NEW DELHI: Arvind Kerjiwal, who resigned as Delhi chief minister on Tuesday, is likely to focus on galvanising the AAP cadre and rebuilding trust among the people before the assembly polls, a senior functionary said. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) cadre has "weakened" due to Kejriwal 's prolonged arrest on corruption charges , the functionary added. Kejriwal, who is also the AAP convener, is going to hold a massive poll campaigning in Haryana, where the election is scheduled on October 5.
He may also hold road shows in places where the party hopes to do well in Jammu and Kashmir where the elections are happening in three phases till October 1, the functionary said. According to a senior party leader, massive door-to-door campaigning a ward wise has been planned for Kejriwal in the national capital. "Delhi may witness assembly elections in February, 2025.
Before that, the party has four months to make strategies and rebuild the trust among the voters of AAP. The party's national convener has the potential to do so," the leader, requesting anonymity, told PTI. A bureaucrat-turned-politician, Kejriwal is known for his knack for influencing people by his grassroots politics and activism.
"Despite his arrest, the party did not break as expected by our opposition. Not only the senior party leaders but also our ground workers were on the firm belief that everything will be fine. The ground workers used to ask us, when would he be out," the leader said.
"Now (Kejriwal) is out. He just nee.