AAP fares poorly in Haryana

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AAP fares poorly in Haryana

Wednesday, 09 October 2024 | PNS | Chandigarh

The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), fared poorly in the Haryana Assembly polls and failed to open its account. The party was in talks with Congress for a pre poll alliance which could not materialise. 


AAP's senior vice president of the state unit Anurag Dhanda was among those who suffered a big defeat. He contested from the Kalayat seat in the Kaithal district and was at the seventh position. No AAP nominee was in the contest in any of the 90 assembly seats, as per the ECI data. The party contested the assembly polls solo after talks with the Congress for stitching an alliance could not fructify.

 

During his poll campaigns, party national convener Arvind Kejriwal said that had he been released from jail three to four months back, his party would have formed its government in the state after the polls.
"Whatever government is formed in Haryana, it will be formed with the support of the Aam Aadmi Party," he claimed.


In the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the Kejriwal-led outfit, which was part of the INDIA bloc, contested in alliance with the Congress from the Kurukshetra parliamentary constituency. But its nominee Sushil Gupta, the party's state unit president and its 'best bet', lost to BJP's Naveen Jindal by around 29,000 votes.


The party projected Kejriwal as 'Haryana ka laal' (son of Haryana) and sought votes in his name. The party had announced several "guarantees", including free and round-the-clock electricity for domestic consumers, transformation of government schools and hospitals, free and good education, setting up of 'mohalla' clinics, and Rs 1,000 to women every month.

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