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Mumbai: Revdi culture is giving freebies to a select few, says AAP
Updated On: 12 April, 2023 07:47 AM IST | Mumbai | Hemal Ashar
National party status comes because AAP has ear to ground, say members
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AAP supporters celebrate the grant of ‘national party’ status, near the statue of B R Ambedkar in Kolkata on Tuesday. Pic/PTI
The AAP-le cart is not upset but upbeat after leaping to national status. The Aam Aadmi Party has been deemed a national party based on electoral performance in Punjab, Delhi, Goa and Gujarat. Ruben Mascarenhas, AAP national joint secretary and Mumbai working secretary, said first up, “We came in without money or muscle power, with no divisive agenda. The AAP is the youngest national political party in record time.”
When asked about the charge by PM Narendra Modi that the party wins votes because of a ‘revdi’ or freebie culture, Mascarenhas shot back, “This is not revdi culture. A revdi culture is giving the country’s resources to a select few. What the AAP has done is linked taxes that we pay to the facilities that the government gives its citizens. What we will do now is contest every single election, including all local elections in Maharashtra. The national label is an acknowledgement of the wide support that AAP enjoys. The response on the ground has been enormous, and we will continue building our party, brick by brick.”
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