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AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj replaces Gopal Rai as party’s Delhi chief.
AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj
Aam Aadmi Party on Friday appointed Saurabh Bharadwaj as the chief of the party’s Delhi unit. The organisational rejig took place nearly a month after AAP lost its home turf Delhi in the recently concluded Assembly elections.
While Bharadwaj replaces Gopal Rai, senior leader Manish Sisodia has been made the party’s in-charge for Punjab, the only state in the country where AAP is in power. In addition to this, Gopal Rai and Pankaj Gupta have been appointed as the in-charge of Gujarat and Goa, respectively.
The decisions were taken during a meeting of the AAP’s political affairs committee (PAC) at the residence of party supremo Arvind Kejriwal.
Announcing the changes, AAP general secretary (organisation) Sandeep Pathak said Gopal Rai has been given charge of Gujarat, where the party is aiming to expand its base.
Pathak, a Rajya Sabha MP, has been named in-charge of the AAP’s Chhattisgarh unit, while Pankaj Gupta will lead the party’s Goa chapter.
Mehraj Malik has been named the new chief of the party’s Jammu and Kashmir unit.
The meeting also discussed the “unfulfilled” promises made by the BJP in Delhi, including giving monthly financial assistance of Rs 2,500 and free LPG cylinders to women, Pathak informed.
