Actor cum politician Prakash Raj will campaign for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi for a week. Raj began his Delhi campaign from the North East Lok Sabha constituency on Saturday evening with a meeting in support of AAP candidate, Dilip Pandey, at Babarpur.
Addressing the media along with the AAP Delhi convenor Gopal Rai at the party headquarters, Raj, who fought the Lok Sabha polls as an independent candidate from the Bengaluru Central seat, said that people need to unite to "reclaim the republic" of the country which is on the verge of losing with the onslaught of communal and hatred-based politics.
"The AAP is fighting the elections on the issues of health, education, their vision and based on their work. I am very happy, proud and I feel meaningful in this journey in Indian politics to be with AAP. I am not from Aam Aadmi Party, but I am one of those Aam Aadmi which look upto to the ideology and the work done by this party and this is what made me here. I am here to support such candidates, such party, which is fighting for a change in this election, compared to other parties.
"This is what we need, this is my gesture, and my belief, that different people with different thought processes but love for the country come together to make this democracy, to reclaim our republic which is on the verge and that we may lose with the onslaught of communal and hatred politics of the government, which is in place," Raj said.
He will campaign in the New Delhi and East Delhi constituencies on Sunday.
Meanwhile, AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj on Saturday said that the party's Lok Sabha candidates will declare their constituency-wise manifestoes this week.
"AAP is the only party, which has already put its Delhi Lok Sabha manifesto in the public domain 10 days back for the residents of the national capital to thoroughly examine what our party can do for Delhiites and on what basis we are seeking their votes," said Bharadwaj.