New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi is not officially running for Prime Minister, but Arvind Kejriwal might not be averse to giving it a shot. The Aam Aadmi Party chief, who had recently ruled out contesting Lok Sabha elections and had also said that no AAP legislator in Delhi would be allowed to do so, is reportedly under extreme pressure from party colleagues to reconsider that position.
Kejriwal was sworn in earlier this month as Delhi's Chief Minister at the head of a minority government after his year-old party made a spectacular debut in its first ever election, winning 28 of Delhi's 70 assembly seats. Soon after, the party announced that it would contest as many seats as major parties like the Congress and the BJP do in the national elections due by May.
A senior AAP leader said no decision had been taken on Mr Kejriwal contesting Lok Sabha elections, and that party colleagues had expressed their unhappiness that he had made an announcement that he would not do so.
The leader also said Kejriwal had said if the party wanted him to contest, he would "have to think about it." |
