Wednesday, 18 August 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
Senior leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) colonel (retd) Ajay Kothiyal will be the chief ministerial candidate of the party in the 2022 Uttarakhand assembly elections. If voted to power, the AAP will make Uttarakhand a global spiritual capital for Hindus. The AAP’s national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal made these announcements on his one-day visit to Dehradun on Tuesday.
Talking about choosing Kothiyal as the party’s chief ministerial candidate in Uttarakhand’s assembly elections next year, Kejriwal said that when the deputy chief minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia asked Uttarakhand’s public whether Kothiyal should be the CM, the party received an overwhelming response from the public. He said, “The public has chosen Kothiyal as the CM candidate of AAP, not us. The people of Uttarakhand no longer want corrupt political leaders who have looted the State for years instead of doing any development work. They now want a patriotic army man as a chief minister who will serve the people instead of filling his own home with the loot.” He further said that when some political leaders of two prominent parties were busy looting the State, Kothiyal was fighting for the country at the border. “He has trained thousands of youngsters who wished to join the army. Unemployment and migration are two major issues of today’s youth in Uttarakhand and Kothiyal knows how to tackle such issues. The party is already making plans with him to tackle such issues here,” asserted the Delhi CM.
Kejriwal also announced that AAP will make Uttarakhand a spiritual capital for Hindus living across the world. “Uttarakhand is called the land of gods. It has various religious places and pilgrimages like Kedarnath, Badrinath, Yamunotri, Gangotri, Haridwar and Rishikesh among several others. Many visit these places every year but with the right management, this number can be increased to at least 10 times than what it is today which will also generate employment opportunities for locals. If voted to power, AAP will work towards making Uttarakhand a global spiritual capital for Hindus,” stated Kejriwal. He also promised people that he will return soon with more announcements for Uttarakhand.
Kothiyal said that his party will need six months to show what they can do for the development of Uttarakhand and the public can compare it with the work of other parties. “I request people of Uttarakhand not to fail me in the coming assembly elections. We will not ask for votes in the assembly elections after this assembly election as people will already know about the capabilities of AAP,” said Kothiyal. After addressing the media persons, Kejriwal along with other senior party members and several party workers participated in AAP’s roadshow Devbhoomi Sankalp Yatra from Clock Tower to Dilaram Chowk in Dehradun.
