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In Vadodara for town hall, Kejriwal greeted with Modi chants, AAP boss says this
AAP supporters then came up with loud ‘Kejriwal-Kejriwal’ chants as the Delhi chief minister made his way out of the airport in Vadodara.
Aam Aadmi Party's national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday hit out at the ruling camp in Gujarat hours after he was greeted with chants in the names of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the airport in Vadodara where he going to address a town hall.
After the initial sloganeering, AAP supporters came up with loud ‘Kejriwal-Kejriwal’ chants as he made his way out of the airport.
Kejriwal is on a day-long visit to Gujarat where the AAP is aggressively campaigning to expand its base with Assembly election round the corner.
Later, while addressing a press conference, Kejriwal said now that the saffron party realised that it is set to lose even from those seats that are considered its stronghold, the ruling camp has to do something – hence the slogans against him.
He further said such slogans are not raised when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is in town. “The Congress gets BJP against me. They are afraid that if the public starts getting free facilities, then how will it be looted?” he added.
The AAP boss has visited the western state multiple times in the recent past to interact with people. On Tuesday, Kejriwal will hold a press conference before attending a town hall meeting to "give his message to the people of Gujarat," state AAP president Gopal Italia earlier said.
A day later, Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia will visit Ahmedabad and offer prayers at the Sabarmati Ashram before embarking on the party's campaign in north Gujarat, he said.
Last week, Kejriwal had held town hall meetings in the state where he interacted with auto-rickshaw drivers, lawyers and other people.
The party has announced a slew of "guarantees", including free electricity up to 300 units per month, allowances for women and unemployed youth, free and quality healthcare and education and creation of jobs.
(With inputs from agencies)
