Aam Aadmi Party to contest all seats in upcoming Gujarat local bodies bolls

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday said it will contest all seats in the upcoming local bodies polls in Gujarat, and announced the first list of 504 candidates. The party also expressed confidence that it will emerge as a strong alternative to the ruling BJP in the state.

AAP's Delhi MLA and party spokesperson Atishi released the first list of candidates for the elections to the local bodies in the state, such as municipalities, municipal corporations, district and taluka panchayats, likely to be held in February. "AAP will contest elections on all seats in the local bodies polls in the state for the first time. With this, the party will enter the electoral politics of Gujarat as a strong alternative to the BJP. AAP will work to remove the BJP from power," she said.

"Not just the local bodies polls, but AAP will also contest the Vidhan Sabha elections in Gujarat as well as other polls. People of Gujarat want an alternative," she said. She claimed that it is on the demand of the people of Gujarat that AAP is entering the electoral politics in the state.