The second phase of Uttarakhand Bachao yatra of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was flagged off from Kotdwar town on Tuesday. The Yatra was flagged off by the President of State working committee of the party, Anoop Nautiyal. In the first phase the party leaders toured Kumaon region for 15 days.
Speaking on the occasion, Nautiyal said that the Yatra is planned in three stages in Uttarakhand. He added that the aim of the Yatra is to propagate a clean politics in the state and connect with more and more people with the party. Nautiyal said that both BJP and Congress parties are observing mere formalities in the name of Yatra while AAP has undertaken Yatra in a real sense. He said that the party is getting connected with people in remote areas of the state by the help of this Yatra. Nautiyal said that the Yatra elicited a very good response among the people of Kumaon region and hoped that similar response would be meted to it during its tour of Garhwal region. launching a scathing attack on BJP and Congress the AAP leader said that both these parties are responsible for the sorry condition the State is in on Tuesday.
The in-charge of Delhi Uttarakhand cell of AAP, Navin Pirshali, Members of State working committee Ajay Sharma, Shyam Babu Pandey, Chandrashekhar Bhatt, SS Kaler, Ranbir Chaudhary, Pravin Kumar, Pushpa Rawat, Uma Sisodiya and others were present on the occasion.