Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Admi Party’s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal initiated party’s Uttarakhand poll campaign on Tuesday holding a rally from Clock Tower to Dilaram Bazar in Dehradun.  

As a part of his poll campaign, the Delhi CM arrived in Dehradun on Tuesday morning and held a press conference at the ITDR auditorium.

Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal announced that retired Colonel Ajay Kothiyal will be the party’s chief ministerial candidate for the next year’s assembly elections in Uttarakhand. The decision to pick Kothiyal as the AAP CM face is based on the feedback received from people who are fed up with politicians helming the state, he said.

With this announcement, the AAP became the first party to declare its CM face for the Uttarakhand Assembly polls to be held next year.

At a public address held earlier in the day, the AAP convenor said that the party will develop the state as a spiritual capital for Indians staying across the world. With proper development, 10 times more pilgrims from across the world will visit the state, he said.

Lauding praise on Kothiyal, Kejriwal said he was battling terror and guarding the country”s frontiers when politicians were busy looting the state. If voted to power, the Aam Aadmi Party, under the leadership of Kothiyal, will make Uttarakhand the global spiritual capital for Hindus, AAP chief said.

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Kothiyal, who had joined the AAP on April 20 this year, had been caught into headlines for his commendable work in rescuing people at the time of the Kedarnath disaster. He was the principal of the Uttarkashi-based Nehru Institute of Mountaineering at the time of disaster. His effort in helping the affected people put their lives back on track in the aftermath of the tragedy.

Earlier in July, Kejriwal visited the state and guaranteed 300 units of free electricity to the people, with a special mention of farmers, while also offering to waive off old electricity bills if the party is voted to power in the state. AAP chief had also assured that the party shall build good schools and work on electricity, water, farming apart from other issues in Uttarakhand.

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