Overview
- On a three-day visit to Gujarat, Arvind Kejriwal addressed party workers in Sanand after a planned Ahmedabad event was scrapped by the venue owner.
- AAP alleges the Gujarat government pressured the Nikol venue to withdraw permission and claims police raided the site and threatened the owner.
- The convention was relocated to a farm in Loderiyal village, Sanand, and was attended by senior AAP leaders including Gopal Rai, Isudan Gadhvi, Durgesh Pathak and Gopal Italia.
- Kejriwal urged workers not to fear imprisonment, cited his own six-month jail term, and named Gujarat AAP figures Raju Karpada and Pravin Ram as being jailed in alleged false cases.
- In Vadodara, he said various groups are suffering under BJP rule and voiced confidence about 2027, while a Gujarat BJP spokesperson declined to respond to AAP’s charges.