Broom takes Jalandhar in its sweep

Hundreds of Aam Aadmi supporters join ‘Jhadu Chalao Yatra’
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, February 16 Hundreds of people turned up for an Aam Admi Party (AAP) rally here today. The rally, which is part of party’s nationwide “Jhadu Chalao Yatra”, kicked off from the Company Bagh Chowk.

The rally saw the presence of Advocate HS Phoolka, while the one in Ludhiana saw the participation of former Director General of Police (DGP) Shashi Kant.

The rally will be held in Patiala and Sangrur, among other districts. Phoolka and other district and state members welcomed Arvind Kejriwal’s decision to resign from the post of Delhi Chief Minister.

Jalandhar is considered one of the prominent cities where AAP has evoked considerable suuport. Retired officers Swarn Singh and Lok Raj Nayyar are the front runners for the candidacy from the Jalandhar parliamentary seat. The name of government school principal Rajkumari Saroj is also doing the rounds.

Swarn Singh was allegedly involved in the misuse of funds for the Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s birth centenary celebrations in 2008. He has termed it a “political conspiracy” and reportedly had a word with Kejriwal on the issue, after which he was given the go-ahead for the membership.

Sources said the state executive would decide on the candidate from Jalandhar.

Meanwhile, enthused about the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, and claiming to be unfazed by the Kejriwal’s resignation, the party has been trying to broaden its base in the city. The party plans to cover all 60 wards across nine blocks in the urban areas.

As for strengthening its rural base in the district, party workers have been forming teams in villages. While teams at 28 villages in Adampur, Nakodar and Shahakot have been formed, the party is looking to form teams in all 944 villages in the district.

At present, the party has 35,000 members in the district and 500 field workers.

AAP convener Himanshu Pathak said, “The Lok Sabha elections is round the corner and there is a lot of work to do. The party will shortly be sending teams across the district for door-to-door campaigning and raise issues that matter the most.”

You do the sting, we will do the rest: AAP

Hoshiarpur: If someone in a government office asks for a bribe, don’t panic. Do a sting on him and give the video clip to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). It will file a complaint and contest the case in the court too. This was the message to the people during the 'Jhadu Rally' of the AAP's district unit organised here today. The AAP leaders with brooms in their hands raised slogans such as ‘Inquilab Zindabad’, ‘Vande Matram’, and ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’. Led by the members of the national executive, they went across the city on motorcycles and scooters and stopped at intervals to sweep the roads and address people. — TNS

Rally round-up

• The rally is part of AAP's nationwide 'Jhadu Chalao Yatra'
• The party slogan for the rally is 'Jhadu chalao beimaan bhagao'
• Soon, rallies will be held in Patiala and Sangrur

Numbers count

• The party has 35,000 members in Jalandhar district and 500 field workers
• Nearly 750 people have applied for all 13 seats in the state

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