Chandigarh MC elections: AAP holding survey in city to assess probable candidates

Sandeep Rana

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 11

Before finalising its candidates for the MC elections, the city unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is getting an extensive survey done by a team of professionals.

According to sources in the party, the team members are ascertaining strengths and weakness of sitting councillors and of their own probable candidates. For this, two members each for 35 wards have been engaged. The survey, which started a few days ago, will go on for the next few days.

There is a questionnaire of around 30-40 points. In each ward, over 500 people are being surveyed to gauge the ground reality before the elections. “Is your councillor accessible? What are the problems in the ward? These types of questions are part of the questionnaire,” said a party man preferring anonymity.

“The team is finding out the strengths and weaknesses of the area councillor and how popular two or three AAP’s probables in each ward are,” said a party leader.

The team will later submit its report to the party high command and it will be one of the main bases for zeroing in on the candidates.

At present, there are mainly three party powerhouses in the city – convener Prem Garg, election campaign committee chairman Chander Mukhi Sharma and party co-incharge Pardeep Chhabra. It is expected that they would suggest their own respective favourites. Thus, a survey by an independent team is being carried out.

Sources said a similar survey was done by the party before the last Delhi Assembly elections and another such exercise was being carried out in parts of the poll-bound Punjab as well.

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Sources said a similar survey was done by the party before the last Delhi Assembly elections and another such exercise was being carried out in parts of the poll-bound Punjab as well.