AAP will launch a statewide campaign in Haryana on issue of corruption

Ravi S Singh
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, September 22

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Following the completion of its eight-day “yatra” in support of farmers and peasants across Haryana, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will now soon launch a campaign to highlight corruption during the incumbent BJP rule in the state.

“AAP will launch a campaign on the issue of corruption. A sit-in agitation has started in Jind and the same will now be replicated across Haryana,” AAP Rajya sabha MP and in-charge of Haryana Sushil Gupta said here on Wednesday.

The issue of corruption will be highlighted even while the party would remain centred on farmers’ issues, which include roll back of the three Central agro-laws, jobs to each of the families whose members lost lives during agitation against the farm-laws, and withdrawal of criminal cases against those farmers who were booked during the protests.

“The state-wide ‘Kisan Mazdoor, Khet Bachao Yatra’ of the AAP received good response from the public. The proposed campaign against corruption is expected to receive equally good response.”

The yatra, which commenced from Rohtak and terminated at Palwal, was led by Gupta. It passed through all the 90 assembly constituencies of the state, and claimed to have covered 4000 Km.

“The BJP government is neck-deep in corruption, even while its functionaries claim to provide transparent administration.”

The AAP is in the process of establishing its base and wants to test its strength in the next elections to village panchayats and urban local bodies before it sets its eyes on assembly and Lok Sabha elections.

The AAP has charged that the BJP-government was unnerved by the growing popularity of AAP. Hence, it is resorting to gimmicks and shelving the civic body elections on flimsy grounds.

Gupta also took jibe at the main Opposition Congress in Haryana, saying it was responsible