Three days after the Delhi elections results gave a hung
Assembly verdict, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has formally declared that
the party is gearing up for fresh elections. Along with Delhi Assembly
elections, the party has also announced its intention of plunging into
the Lok Sabha elections in 2014.
Party convenor
Arvind Kejriwal called on the AAP’s supporters and sympathisers to
“donate liberally” to the party fund for the elections. He said that the
party’s website was open for contributions.
While
addressing a massive gathering of party supporters at Jantar Mantar
here, Mr. Kejriwal said: “When we got the required funds from people
ahead of the Assembly elections, we had asked people not to donate
further. Now we have to prepare for fresh Delhi Assembly as well as the
General Elections in 2014. This is not our fight but your fight and we
can not continue this fight without your support.”
“Earlier
when we put donor’s names on the AAP website they objected to it saying
that they might have to face the witch hunt of the rival parties. Now
that the people of Delhi have posed faith in us, they are calling back
saying that they have no fear from anybody now,” he added to the
cheering and clapping of supporters.
Mr. Kejriwal
also made it clear that the AAP will not be pressured into trying to
form government in Delhi and lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP), the single largest party in the new Assembly, for not doing so.
“If the BJP doesn’t get majority at the Centre, will they also not stake claim then?” he asked.
Extending
his support to the ongoing fast by Anna Hazare, Mr. Kejriwal said that
he will visit Ralegan Siddhi village in Maharashtra on Tuesday and sit
in the audience as a common supporter as the corruption crusader was
against taking support from any political party for his movement. Mr.
Kejriwal said that he respected his sentiments and stand.
Mr.
Hazare is on a hunger strike to demand that the anti-corruption Lokpal
Bill be passed in the ongoing winter session of Parliament.
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