Give one chance to AAP in Gujarat, says Kejriwal as he kickstarts poll campaign

Appealing the people of Gujarat to give the Aam Aadmi Party AAP a chance and accusing the ruling BJP of becoming arrogant Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann on Saturday conducted a roadshow in AhmedabadBuoyed by their partys thumping victory in Punjab the AAP leaders promised to end corruption in Gujarat prime minister Narendra Modis home state where Assembly elections are due by yearendKejriwal who is the AAPs national convener and Mann set out on a twokm roadshow dubbed as Tiranga Gaurav YatraThey stood atop a truck converted to look like a rath chariot flanked by Gujarat AAP leaders Isudan Gadhvi and Gopal Italia virtually starting the partys poll campaignKejriwal who along with Mann arrived in the city in the morning on a twoday visit to Ahmedabad said he was not here to defeat the BJP or Congress but wanted to make the state and its people emerge a winner and end corruptionYou gave them the BJP 25 years now give us one chance You gave a chance to the AAP in Delhi and Punjab now give us a chance in Gujarat and together with 65 crore people of the state we will take the state forward Kejriwal told a cheering crowd at the conclusion of the hourlong roadshowBJP has been ruling the state for over 25 years and yet it has not been able to end corruption A period of 25 years is too long he saidAfter being in power for over 25 years the BJP has become arrogant and does not listen to the people the Delhi chief minister saidGive AAP a chance If you do not like it change it he addedIn Delhi he has improved the condition of schools and hospitals ended corruption and made electricity free and available for 24 hours he saidMann has ended corruption in Punjab within 10 days of becoming CM ordered that private schools shall not raise fees and announced a recruitment drive to fill up 25000 vacant posts Kejriwal saidI dont know how to do politics But I know how to end corruption We ended corruption in Delhi where now you do not have to pay bribes in government offices In Punjab Bhagwant Mann ended corruption in ten days he saidMann said the AAP is prepared to replicate in Gujarat what it achieved in Delhi and PunjabAAP has emerged from a revolution and we do not tolerate corruption Wherever there is corruption people are picking up the jhadu broom the partys election symbolthis slush of corruption and arrogance will have to be removed he saidThe Punjab chief minister also referred to the recent cases of paper leak during exams for government recruitment in Gujarat and said that the leakage is not limited to question papers aloneThe roadshow started from Khodiyar Mataji temple at Nikol where the two leaders sought the goddess blessings Before that Kejriwal and Mann visited the Sabarmati Ashram and paid tributes to Mahatma GandhiA large number of AAP workers and supporters thronged the road holding the tricolour in hands and walked along with the rath cheering loudly amid patriotic songs being played by music systemsThe roadshow is seen as a show of strength of the AAP which is looking to provide a fresh option in Gujarat which has seen a twocornered contest between the BJP and Congress for the last many decadesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever