopleof Punjab are fed up with both parties ruling here for the last 70 years andthey want change now. They have taken the AAP as the best alternative in thestate. I would appeal to the people of Punjab to support AAP in the nextAssembly elections and you would find developments like Delhi. You have givenmultiple chances to the Congress, BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal but they didnothing except corruption. Give a chance to AAP and you will find a change inPunjab within five years," Kejriwal added.