New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday thanked people of Gujarat after his party made significant inroads in the civic body polls by securing as many as 27 seats. While extending gratitude, Kejriwal said that people of Gujarat have "rejected the centuries-old politics of Congress and chosen AAP as the main opposition party which proves that state now wants politics of development and work.
"The AAP has breached BJP's citadel in Surat after it bagged 27 seats in the municipal corporation. I would like to thank the people of Gujarat from the bottom of my heart. The people of Surat have handed over the responsibility to the Aam Aadmi Party as the main opposition party and rejected the 125-year old Congress," Kejriwal said.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="gu" dir="ltr">આમ આદમી પાર્ટીના ગુજરાત યુનિટના તમામ કાર્યકરોની મહેનતને સલામ અને બધાને હાર્દિક અભિનંદન. સુરતના મતદાતાઓએ પણ વ્યક્ત કર્યું છે કે હવે ભવિષ્યમાં સમગ્ર ગુજરાત કર્મના રાજકારણને આવકારવા તૈયાર છે. <a href="https://news.abplive.com/news/india/pm-modi-biggest-rioter-fate-worse-than-donald-trump-awaits-him-mamata-banerjee-slams-bjp-ahead-of-bengal-polls-1445732">pic.twitter.com/YyYNrb2nxz</a></p>— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) <a >February 24, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
In recently concluded Gujarat Civic Body Polls, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 93 of 120 seats in Surat while rest 27 wards were secured by AAP. The Congress, which had won 36 seats in previous local body polls, could not manage to win even a single seat from the city. Overall, the ruling BJP swept the civic elections with a majority in all six municipal corporations of the state.
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"I want to assure you, that every volunteer of ours will fulfill each of his responsibility with full honesty and dedication. Gujarat has introduced a phase of new politics, which is politics of honesty, politics of work, politics of improved schools and hospitals, and politics of 24x7 free electricity," he added.
Meanwhile, the Delhi CM will also hold a roadshow in Surat on February to thank people for chosing AAP in local body polls.
"We will change the face of Gujarat in coordination with the people of the state. I am coming to Surat on February 26, to personally meet and thank all of you," the AAP