Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 14: A day after former Delhi Chief Minister and national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Arvind Kejriwal demanded the ministerial berth of its only MLA in J&K, the party’s leader in the Rajya Sabha Sanjay Singh echoed this demand.
While addressing a thank-giving rally at Doda on Sunday, Kejriwal offered to give consultations to Omar Abdullah to run a government in a “half-state”. He also demanded accommodation of AAP’s only MLA in J&K in Omar Abdullah’s council of ministers.
Today interacting with media persons, Sanjay Singh said that the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc is going to form its government in Jammu and Kashmir.
“We are supporting the National Conference-led INDIA bloc government in J&K. We have appealed to the alliance partners to ensure our MLA is given a space in the government that is soon to be formed,” Singh said.
The demand comes after AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, who visited Doda on Sunday, expressed gratitude to the people for electing Malik as AAP’s first MLA in Jammu and Kashmir.
“AAP is formally supporting the Omar-led government and I hope his government will give Mehraj responsibility so that he can not only work for Doda but provide his services to the p We are supporting the National Conference-led INDIA bloc government in J&K.
We have appealed to the alliance partners to ensure our MLA is given a space in the government.
The demand came after AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal thanked Doda people for electing his party candidate.
Mehraj has not won in the name of religion but raised basic issues like education, health and roads.
Notably as per Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act 2019, there will be only nine ministers in the council of ministers of Omar Abdullah.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader said that Mehraj had not won in the name of religion but raised basic issues like education, health and roads.
He stated that AAP aims to develop Doda and Jammu and Kashmir and is committed to introducing a new type of politics focused on improving living standards.
Thanking the voters, Kejriwal said that AAP's historic win would change the situation and history of Jammu and Kashmir over the next decade. He described AAP as a new ideology and type of politics that focuses on education, healthcare, and providing free electricity to the people.
AAP candidate Mehraj Malik on the Doda assembly segment created history by winning this seat in the multi-corned contest.
Malik won the Doda assembly segment by defeating BJP’s Ganjay Singh Rana and other candidates.
Malik defeated Rana by over 4,538 votes besides former ministers Khalid Najib Suharwardy of the National Conference (NC) and Abdul Majid Wani of the Democratic Progressive Azad Party from the Doda assembly segment to become the first member of the AAP to register a win in Jammu and Kashmir. | 