35,000 NRIs arriving for campaign, claims AAP

Aparna Banerji

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, January 14

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has claimed that over 35,000 NRIs are about to land in Punjab to campaign for the party under the Chalo Punjab campaign.

A rally of 5,000 NRIs, who are supporting AAP, would also be held on January 24 at Majitha. Two planes full of NRIs would arrive in Punjab shortly, AAP NRI leaders said.

Joban Randhawa, AAP’s overseas youth convener from Canada and founder of Chalo Punjab campaign, said here today, “All these 35,000 members have been registered with us though the Chalo Punjab app which was launched in March 2016.

“While 25,000 to 28,000 NRIs are formally registered on the app, the rest have made phone calls on the Chalo Punjab helpline number,” he said.

Randhawa said that on January 19 and 21, two planes carrying NRIs would land in Punjab. “On January 19, a flight carrying 185 NRIs from Toronto will reach New Delhi and on January 24, a flight with over 150 NRIs from the UK will come to Amritsar.”