Kejriwal Calls Bypoll Wins AAP’s ‘2027 Semifinal’ For Punjab And Gujarat, Vows Clean Politics

Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday described the Aam Aadmi Party’s victories in the Punjab and Gujarat bypolls as a "semifinal" for the 2027 assembly elections, asserting that the party is on track to form the next governments in both states.

Kejriwal was speaking at an event held to celebrate the party's twin wins in the assembly bypolls conducted in Visavadar in Gujarat and Ludhiana West in Punjab.

"The bypolls in Gujarat and Punjab were a semifinal and in the 2027 assembly polls, we will cross 100 seats in Punjab and form the government," he said.

Kejriwal congratulated Gopal Italia, who secured victory in Gujarat, and Sanjeev Arora, who won from Ludhiana West, Punjab. He thanked the voters for their support in ensuring AAP's success. “We have been in power in Punjab for the last three years. Leave anti-incumbency, there is pro-incumbency there. We had won 92 seats in the 2022 assembly polls and it looks like we will cross 100 seats in 2027,” he added.

He further stated that the Congress top leadership is hand in glove with the BJP. “AAP is fighting against the system. We have come to give clean politics to people. People are fed up of BJP in Gujarat. They did not have an option earlier. Congress is not an option. They see an option in AAP and have hope from the party,” Kejriwal said.

The AAP chief concluded by saying, “We will form the government in Gujarat in 2027.”

Kejriwal’s remarks come in the backdrop of the party’s growing ambitions to expand its footprint beyond Delhi and Punjab by challenging the BJP and Congress in their traditional strongholds.

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