Chennai: Buoyed by the Aam Aadmi Partys good performance in the recently-held Surat civic polls party chief Arvind Kejriwal has now set his eyes on the 2022 Gujarat Assembly polls. Kejriwal who arrived in Surat said that AAP would seek votes from the people of the state in the next Assembly polls based on the performance of the partys 27 newly-elected corporators in the city. While the BJP retained power in the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) by winning 93 seats the AAP bagged the remaining 27 seats. The Congress failed to win even a single seat. During his address to the party corporators here Kejriwal said “The people of Gujarat are watching you with great hope. In our first attempt AAP won 28 Assembly seats in Delhi and came to power. People trusted us because they knew that we are true patriots as we were associated with Anna Hazares agitation”. “In the 49 days of our rule we did a lot of pro-people work. As a result the people of Delhi gave us 67 seats in the second election. Now six crore people of Gujarat will observe the work of 27 AAP corporators. If you perform well I am sure there will be a huge revolution in 2022” the Delhi Chief Minister added. Fearing a poaching attempt Kejriwal warned the elected representatives to inform the party leaders if anyone from the BJP contacts them over phone and gives an offer to switch sides. “I am sure that BJP people will call you. But remember our true wealth is peoples trust. If anyone of you switch sides it will break the trust of six crore people. Even if one person switches sides the BJP and others will get a chance to say that AAP is no different from others” he said. The AAP convenor urged the newly-elected corporators to be ready to help the people of their respective wards and also asked them to share their phone numbers in their areas so that citizens can contact them easily.

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