Ravi S Singh

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, November 16

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has begun moves to expand itself in several states so as to get status as a national political party before the 2024 general election.

The party wants to register its presence electorally across states, and in the immediate context other than the National Capital Territory of Delhi where it is in power, it has focused on Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Goa where Assembly elections will be held in February-March, 2022.

The party has started preparations in earnest for the Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat, which will be held in the latter half of the next year.

The party has started working in Haryana,Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh.

AAP's national executive member and Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Gupta, who recently held public meetings in Madhya Pradesh and Telangana to test political waters, said people had shown inclination towards the party.

He said AAP is well poised in Punjab to form a government as the Congress is incapacitated due to factionalism, and people are resentful of the Akalis; the BJP is below the radar. 

The party is hopeful in the elections in Uttarakhand and Goa.

Gupta, who is also in charge of Haryana, said the party is making rapid strides in the state.

"The party has support of farmers in Punjab and Haryana," Gupta said.