Lucknow: For the upcoming Punjab elections Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was seen fighting chance at power. Arvind Kejriwal declared on Monday to a large group of auto and cab drivers in Ludhiana as he campaigned for the upcoming polls that you could come to me for anything.
As the AAP chief interacted with a large group of auto drivers in a hall decked with balloons, he ended up accepting a dinner invite.
During the Q&A session a man said “Sir, you help auto drivers. Sir, will you come for a meal to this poor auto-wallah’s home? I am inviting you dil se (from the heart), the room cheered encouragingly, to which Arvind Kejriwal responded “Absolutely tonight” to which the crowd cheer grew intense.
Mr Kejriwal asked: “Can I bring Bhagwant (Mann), (Harpal Singh) Cheema and I? We will all come.” His host accepted.
Chants of “Kejriwal zindabad (long live Kejriwal)” rose.
Later that night Arvind Kejriwal and his party colleagues was seen having dinner at the auto drivers house and after the dinner he thereby tweeted in Hindi.
Mr Kejriwal, whose outreach to auto drivers has been a winning strategy in Delhi, had told his audience: “I am like your brother. Come to me for anything. Even if your auto breaks down.”
In a Earlier event, the AAP chief attacked Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi for copying his campaign.
“I announced Mohalla Clinics in Punjab. Fake Kejriwal said the same thing but didn’t make even one. I will be meeting auto unions, this was planned 10 days in advance, but he went today. Darna accha hai (It’s good to be afraid),” Mr Kejriwal said.
On the same day both the Chief Ministers reached out to auto rickshaw unions, just hours apart.
The AAP leader had a similar interaction with auto and taxi drivers in Uttarakhand, which will also vote next year for a new government.
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