50k join AAP on 1st day of membership drive

Membership drive 'Mai Bhi Aam Aadmi' will take place through Jan 10-26 all across country

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) received a huge response from all over the country on the first day of its membership drive, kicked off on Friday. Around 47,500 citizens had joined the party till 4 pm on Friday through online registration and 2,000 through SMS and missed calls, party sources said.

The party hopes to enrol 10 million people through the membership drive, called “Mai Bhi Aam Aadmi”, which will be open till January 26.

Earlier, the party used to charge Rs 10 as membership fees, but it has now been waived off. The party said people can join the party by filling the form through the AAP website, sending an SMS with details and also through the party’s door-to-door campaign. However, only one person can register using one mobile number.

The party has made a separate arrangement for those who do not have a mobile phone. Such people can provide voter ID numbers along with other basis details to become a member. Before the campaign, around 300,000 people had joined the party.