Arvind Kejriwal re-elected AAP chief

The party held its national council’s annual meeting on Saturday, when a 34-member executive council was elected. On Sunday, it held the first meeting of the newly-elected executive council. Both meetings were held over video conference.

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was on Sunday re-elected the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) national convenor, the top post in the party. Pankaj Gupta was re-elected party secretary and Rajya Sabha member ND Gupta, treasurer, said a senior party functionary.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.  (File photo)

The party held its national council’s annual meeting on Saturday, when a 34-member executive council was elected. On Sunday, it held the first meeting of the newly-elected executive council. Both meetings were held over video conference.

The decision comes at a time when the party is looking to expand beyond the Capital and preparing for assembly elections in six states — Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Goa and Gujarat – in the next two years. Delhi also goes to the municipal polls next year with the three civic bodies in the city currently ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Earlier this year, the AAP won 27 seats in the municipal polls in Gujarat’s Surat. It continues to be the ruling party in Delhi and is also the principal opposition party in Punjab.

In January this year, the party held its previous national council meeting, which was delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. In that meeting, it passed resolutions extending tenures for the posts of national convenor and secretary from three years to five years, and removed a provision that prohibited re-election of the same person in these posts for more than two consecutive terms.