New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife, Sunita and daughter Harshita will visit Punjab on Friday to campaign for the AAM Admi Party ahead pf the polls.
“Tomorrow I am going to Dhuri (in Sangrur district) with my daughter to ask for votes for my brother-in-law Bhagwant Mann,” Mrs Kejriwal tweeted this morning.
Mr Mann is the AAP’s chief ministerial candidate for the 2022 Punjab election and will contest from Dhuri. He is currently the party’s Lok Sabha MP from the Sangrur seat.
Bhagwant Mann was named as the face of the AAP’s Punjab campaign last month, after a heavily publicised campaign inviting the state’s voters to choose their presumptive chief minister.
“It is clear AAP will win the Punjab election. In a way, the person chosen as the chief ministerial candidate will be the next Chief Minister of Punjab,” Mr Kejriwal had said earlier.
The AAP has emerged as a strong challenger to the ruling Congress in Punjab and will look to build on its impressive 2017 debut, when Mr Mann led the party to 20 seats in the 117-member House.
Punjab will vote on February 20; the election was scheduled for February 14 but was postponed after all parties requested the Election Commission to factor in Guru Ravidas Jayanti celebrations.
Votes will be counted on March 10.
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