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Ahead of competitors by atleast a lakh votes: Mayank Gandhi

Mumbai: AAP leader Mayank Gandhi said its chief Arvind Kejriwal's resignation as Delhi Chief Minister would not affect the party's poll prospects, even as the party candidate from North West Mumbai parliamentary seat claimed to

“Should the country wait for 5 more years for a Jan Lokpal? It was better we resigned from government and came back with a strong mandate and pass a strong anti-corruption law,” he added.

The AAP leader has been fielded against sitting Congress MP Gurudas Kamat from North West Mumbai in the LS elections.

Also, he will be facing Kamal Khan of the Samajwadi Party, Mahesh Manjarekar of the MNS and Gajanan Kirtikar of the Shiv Sena in the poll ring.

But he claimed to be in a favourable position over other contestants on the prestigious seat.  

“From an internal survey that we have done, I am ahead of my competitors by atleast 1,00,000 votes.