After replacing four of its candidates and shifting constituency of one, the Punjab unit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday ruled out any more changes in the already announced candidates for the 2017 polls.
Party’s Punjab convener Gurpreet Singh Waraich (Ghuggi) maintained that the party has no plans to replace any more candidates. “The party has already replaced four candidates and changed the constituency of Himmat Singh Shergill from Mohali to Majitha,” he said.
Ghuggi’s assertion came amidst the demands for change in the announced candidates from several assembly segments, including Jalandhar cantonment.
“We have changed only those candidates whose election campaign was not picking-up,” said Ghuggi adding that internal surveys of AAP were complete and the party had found that most of the candidates were doing well.
The party has so far announced more than 100 candidates. Earlier, party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal had told the candidates that their entire focus should be on their campaign.
He told them that those found weak at any stage would be replaced.
In each constituency, the party has deployed observers who are sending report to the leadership on a day-to-day basis.