{"id":2767,"date":"2018-08-04T13:04:06","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T07:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/?p=2767"},"modified":"2018-08-04T13:04:06","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T07:34:06","slug":"aap-haryana-banks-gangajal-yatra-garner-public-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/news\/aap-haryana-banks-gangajal-yatra-garner-public-support\/","title":{"rendered":"AAP in Haryana banks on \u2018gangajal\u2019 and \u2018yatra\u2019 to garner public support"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Anxious to get toehold on the political chessboard of Haryana, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has opted to make inroads into the hearts of Haryanvis by distributing the \u2018pious gangajal\u2019 that the leaders of the rookie party have brought from Haridwar.<\/p>\n

Led by Haryana AAP unit chief Naveen Jaihind, a battery of volunteers of the party started a \u2018Bhaichara Kanwar Yatra\u2019 on August 1 from Haridwar after taking a holy dip in the Ganges. The party activists on foot along with Jaihind reached Panchkula on Thursday.<\/p>\n

This yatra will now pass through Ambala and Kaithal before concluding in Rohtak. During this yatra, the activists will offer \u2018gangajal\u2019, which they have brought in huge quantity, to people as well as politicians.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe objective of holding this yatra on foot is to remind the ruling BJP government to ensure bhaichara (brotherhood) in Haryana. People from different castes and religions are participating in this yatra,\u201d Jaihind said, showing the \u2018gangajal\u2019 bottles.<\/p>\n

The party has also planned to offer \u2018gangajal\u2019 to chief minister (CM) Manohar Lal Khattar, finance minister Captain Abhimanyu, education minister Ram Bilas Sharma, agriculture minister Om Prakash Dhankar and health minister Anil Vij. \u201cThis way, we want to remind the CM and his ministers of their unfulfilled poll promises.\u201d<\/p>\n

The AAP will also distribute the Ganga water among leaders and MLAs of the Congress and the principal opposition Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in order to what Jaihind said \u201chelp these leaders become pious and wise\u201d so that they work for the welfare of the state without \u201cdisturbing brotherhood\u201d.<\/p>\n

Also on the AAP radar are Jat leader Yashpal Malik and BJP\u2019s Kurukshetra MP Raj Kumar Saini, who will be among the receivers of the \u2018gangajal\u2019 by AAP.<\/p>\n

Though the Haryana assembly elections are over a year away (if held when due in October 2019), it is already a season of political yatras in Haryana. The Congress strongman and former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda has launched \u2018Jan Kranti Yatra\u2019 to dislodge Ashok Tanwar as Haryana Congress chief. In turn, Tanwar has been criss-crossing the state through a cycle yatra.<\/p>\n

Sensing the public mood, CM Khattar too has launched a plethora of programmes to reach out to people and establish a direct connect to contain the anger.<\/p>\n

In this backdrop, the \u2018bhaichara yatra\u2019 of the AAP is generating curiosity in the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cHooda and Tanwar have been holding yatras to become CM and Khattar is holding raahgiri to save his CM\u2019s chair. Our objective is to restore brotherhood among Haryanvis with this gesture,\u201d Jaihind said.<\/p>\n

AAP\u2019s political battle in Haryana ahead of the polls is going to be more arduous than its current spell of \u2018padyatra\u2019 (journey on foot). Instead of banking on \u2018gangajal\u2019 to gain legitimacy, the party will have to unveil a good governance agenda to remain in the reckoning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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