Former Delhi minister Kailash Gahlot, who not too long ago give up the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) for the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP), was appointed a member of the Delhi BJP’s election coordination committee for the upcoming meeting elections, celebration officers stated on Saturday.
Kailash Gahlot with BJP president JP Nadda on Friday. (ANI)
The announcement got here a day after Gahlot met BJP president JP Nadda to debate the Delhi elections.
“With the approval of senior leadership, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva has appointed Kailash Gahlot a member of the Delhi assembly election coordination committee,” Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor stated.
Within the run-up to the meeting elections, the BJP final week arrange a 23-member election coordination committee, chaired by Sachdeva, and a 12-member election manifesto committee, chaired by South Delhi MP Ramvir Singh Bidhuri. The celebration stated the coordination committee will deal with workouts, resembling campaigns, publicity, and organisational actions.
The meeting election in Delhi is prone to be held in February 2025, provided that the present time period of the meeting is about to run out on February 23.
“I thank the BJP leadership for giving me the important responsibility by including me in the election coordination committee for the upcoming assembly election. I will sincerely shoulder all the responsibilities that the BJP gives me and use all my experience to fulfil the expectations the party has from me,” Gahlot stated.
Gahlot resigned as a Delhi minister and from the AAP on November 17, citing unhappiness with the AAP’s functioning. A day after leaving the AAP, Gahlot joined the BJP.
Gahlot, 50, was first elected an MLA from Najafgarh in 2015 and retained the seat in 2020. He served as a minister within the Delhi authorities between 2017 and 2024.
Victory parade
Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva stated that within the wake of BJP’s victory within the Maharashtra meeting elections and the by-elections in Uttar Pradesh, the celebration will organise a victory march within the Capital.
“The dates and schedule of the march are being worked out. The march will cover all 70 assembly constituencies of Delhi because we can feel the wave of change in the air in the Capital, which is tired of the misrule of the AAP for the past 10 years. In 2025, the BJP will win the assembly election in Delhi,” Sachdeva stated.