Telangana to be AAP's next focus after Punjab sweep

Hyderabad: In the wake of its spectacular performance in the Punjab Assembly elections, the Aam Admi Party (AAP) is seeking to extend its reach in Telangana by promoting the "Kejriwal model of governance," a senior party leader said.

The AAP legislator from Delhi, Somnath Bharti, visited Warangal and Hyderabad this week, as did the party's election in charge of the southern state.

In Telangana, starting the birth anniversary of Babasaheb Ambedkar on April 14, Mr Bharti, with the Kejriwal leadership, will embark on a 'padayatra' to visit the homes of voters, over the phone with PTI.

Adding to that he said, AAP aims to implement the Kejriwal-style governance model in Telangana.

"After Punjab's massive 'inquilab' (revolution), I am in receipt of calls from many, many people from all the parties. We are cautious that we don't want to take any corrupt person or anybody who has a bad background," Bharti added.

We will never engage in religion or caste-based politics, but instead, promote the Kejriwal model of governance he said.

He said AAP's competition in Telangana is not with any party, but with one idea in that the ruling TRS, the opposition BJP and Congress are all in competition for the political space.

The idea under which every political party, either in Telangana or in any other part of the country, gets grouped together is religion or caste or corruption-based politics, whereas AAP stands for "work-based politics", he asserted

People want employment and solutions to their problems, he stated.

Kejriwal has enunciated his party's ideology to be "honesty, patriotism and humanity" and with that, the party has given amazing governance in the national capital, he added.