Arvind Kejriwal gives key roles to senior netas to keep AAP flock together | India News

NEW DELHI: The new appointments by AAP are aimed toward bolstering the social gathering’s presence in Delhi and Punjab, and likewise replicate a acutely aware try by Arvind Kejriwal to keep the flock together by giving key roles to seniors like Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain and Saurabh Bharadwaj.
In a publish on X, Kejriwal congratulated the social gathering functionaries on being given new tasks. The appointments achieve significance as AAP might be specializing in strengthening the organisation in Punjab, Gujarat and Goa, the place meeting elections might be held in 2027.
In a primary, the social gathering appointed a state president in J&Okay, placing its solely MLA within the state, Mehraj Malik, within the publish. Malik received from Doda constituency within the 2024 meeting polls.
The rejig adopted a gathering of the social gathering’s political affairs committee, the place it was determined to make former Delhi minister and long-time Delhi convener Gopal Rai the brand new in-charge of Gujarat, the place AAP has 4 MLAs. The social gathering hopes to capitalise on Rai’s grassroots expertise and his mobilisation talents to develop its footprint forward of the 2027 meeting polls. Delhi MCD in-charge Durgesh Pathak will help Rai as co-incharge in Gujarat. Rai is without doubt one of the 22 AAP MLAs in Delhi meeting.
Sandeep Pathak, AAP’s nationwide common secretary (organisation), might be in-charge of Chhattisgarh. National secretary Pankaj Gupta might be in-charge of Goa. The social gathering has appointed Ankush Narang, Abhash Chandela and Deepak Singhla as co in-charges within the state. Announcing the names, Sandeep Pathak mentioned PAC assembly centered on ” party’s expansion, organisational structure and key strategic issues”.
After his appointment, Sisodia mentioned, “There is a unique affection among the people of Punjab for Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann (Punjab CM). AAP will undoubtedly win the Ludhiana West byelection.”
Bharadwaj mentioned those that stay with the social gathering after a loss are “pure gold” and AAP will emerge stronger with those that stand with it at the moment.