India News | AAP Starts Preparations for Rajinder Nagar Bypoll, Names Durgesh Pathak Election In-charge
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday began its preparations for by-polls to Rajinder Nagar assembly seat, vacated by its senior leader Raghav Chadha recently after his election to Rajya Sabha from Punjab.
New Delhi, May 9 (PTI) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday began its preparations for by-polls to Rajinder Nagar assembly seat, vacated by its senior leader Raghav Chadha recently after his election to Rajya Sabha from Punjab.
To chalk out the party's poll strategy, a conference of AAP workers was held in the Rajinder Nagar assembly constituency.
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AAP's Delhi unit convenor and Enviornment Minister Gopal Rai presided over the party's conference which was attended by Rajya Sabha MP and former Rajinder Nagar MLA Chadhda
Delhi Khadi and Village Industries Chairman Vijendar Garg and Azadpur Mandi Chairman Adil Khan are among other leaders of the party who attended the conference, the AAP said in a statement.
All booth-level office bearers of the party were present at the meeting, it added.
At the conference, the party said, it was decided to assign the task of driving the AAP's polls strategy to senior leader Durgesh Pathak.
"Pathak was appointed as incharge for the Rajinder Nagar by-election. His name was announced by AAP Delhi convenor," the party said.
District president Dr Yuvraj Bharadwaj was appointed as the Rajinder Nagar Vidhan Sabha Coordination-Incharge, the party said.
"The Aam Aadmi Party is fully prepared for the Rajinder Nagar assembly by-elections and has intensified the preparations for the same," it said.
While the party workers have been instructed to strengthen the preparations from the ward to the booth level, the ward in-charges have been asked to meet the public in their area and connect more people with the party.
"The AAP is approaching the by-polls in the same way as assembly elections it had won with a bumper mandate," the party added.
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