Kejriwal to release AAP manifesto on Thursday: Here's what it may contain

The manifesto would be released in the presence of senior party leaders and all the seven candidates who are contesting on the party's ticket from Delhi.

Chief Minister of the Delhi Arvind Kejriwal (L) and Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee (R) attend an opposition political rally in New Delhi on February 13, 2019. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)

New Delhi: Amid talks with the Congress for a tie-up not fructifying, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is all set to release the Aam Aadmi Party's manifesto on Thursday.  The manifesto is reportedly centered on the agenda of granting full statehood to the national capital. The manifesto would be released in the presence of senior party leaders and all the seven candidates who are contesting on the party's ticket from Delhi. Sources said the manifesto would link different issues, including employment, higher education and women safety that Delhi faces because of not having the status of full statehood. The party would come up with its manifesto that would layout the roadmap of how the AAP will take the agenda of statehood forward if elected to power. "Other than a central manifesto, each candidate would also come up with a constituency-wise manifesto which would list out local issues and how the party plans to counter them," senior party leader Gopal Rai said on Tuesday. The constituency-wise manifesto would be released in the first week of May. He also said his party would start the third phase of its campaign after April 25, during which there would be targeted campaigning. "The first phase was general campaigning, the second was campaigning that connected with floating voters and now in the third phase of campaigning, we would be identifying points that could give the AAP a jump or an advantage in terms of voters," Rai said. Delhi goes to poll on May 12 and the results would be announced on May 23. AAP’s Delhi Candidates for 7 Lok Sabha seats: Atishi Marlena - East Delhi Guggan Singh - Northwest Delhi Raghav Chadha - South Delhi Balbir Singh Jakhar - West Delhi Dilip Pandey - Northeast Delhi Pankaj Gupta - Chandni Chowk Brijesh Goyal - New Delhi (With additional information from PTI)