AAP will win over 92 seats in Gujarat polls, says Kejriwal
AHMEDABAD: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will win more than 92 seats out of 182 in the Gujarat assembly elections next month, party convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday, contending that the party would get a majority.
Kejriwal also predicted that the party will win “seven to eight seats” out of the 12 in Surat. He later contended that “an Intelligence Bureau report said the AAP will win all 12 seats”, according to a statement released by his party. The party offered no other details about the report and how it knew its purported contents.
Speaking to reporters, Kejriwal said: “...we are getting more than 92 seats. Regarding the specific seats, I can tell only this much that in Surat, we are winning seveneight seats and AAP’S state presisons. dent Gopal Italia is winning from Katargam with a huge majority.”
He added: “Our chief ministerial candidate Isudan Gadhvi is winning from Khambhalia constituency with a huge majority and Alpesh Kathiriya is winning from Varachha with a big majority.”
Gujarat votes on December 1 and 5, and results will be declared on December 8. The state is witnessing the first triangular contest since 1990 with the Congress and AAP hoping to dislodge the BJP.
Kejriwal also wrote his predictions on the elections on a piece of paper and showed it to media perAddressing a roadshow in Surat’s Katargam, he said: “Today, the people are suffering because of inflation. Inflation is so high that it has made it difficult for people to survive. I will give you relief from inflation.”
He said: “Once elected, I will reduce your electricity bill from March 1. Your electricity bills will come down to zero. In Delhi, people get electricity for 24 hours and yet their bill is zero. Even in Punjab where AAP is in power, electricity is available for 24 hours, and people get zero bills.”
An alleged security breach was reported at Kejriwal’s roadshow in Surat on Monday. “They have resorted to hooliganism,” Kejriwal alleged, referring to the BJP.
Gujarat BJP’S co-spokesperson Zubin Ashara dismissed claims of stone pelting.
“AAP workers beat up the public when they mocked Kejriwal’s roadshow,” he alleged.