Gujarat: Bharatiya Tribal Party to oppose AAP nationwide

Bharatiya Tribal Party BTP chief Chhotu Vasava on Monday alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party AAP was in league with the BJP to rule over everyone but said his party wont let that happenTaking a stand on breaking the alliance with the AAP the BTP chief said AAP wants to rule over everyone but we wont allow that as they are with BJP These people donning caps were atrocious to us turbanwearers we will oppose them nationwideNotably Vasavas remarks came while AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal is on a twoday visit to Gujarat ahead of the state Assembly pollsThis came months after the AAP chief and national convenor Kejriwal held a rally in Bharuch on May 1 and addressed the Adivasi Sankalp Mahasammelan jointly with Bharatiya Tribal Party BTP chief Chhotu VasavaMeanwhile Kejriwal on Tuesday attacked BJP in pollbound Gujarat and alleged that the saffron party is trying to make Congress chief Sonia Gandhi the Prime Minister through the backdoor and successor to Prime Minister Narendra ModiHis claims came while he was responding to a question about BJP leaders stating that social activist Medha Patkar would be AAPs chief ministerial candidate in the Gujarat Assembly pollsI have heard that BJP will make Sonia Gandhi as the PM candidate after PM Modi Ask them what they have to say on this Ask them that Kejriwal has alleged that you are going to make Sonia Gandhi the PM candidate and the successor to PM Modi at the national level What do they have to say on this The BJP is trying to make Sonia Gandhi the PM of the country through the backdoor Ask them this question Kejriwal saidAlso Read Gujarat polls Arvind Kejriwal promises monthly stipend for new lawyersThe BJP has sought to make Narmada Bachao Andolan NBA founder Medha Patkars past ties with AAP a poll issue in Gujarat Party leaders have said that Patkar opposed Narmada project and have talked of renewed ties between her and AAPKejriwal also alleged that the BJP has not done anything for the development of Gujarat and claimed it has no programme for the next five yearsKejriwal also claimed that the Congress party is finished in Gujarat Congress is finished You should stop taking their questions People no more care about their questions Kejriwal said in response to a queryThe AAP supremo has earlier urged the people not to waste their votes on Congress After its victory in the held Punjab Assembly elections earlier this year AAP is seeking to expand its footprint in other statesGujarat will face assembly polls later this yearKejriwal has pitched AAP as the only alternative to the BJP in the stateAfter its landslide victory in the Punjab elections AAP is seeking to expand its footprints in other statesAAP had made its debut in Gujarat in the 2017 Assembly polls but could not open its accountAAPs hopes in Gujarat have been fuelled by its performance in the February 2021 Surat Municipal Corporation SMC polls in which BJP won 93 seats while Aam Aadmi Party bagged 27 seats and the Congress drew a blankIn the 2017 Assembly elections Congress had given a scare to the ruling BJP by restricting the BJP tally to 99 and winning 77 seats on its own There are 182 Assembly seats in GujaratThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever