New Delhi:Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is planning to expand its footprints beyond its home turf and is looking to challenge the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh. Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP is looking to register its presence in the biggest state of the country by contesting the Assembly and rural body elections.
In an exclusive interview with ETV Bharat, election supervisor Delhi Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam said that his party has begun preparations for the upcoming Panchayat elections and this local polls will help AAP in strengthening its base for the assembly elections in 2022. Gautam, who is the Delhi Minister for Water, Tourist, Culture, Arts & Languages and Gurudwara Elections, has been made AAP’s its panchayat polls in-charge in the state.
The leader said that the people of Uttar Pradesh has given a very good response after the party announced its contention to contest the assembly and panchayat polls
With AAP registering its victory in Maharashtra municipal (105 seats) and Jammu and Kashmir's District Development Council (DDC) elections, the party is expecting to put up a good show in the Uttar Pradesh Panchayat elections.