Ujjain: New zonal office of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) at 15/1, near LP Bhargava Nagar, Pushpa Mission Hospital was inaugurated by State convenor Alok Agrawal here on Tuesday. Speaking to the media, Agrawal said people wanted a change from the BJP Government which symbolized corruption and loot now.
The Congress for the sake of change was also not an alternative, because before the BJP, Congress had kept the people of the state in the dark for decades and encouraged loot culture. In such circumstances, the AAP was the only option and it would field its candidate for all the 230 seats in the coming assembly elections and try to make it a common man’s government by giving chance to honest, active and willing people, he added.
Giving information about the AAP’s candidate selection process, Agrawal said they had started the process of selection of candidates for upcoming assembly elections for which a form had been uploaded on to the party website (www.aapmp.org). By downloading this form and asking for information, any citizen of the state could make a claim for contesting the assembly elections on the AAP’s ticket.
In addition application forms received via email and post will also be entertained by party’s candidate selection committee. Panel members, he said would also go to every assembly area and communicate with party workers and take their opinion. After this the State PAC (political affairs committee) will discuss names from all sources and three names will be sent to Central PAC.
He said the party would adopt the formula for the selection of the candidate. Under this, there will be an emphasis on crime, corruption and character, that is, there should be no criminal case against the candidate, there should not be any corruption or scandal against him and he should be of perfect character. He the party would declare candidates for all the 230 assembly seats by July.
Later, a Poha Chaupal was organized under the chairmanship of Alok Agarwal, in which zonal in-charge Indra Vikram Singh and State executive member and Lok Sabha in-charge, Ashutosh Mehar discussed local problems along with doctors, teachers and social workers involved in the state politics. During the talks, problems like corruption, drinking water, expensive electricity, arbitrary fees of private schools, poor infrastructure of Government hospitals and lack of quality education in government schools in the city came to the fore.