On the directive of party high command, the state Party President of Aam Aadami Party (AAP) of Uttarakhand has dissolved all district and ancillary units of the party.
Addressing media persons at the state party office here on Monday, the state President of the AAP, Chandra Shekhar Bhatt said that the party would make a new beginning in the state after the results of the elections in five states are declared. The party is hoping that the assembly election results would catapult it to a higher level in national politics. AAP is hoping that it would form governments in Punjab and Goa. The state party president that the party has taken the decision to dissolve all frontal and district organisations so that restructuring and revamping of party in the state is accomplished. In a recent meeting the national convener of AAP, Arvind Kejriwal had highlighted the need to undertake steps to increase the organisational network and reconstitute the party structure in the state. The state party president of Uttarakhand said that the central leadership has directed all party units that the party would contest elections in only those states where the task of restructuring and extension of party organisation is completed.
Bhatt said that the central leadership decided not to contest the assembly elections in Uttarakhand as it wanted to concentrate on the states like Punjab and Goa. He accepted that the party was not in a position to contest in all 70 assembly segments in the state. Bhatt however added that the party would concentrate in upcoming municipal elections and would contest.
The spokesperson of the party Saroj Pandey and party leader Rajesh Bahuguna were present on the occasion.