The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday thanked the people of Gujarat for a landslide victory in Surat Municipal Corporation where the party ended up bagging 27 seats in the civic polls.
Kejriwal said that the people of Delhi have rejected the centuries-old politics of Congress and chosen the AAP as the main opposition party which proves that they want politics of development and work in the State.
The Chief Minister assured that every AAP volunteer and member in Gujarat will fulfill their responsibilities with full honesty. He added that he will be reaching Surat on February 26 to personally meet and thank the people of Surat for voting for AAP.
The AAP has breached BJP's citadel in Surat after it bagged 27 seats in the municipal corporation. Thanking the people of state, Kejriwal said.
"The Aam Aadmi Party has performed exceptionally well in the Gujarat Municipal Corporation Elections. I would like to thank the people of Gujarat from the bottom of my heart. The people of Surat have handed over the responsibility to the AAP as the main opposition party and rejected the 125-year old Congress," he said.
"I want to assure you, that every volunteer of ours will fulfill each of his responsibility with full honesty and dedication. Gujarat has introduced a phase of new politics, which is politics of honesty, politics of work, politics of improved schools and hospitals, and politics of 24x7 free electricity," he added.
"We will change the face of Gujarat in coordination with the people of the state. I am coming to Surat on February 26, to personally meet and thank all of you," the CM added.
The AAP, which had fielded 470 candidates across six corporations, won 27 seats in Surat. Its workers celebrated the poll results by cutting cakes.