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Delhi Elections 2020: AAP To Release Manifesto For Polls Today

The manifesto is expected to have party's detailed plan for controlling the air and water pollution and women's safety among others.

New Delhi: Three days ahead of polling, Aam Aadmi Party's National Convener Arvind Kejriwal will release the manifesto of the party today for the February 8 Assembly elections. The manifesto is expected to have party's detailed plan for controlling the air and water pollution and women's safety among others. According to a party leader, the manifesto will focus on the issues related to the common man. Congress and BJP both have already released their manifestos for the polls. In January, Kejriwal had released 'Kejriwal Ka Guarantee Card' which included promises to continue 200 units of free electricity, Mohalla marshals and 24x7 clean water to every resident of the national capital. The AAP chief had said that his government would continue the existing 20,000 litres free water and promised to provide 24-hour clean water in the next five years. The AAP had formed a three-member committee for drafting its manifesto with its Kalkaji candidate Atishi as the chairperson and party leaders Ajoy Kumar and Jasmine Shah as the members. While Atishi is an Oxford-educated and had played an important role in the government's reforms in the education sector, Ajoy Kumar was a former Congress Lok Sabha MP and also a former IPS officer. Also Watch | AAP's 'underground campaign' to counter BJP's aggressive tactics Jasmine Shah, an alumnus of the Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and also a Nehru Fulbright Scholar, had a decade of experience in working on the urban governance and policy issues. Both Atishi and Shah have been advising the Delhi Government over various issues. Among the top three contenders for the February 8 Assembly elections, the Congress and BJP have already released their manifesto, the AAP had so far only released its Guarantee Card -- a list of promises made by Kejriwal for what he will do in the coming five years, if re-elected. (with inputs from agencies)
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