AAP set to contest Gujarat polls, Kejriwal to sound bugle in July

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is looking to spread its wings over Gujarat, as well placed party sources have confirmed to ANI that the Arvind Kejriwal-led party has decided to contest the upcoming assembly elections in the BJP-ruled state to be held in December 2017.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is the AAP's national convener, would embark on a two-day visit to Gujarat on July 8-9, where he would formally launched his party's campaign for the 182-seat assembly polls after paying his obeisance at the Somnath temple in Saurashtra, said sources.

During the two-day visit, Kejriwal is slated to meet his party cadres and leaders.

He will be accompanied by AAP state convener Kanubhai Kansariya, a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and a confidante of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat.

Meanwhile, the AAP, which has already started expanding its base in the state, has appointed Delhi MLA Gulab Singh as central in-charge of the Gujarat Affairs in view of the assembly polls.