NEW DELHI, Dec 15:
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls in 2022, its national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Tuesday as he accused political parties in the state of doing nothing but stabbing people in the back.
In a virtual press briefing, Kejriwal said development and progress in UP have been held back by its “dirty politics” and “corrupt leaders”. People in the state want an honest government which only AAP can provide, he added.
Citing Delhi’s Mohalla clinics, free water and electricity, healthcare and education facilities, the chief minister said people of Uttar Pradesh were being deprived of these basic amenities by the parties that have formed governments in the state over the years.
“Why do the people of UP travel to Delhi for every major and minor facility? If a family living in Kanpur has to send their child to a good college, they have to send her to Delhi. If a person living in Gorakhpur has to get good medical treatment for his parents, they have to come to Delhi. Why,” he questioned.
People of Uttar Pradesh put their trust and faith in every party and gave them a chance, but these parties “stabbed the people in their backs”, Kejriwal claimed.
“There is only one thing lacking in the politics of Uttar Pradesh, which is honesty and intent. This is what AAP has. It is with this honesty that AAP has transformed Delhi. We proved that the governments do not lack resources but honest intent,” he asserted while announcing that AAP will contest the Assembly elections in the state in 2022.
“I appeal to you to give one chance to AAP and you will forget about other political parties, as has happened in Delhi, where the party has formed the government thrice in a row,” Kejriwal said.
He said many people from Uttar Pradesh who are living in Delhi have told him that AAP should fight elections in the state. (PTI)
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