New Delhi: As part of Chalo Punjab campaign, Around 180 non-resident Indians (NRIs), arrived in Delhi from Canada on Thursday morning, and were set to leave for Punjab soon to drum up support for the Arvind Kejriwal-led party.
Though only about 300 NRIs are registered as voters in the state, the group aims to support the party by influencing their relatives.
An estimated 35,000 NRIs will be reaching the state within next few days to help AAP. Party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal had in tours of a number of foreign countries invited the NRIs to support the party if they desired change in governance.
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AAP spokespersons said the first batch of Punjabi NRIs from Canada arrived today in a special KLM flight that landed at Indira Gandhi Airport, New Delhi, at 1 pm. The second batch of NRIs from UK would land on January 24.
Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and AAP’s overseas convener Kumar Vishwas gave a warm welcome to them at the airport. Several MLAs from the party were also present at the airport to welcome the NRI supporters, who came wearing AAP tee-shirts.
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Hundreds @AAPOverseas members r coming n celebrating victory of Punjab in Advance pic.twitter.com/p4tMRl8UnH— Jarnail Singh (@JarnailSinghAAP) 18 January 2017
Surinder Mavi, convener of ‘Chalo Punjab’ campaign in Toronto, led the first batch of 180 NRIs. He said they had come to Punjab to ensure defeat of the SAD-BJP alliance and the Congress. Joban Randhawa, youth wing convener of AAP in Canada, said NRIs would work hard to get rid of the present SAD-BJP government.
AAP has promised that if the party is voted to power in Punjab, it would fight rampant drug abuse among its youth, accord more funds to farmers for cultivation and make Punjab the 1st corruption free state in the country.
The Punjab election is likely to witness a three-way fight between the Congress, AAP and the BJP-SAD alliance in all its 117 seats.
Great, really great. I hope AAP is given a chance to see how they govern before electing them in the National Election. We have seen all corrupt parties so far, Congress, BJP, Samajwadi, Bahujan Samaj, RJD, Shiv Sena – all are corrupt. Only AAP is better than all of them.