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Time of India
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal to launch ‘Gujarat Jodo' membership drive
Gandhinagar: AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal will be in Ahmedabad on Wednesday to launch the party's 'Gujarat Jodo' membership drive. He will meet AAP's state, zonal, district, and assembly-level office bearers during his visit. Speaking to reporters at the AAP state headquarters, Gujarat in charge Gopal Rai said that the party's victory in Visavadar was a "message of change". "Despite the BJP throwing its entire machinery into the constituency, it lost. Only AAP has the strength to uproot the BJP from power in the state," he said. Rai noted that through the campaign, AAP will activate ground-level teams in every assembly constituency and connect with all citizens who want to join the party. You Can Also Check: Ahmedabad AQI | Weather in Ahmedabad | Bank Holidays in Ahmedabad | Public Holidays in Ahmedabad Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Doctor's Day 2025 , messages and quotes!
Time of India
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Kejriwal on three-day Gujarat visit after Visavadar bypoll win, to launch 'Gujarat Jodo' campaign
NEW DELHI: (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday embarked on a three-day visit to Gujarat following the party's bypoll victory in the Visavadar Assembly constituency, amid efforts by AAP to expand its organisational footprint in the western state. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now According to a statement from AAP, Kejriwal will be in Ahmedabad from July 1 to 3 to attend organisational meetings and galvanise support for the party's newly launched 'Gujarat Jodo' membership campaign, which begins in Ahmedabad on July 2 and will be expanded statewide. "I am going to Gujarat today to meet the workers after the victory in Visavadar," Kejriwal posted on X before leaving for Ahmedabad. The campaign marks a renewed push by the party to establish a deeper grassroots presence in Gujarat, where the BJP has maintained a dominant political hold for over two decades. Kejriwal also lauded his party's performance in the recent bypolls held in Gujarat and Punjab, where it retained one seat each. "There will be a bigger storm of AAP in the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections. In Gujarat, the people have decided to reject both the BJP and the Congress," he said. The Visavadar seat in Gujarat's Junagadh district was won by AAP's former state president Gopal Italia, who defeated BJP candidate Kirit Patel by a margin of 17,554 votes. Italia secured 75,942 votes, while Patel garnered 58,388, according to Election Commission data. The AAP leadership described the bypoll results as a sign of Kejriwal's "powerful comeback" to national politics following the party's recent defeat in the Delhi Assembly elections.
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Business Standard
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Business Standard
Kejriwal to launch 'Gujarat Jodo' campaign during three-day state visit
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday embarked on a three-day visit to Gujarat following the party's bypoll victory in the Visavadar Assembly constituency, amid efforts by AAP to expand its organisational footprint in the western state. According to a statement from AAP, Kejriwal will be in Ahmedabad from July 1 to 3 to attend organisational meetings and galvanise support for the party's newly launched 'Gujarat Jodo' membership campaign, which begins in Ahmedabad on July 2 and will be expanded statewide. I am going to Gujarat today to meet the workers after the victory in Visavadar, Kejriwal posted on X before leaving for Ahmedabad. The campaign marks a renewed push by the party to establish a deeper grassroots presence in Gujarat, where the BJP has maintained a dominant political hold for over two decades. Kejriwal also lauded his party's performance in the recent bypolls held in Gujarat and Punjab, where it retained one seat each. There will be a bigger storm of AAP in the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections. In Gujarat, the people have decided to reject both the BJP and the Congress, he said. The Visavadar seat in Gujarat's Junagadh district was won by AAP's former state president Gopal Italia, who defeated BJP candidate Kirit Patel by a margin of 17,554 votes. Italia secured 75,942 votes, while Patel garnered 58,388, according to Election Commission data. The AAP leadership described the bypoll results as a sign of Kejriwal's "powerful comeback" to national politics following the party's recent defeat in the Delhi Assembly elections. (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Hans India
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Kejriwal to Kick Off ‘Gujarat Jodo' Campaign After By-Poll Wins in Gujarat, Punjab
New Delhi: Buoyed by strong performances in the recent assembly by-elections in Gujarat and Punjab, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal is set to visit Gujarat on July 2 and 3. Kejriwal will depart from Delhi this evening and begin his tour in Ahmedabad, where he will launch the party's 'Gujarat Jodo' membership campaign. This visit comes shortly after AAP's candidate Gopal Italia clinched victory in the Visavadar assembly seat in Gujarat, marking a significant political moment for the party in the state. The campaign will be formally launched from Ahmedabad on Wednesday and is expected to expand across Gujarat in the coming weeks. Kejriwal is also scheduled to attend an organizational meeting in Ahmedabad on July 3. AAP celebrated its success in the June 25 bypolls with a grand event at Kapurthala House, the official residence of Punjab Chief Minister in Delhi. The event was attended by senior leaders from Delhi, Punjab, and Gujarat, including Kejriwal himself. Newly elected MLAs Sanjeev Arora from Ludhiana West (Punjab) and Gopal Italia from Visavadar (Gujarat) were also present at the celebration. Speaking on the party's performance, Kejriwal stated that the victory in these by-elections sends a clear message, that Aam Aadmi Party is emerging as the only viable alternative to the BJP. He emphasized that while Punjab voters have shown satisfaction with AAP's governance, the people of Gujarat are signaling a strong desire for political change. 'The results show that AAP has become a serious alternative in Gujarat,' Kejriwal said. 'Out of the five assembly seats contested in the by-elections, AAP won two, while Congress, BJP, and TMC managed to win one seat each.' He also reminded supporters that AAP had initially won the Visavadar seat in the 2022 Gujarat Assembly elections, but the MLA later defected to the BJP, prompting the by-election. With Gopal Italia's return to the seat under the AAP banner, the party sees this victory as a symbolic and strategic win. AAP leaders believe the by-election results are a 'semi-final' ahead of the 2027 general elections in both Punjab and Gujarat. The Gujarat Jodo campaign is expected to play a central role in expanding AAP's grassroots presence and preparing for future electoral battles in the state.
