Aam Admi Party has decided to contest the assembly polls in the six states - Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat - in the next two years.
AAP convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal informed about the same at the National Council meeting of AAP.
AAP was formally launched on 26 November 2012 and is currently the ruling party of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The party made its electoral debut in the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, where it emerged as the second-largest party, winning 28 of the 70 seats.
Addressing the ninth National Council meeting of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Kejriwal said the farmers' protest against the farm laws is a battle of existence for them.
"The violence on Republic Day was unfortunate and whoever is responsible for it must be given strictest punishment," he said.
"But the violence will not lead to the end of the farmers' movement against the Agri laws, the issues still remain so the movement cannot end. We have to peacefully extend our support to the protesting farmers," the chief minister said. He said whoever is responsible for the violence on Tuesday should be acted against.
"Whoever is responsible for the turn of events, and I am not referring to the ones against whom police have registered fake cases, deserve to be punished. Whoever is responsible, whichever party is responsible should be acted against," Kejriwal said.
The AAP has strongly come out in favour of the farmers protesting against the Agri laws.
Tens of thousands of farmers broke barriers to storm the national capital on Tuesday, their tractor parade to highlight their demands dissolving into unprecedented scenes of anarchy as they fought with police, overturned vehicles and delivered a national insult hoisting a religious flag from the ramparts of the Red Fort, a privilege reserved for India's tricolour.
