 "AAP to do a Delhi in Mumbai?")
After winning 28 seats in the Delhi Assembly elections in its stunning debut, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is now eyeing 48 Lok Sabha and 288 Assembly seats in Maharashtra.
On Tuesday, AAP indicated it planned to focus especially on India’s commercial and financial capital, with 36 Assembly and six Lok Sabha seats.
AAP leader Mayank Gandhi said the states of Haryana and Maharashtra were on the party’s radar.
“However, the decision to contest all 48 Lok Sabha and 288 Assembly seats, including 36 in Mumbai, will be taken at the national executive meeting slated for next week. We clearly see that Mumbaikars will give wholehearted support to our party, as they have tried and tested the established parties, including Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Shiv Sena, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and also Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).” He alleged these parties were in cahoots and practising settlement politics.
According to Gandhi, his party would approach voters, taking up issues relating to water, electricity, corruption, housing and open space.
During the 2009 Assembly elections, of the 36 seats in Mumbai, 17 were won by the Congress, six by the MNS, five by the BJP, four by the Shiv Sena, three by the NCP and one by the Samajwadi Party.
On Tuesday, AAP indicated it planned to focus especially on India’s commercial and financial capital, with 36 Assembly and six Lok Sabha seats.
AAP leader Mayank Gandhi said the states of Haryana and Maharashtra were on the party’s radar.
“However, the decision to contest all 48 Lok Sabha and 288 Assembly seats, including 36 in Mumbai, will be taken at the national executive meeting slated for next week. We clearly see that Mumbaikars will give wholehearted support to our party, as they have tried and tested the established parties, including Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Shiv Sena, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and also Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).” He alleged these parties were in cahoots and practising settlement politics.
According to Gandhi, his party would approach voters, taking up issues relating to water, electricity, corruption, housing and open space.
During the 2009 Assembly elections, of the 36 seats in Mumbai, 17 were won by the Congress, six by the MNS, five by the BJP, four by the Shiv Sena, three by the NCP and one by the Samajwadi Party.