On CM’s ‘instructions from jail’, AAP begins preparation to hold mega rally on March 31

Addressing party leaders, MLAs, councillors, workers and volunteers, AAP general secretary Dr Sandeep Pathak said that he has received “the first order” from the CM on how to run the party.

“He directed me to hold a mega rally on March 31. When I received the first order, I also thought that time was less for organising such a mega rally but then I thought that since the order has come now, we have to do whatever it takes,” Pathak said.

He further said, “Tomorrow is Holi, so we will not do anything. We will not celebrate the festival but anyone who wants to, can celebrate…and they will not be disturbed…Our planning will begin from March 26. On this day, meetings will be held in all the constituencies. Leaders from MLA level to councillor level and ward level along with all the workers and volunteers will participate in the meeting.”

He said party leaders will first conduct a preparation meeting on Tuesday followed by a mandal-level meeting over the next two days i.e, March 27 and 28.

“So, we are going to hold a three-day meeting in preparation to achieve our target. Our target is to bring in 10 people from each booth…you don’t have to stress, panic or confuse your mind…just 10…There are 13,000 to 14,000 booths in Delhi and if we gather 10 people from each of the booths, the total count will go up to around 1.3 lakh to 1.50 lakh. So, our target is to bring 1.5 lakh people to Ramlila ground on March 31,” he said.

The leaders, including MLAs, have also been directed to make a list of every booth and the 10 people who are willing to attend the rally, and take down their signatures. “…Bring everyone to Mandal level and from there to Ramlila Maidan. CM Arvind Kejriwal ji will give his message from jail to the people on the day. So, this is the plan for our first meeting… Once after this meeting, orders for the next step will come from Sir (Kejriwal), in the next one or two days.”

Further, the party is also going to launch a mega “Main bhi Kejriwal” campaign across the city to take the campaigning to a bigger level.

“… the campaigning process, which had started on a small scale, will get bigger…Sir’s order will come and we will scale that campaign to a bigger level and win all the votes and all seats… All workers have been asked to paste a picture/poster stating ‘Main bhi Kejriwal (I am also Kejriwal)’ on the front door and outside their house. These posters will then come up on all autos, buses, hoardings, bus stands, etc.” Pathak said.

The AAP leader further appealed to all the party leaders to work together as one team, forgetting “whatever differences they have” at different levels.

“I know there are always differences among MLA level, ward level, and mandal level leaders. But I am requesting you all to forget all these differences, sit together, exchange numbers, have a cup of tea daily with each other and work for the party. Now, there are no different teams. There is only one team – team Kejriwal. And we have to work for that,” said Pathak.