Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to campaign for AAP in GHMC polls

HYDERABAD: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will campaign for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidates in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls when they are due. Party leaders from Telangana met Kejriwal in Delhi on Monday night and he advised them to prepare for the polls.
Kejriwal told the party leaders that they should first identify local issues and try to get them solved by the government with the help of civil society. He reportedly told them to refrain from being unnecessarily critical of the government for the sake of politics. Kejriwal told them that they would have to bring the problems to the notice of the government and pursue them.
As part of the effort, AAP leaders and volunteers would visit educational institutions, hospitals and make a note of the problems being faced by the people in different spheres of life. AAP would also undertake a programme to enroll people in the party from February 23 for a month. A mobile number would be announced and those interested in joining the party could give a missed call to 'Join the revolution-Join AAP' programme.
AAP state core committee member Syed Gaffar said volunteers would be given responsibility for each of the 150 wards in GHMC to prepare the party for the polls. AAP Telangana convenor Ramu Goud, AAP South India in-charge and Malviya Nagar MLA Somnath Bharati, Telangana observer Priyanka Kakkar and Telangana joint secretary Rashid Ul Haq discussed with Kejriwal about strengthening the party in Telangana, particularly Hyderabad. Ramu Goud told that Kejriwal was particular that AAP prepare itself thoroughly for GHMC polls. Kejriwal was said to be appreciative of the fact that AAP candidate Rashid Ul Haq won from ward number 31, Ambedkarnagar, in Adilabad municipality in the recently held civic polls in Telangana though there was no involvement of the central leadership in the polls. He said the party will have to build itself in that way so that local leaders will be central to the party.