The popularity of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has increased after it registered a resounding victory in the recently held Delhi Assembly elections. The party has now decided to contest BMC elections in Mumbai.
Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said that the AAP would contest the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections on its own.
"As far as I know, the Municipal Corporation elections are fought alone, which is also a better option. So, the AAP is not considering any alliance with any party for the upcoming BMC polls," Singh said at a press conference here. The BMC polls are likely to be held in the year 2022.
Earlier talking about growing popularity AAP, Delhi minister Gopal Rai claimed that more than 16 lakh people have given a missed call on its number in the last 12 days of which one lakh each are from BJP-ruled Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh.
Rai said: "AAP government has given a new model of nation building in Delhi which the public has acknowledged by voting the party to power. The party launched a missed call number on February 11 for those who wished to be a member of the party. Since then more than 16 lakh people have joined the party through that."
The party will run a nation building campaign in 20 states from February 23 to March 23 through which the party will try to connect with more people, said the senior AAP leader.
(Inputs from Agencies)
