Statement Came Ahead Of Assembly Elections!
On Thursday, Delhi’s deputy chief minister and senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was considering replacing Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur ahead of the assembly elections in the state.
As per the statement, Deputy CM said, “We have learned from very reliable sources that the BJP wants to replace chief minister Jai Ram Thakur with [Union minister] Anurag Thakur as it is scared of the popularity of Arvind Kejriwal and his model of governance in Delhi,” Sisodia said.
Further said, The AAP is receiving “a very good response” from the people of Himachal Pradesh, Sisodia said. “Changing faces ahead of elections will not help the BJP hide the failures of its government in the state,” he added.
Dismissing Sisodia’s remarks, Jai Ram Thakur said there was no truth in them. “There is no need to react to this kind of statement. I reject what Sisodia is saying,” he said.
Taking a swipe at AAP over its roadshow on Wednesday, the chief minister added: “Kejriwal came and went, the crowd scenes at Mandi were contrary to his expectations. The AAP had created so much hype in Himachal, saying a lot of people would join them but nothing of that sort happened... There were 2,000 to 3,000 people at the rally, the same number of people visiting Mandi town every day. The crowd was four times larger at the (BJP) foundation day function held in my constituency.”
Currently, in the last election, The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) wins elections in Punjab state after which many statements are coming ahead of the next assembly elections.
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