AAP strikes back, revived after Bawana win
September 19, 2017  12:17
image
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) seems to have got its mojo back, geared up by a recent electoral victory that has given it new momentum.

From MLAs staging a sit-in outside the Delhi Lt Governor's office to the party recently announcing it would contest the Gujarat polls, the Bawana by-poll victory appears to have revived the party.

AAP, which was maintaining a low profile after a series of defeats, has recovered its voice and sharpened its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government after winning the by-poll on August 28 by over 24,000 votes.

In the recent past, it has taken on the RSS-BJP over demonetisation, the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh and a range of other issues. The party recently also said it would contest the Gujarat assembly polls, a decision it had put in cold storage after AAP's poor show in the Punjab and Goa polls, and subsequently in the MCD local elections.

On August 30, 45 AAP MLAs parked themselves at the Raj Niwas for over six hours, demanding that Lt Governor Anil Baijal clear the mohalla clinic file -- for neighbourhood health centres -- at the earliest. The mohalla clinic project is a flagship project of the Delhi government. The file was cleared by Baijal in less than a week.
« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES