Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, spoke to leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) who won seats in the Uttar Pradesh local body elections. He said that the AAP has successfully changed the political narrative of India, as parties are now focusing on issues such as education and health rather than caste and religion. Kejriwal mentioned that the Congress party won the Karnataka assembly elections by promising free electricity, free ration, and unemployment allowance in their manifesto, similar to the AAP’s promises. The BJP has also started making such promises, according to Kejriwal.
The AAP won three Nagar Palika chairperson seats, six Nagar Panchayat chairperson seats, and six Nagar Nigam councillor seats in the Uttar Pradesh local body polls. More than half of the AAP’s victorious candidates belonged to the minority community. Kejriwal congratulated the AAP’s Uttar Pradesh unit leaders on their victory. He said that their victory in several seats is a sign that people in Uttar Pradesh are ready for change and want good governance and development in the state.
