After the party’s success in the recently concluded Surat Municipal Corporation polls, Delhi Chief Minister and party chief Arvind Kejriwal Friday said if the people of Gujarat gave the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) a chance to serve it for five years, they “will forget 25 years of BJP rule”.
The AAP chief, who addressed a massive rally at Sarthana in Surat, also met the family members of 22 students who died in a fire tragedy at Takshashila Arcade in the area. Earlier in the day, Kejriwal garlanded a statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and led a roadshow from Mangadh Chowk in Varachha to Sarthana. At several places in Patidar-dominated areas, people showered rose petals on Kejriwal and the party’s state president, Gopal Italia.