90 NRIs to campaign for AAP |
Around 90 Punjabis of Indian-origin from Canada will fly to Punjab to campaign for Aam Admi Party (AAP) in 16 of the state`s largest constituencies for the upcoming assembly elections. They will arrive in Punjab on January 19. Surinder Mavi, a 31-year-old Brampton resident helped in organising the plane load of AAP ``election volunteers``. Mavi said the Toronto area volunteers were part of a campaign that will see thousands of Indian expatriates arrive in Delhi in Punjab to help AAP in the elections. Mavi will ride an AAP campaign bus that will rally support in 16 of Punjab`s largest constituencies.The key platform issues in campaign will be AAP`s proposals to fight widespread drug abuse among the youth and programmes to give farmers more money for their crops. Azad Kaushik, Canadian president of the Overseas Friends of BJP, admitted to ``an anti-incumbency factor`` in Punjab.
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