After Punjab sweep, Kejriwal's AAP sets eyes on expanding base. Check list

The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party inducted 15 former MLAs, ministers and social activists from Haryana into the fold

After a landslide win in Punjab Assembly elections, the Aam Aadmi Party has now turned its eyes on expanding its base beyond the national capital. On Monday, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party inducted 15 former MLAs, ministers and social activists from Haryana into the fold.

Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain was present during the induction ceremony in the national capital. “15 former MLAs, ministers & social activists from Haryana have joined Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi today. We will fight the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections later this year. I am confident that we will form govt in Haryana,” Jain said.

The mega induction comes two days before the AAP is formally set to form government in Punjab under the chief ministership of Bhagwant Mann, who will take oath in freedom fighter Bhagat Singh's native village Khatkar Kalan.

The message is clear. The AAP has intensified its efforts to consolidate its base in Himachal Pradesh which goes to polls in December this year. The party has already declared it will contest all 68 assembly seats in the hill state.

(Left) Delhi minister Satyendar Jain along with leaders from Haryana who joined the AAP on Monday. The Arvind Kejriwal-led party is working round-the clock to expand base beyond Delhi and Punjab (Twitter/ANI)

"Himachal Pradesh adjoins Punjab and we will go full throttle in the hill state. The AAP is also seeking feedback from common people. The public in Himachal is critical about healthcare. Not much has been done in the field of education as well,” Jain had said on Saturday.

“People of the state are fed up with the privileged leaders in both the Congress and the BJP," the AAP leader had added.

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Besides Himachal, the AAP has also plans to consolidate base in Kejriwal's home state Haryana which goes to polls in 2024. The Kejriwal-led party has also announced it decision to contest assembly polls in Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah. The western state has been ruled by the BJP since 1995 with Modi serving as the chief minister for 13 years before he became the prime minister.

The Aam Aadmi Party has also decided to contest the panchayat polls in Mamata Banerjee-ruled West Bengal scheduled next year.