AAP IN TOWN
What was Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal doing in Singrauli town in Madhya Pradesh on July 2? Election in the state is still a year and some months away. Turns out he was holding a roadshow for AAP mayoral candidate Rani Agarwal in the upcoming civic polls. The Delhi CM’s presence was enough for MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan to take a whirlwind tour of the town the next day. AAP has been trying to make inroads in MP since the 2018 assembly election but has drawn a blank. The civic polls are being treated as a semifinal for the 2023 assembly poll. The party has a strong candidate in Agarwal—winning even one mayoral contest, out of the 16 in the state, will make AAP a serious contender next year. Hence the Singrauli sojourn.