‘Kejriwal not to contest LS polls from Varanasi’
VARANASI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) spokesman and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh on Sunday said party president and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal would not contest Lok Sabha election from Varanasi and added that AAP would field a strong candidate against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi.
VARANASI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) spokesman and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh on Sunday said party president and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal would not contest Lok Sabha election from Varanasi and added that AAP would field a strong candidate against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi.
“AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal will not contest Lok Sabha election from Varanasi as he wants to focus more on Delhi. AAP will field strong candidates on certain seats, including Varanasi,” Singh told media persons during the party’s ‘BJP bhagao, bhagwan bachao’ yatra which was taken out from Ayodhya to Varanasi on January 12-13.
“AAP will field candidates on all parliamentary seats of Punjab, Haryana, Goa and Chandigarh. Preparations for elections are in full swing,” he added.
Kejriwal had secured second position against Modi from Varanasi seat in the 2014 Lok Sabha election.