Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 4
As the poll heat in Punjab got over on April 30, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) activists from the state have now left to campaign in other states, including Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal is fighting a high-decibel battle against BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Varanasi.
Volunteers have also left for Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the hill states where the elections are to be held on May 7.
A team of volunteers has reportedly been sent from Sangrur to Hamirpur to campaign for AAP candidate Kamal Kant Batra, mother of martyr Capt Vikram Batra, awarded Param Vir Chakra posthumously for his valour in the 1999 Kargil War.
Bhagwant Mann, AAP candidate from Sangrur, said he was campaigning in Bazpur (Uttarakhand) for Balli Singh Cheema, candidate from Nainital. “Cheema’s songs played a pivotal role in building the movement in the 1990s for the creation of Uttarakhand. I have also campaigned in Haldwani, Nainital and adjoining areas. A large number of Punjabis live there,” said Mann.
Balli, a Hindi poet and an activist, has his roots in Punjab but his family is settled in Bazpur.
“I will next move for Amethi to campaign for AAP candidate Kumar Vishwas, who is contesting against Rahul Gandhi and Smriti Irani,” he said. From Amethi, he will go to Varanasi. AAP’s Bathinda candidate Jassi Jasraj is campaigning for Subhash Chander in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
Already, a team of AAP volunteers led by Prof Manjit Singh and Kultar Singh Sandhwan has reached Varanasi.
“We have started campaigning for Kejriwal and response is beyond our expectations,” said Prof Manjit Singh, member of the AAP campaign committee in Punjab. “If required, we will call more volunteers from Punjab to Varanasi,” he said.
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