Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, alongside his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann, launched the party's Lok Sabha poll campaign on Friday. The campaign launch took place at the AAP headquarters on DDU Marg at noon which was attended by various party leaders and workers.
AAP is gearing up for the general election in collaboration with its I.N.D.I.A bloc partner Congress, following a seat-sharing agreement reached in Delhi, Gujarat, and Haryana.
Kejriwal addresses party workers
After the launch of the campaign, AAP chief Kejriwal also addressed the party workers. "I have made all efforts to serve the people of Delhi who are my family. Our slogan is 'Sansad mein bhi Kejriwal, to Dilli hogi aur khush haal' (Delhi will be more prosperous with Kejriwal in Parliament)," he said.
AAP, Congress seat sharing in Delhi
In Punjab, however, both parties have decided to contest the Lok Sabha polls independently. The AAP will contest four of the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi and Congress will field its candidates on the remaining three.
The party has also received two constituencies - Bharuch, Jamnagar – in Gujarat and Kurukshetra in Haryana under the seat-sharing deal with Congress. Separately, AAP has also declared its candidates from Guwahati, Dibrugarh and Sonitpur Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam.
Lok Sabha elections 2024
It should be noted here that general elections are expected to be held in India between April and May to elect the members of the 18th Lok Sabha. The tenure of the 17th Lok Sabha is scheduled to end in the month of June. The previous general elections were held in April–May 2019. After the elections, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance formed the government at the Centre, with Narendra Modi continuing as Prime Minister for the second straight term.
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