Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 23

Putting an end to the speculations, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today declared to contest on all the 35 seats in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections scheduled to be held in December.

The announcement was made by senior party leader and Delhi MLA Jarnail Singh in presence of AAP’s Chandigarh leaders Prem Garg, Chander Mukhi Sharma and Pradeep Chhabra.

The AAP will be contesting the MC elections for the first time and is hopeful of emerging as a major party.

Addressing the media at the party headquarters here, Jarnail Singh alleged that corruption was rampant in every department in Chandigarh under the BJP dispensation and the AAP would work hard to eradicate it.

Jarnail Singh said despite the BJP government at the Centre and a BJP Lok Sabha member in Chandigarh, the government had “neglected the UT and made this beautiful city, a city full of filth”.

He further said the long standing demands of the residents were being ignored due to which the people now want a change.

The Aam Aadmi Party is the only option available to the people of Chandigarh and this time they will bring honest people to power, he said.

Prem Garg, Chander Mukhi Sharma and Pardeep Chhabra said: “At one time, Chandigarh had a special place in north India. But for a long time now, the Congress and the BJP have crossed all the boundaries of corruption and as a result, problems ranging from cleanliness to taxes have increased.”

They said the Congress had been occupying Chandigarh Municipal Corporation for a long time and Pawan Kumar Bansal was also winning in Lok Sabha, but he did not pay any attention to the problems of common people.

BJP leaders have also been neglecting the residents, they alleged.

The people of Chandigarh will respond to the corruption of Congress and the BJP with the ballot, they added.