Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday began a three-day visit to Gujarat, following the party’s by-election victory in the Visavadar Assembly constituency.
The visit is aimed at energising the party’s cadre and strengthening its grassroots presence in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled state.
Kejriwal arrived in Ahmedabad on 1 July and will remain in the city until 3 July to attend a series of organisational meetings. During this period, he will formally launch the 'Gujarat Jodo' membership campaign, which commences in Ahmedabad on 2 July and will later be extended across the state.
“I am going to Gujarat today to meet the workers after the victory in Visavadar,” Kejriwal said in a post on X, ahead of his departure to Ahmedabad.
AAP sees the Visavadar bypoll win as a crucial breakthrough in Gujarat, where the BJP has enjoyed uninterrupted dominance for more than two decades. The party views the new campaign as a means to connect with voters at the local level and prepare for upcoming electoral battles.
In the Visavadar seat, located in Junagadh district, AAP’s former state president Gopal Italia defeated BJP candidate Kirit Patel by a margin of 17,554 votes. According to figures from the Election Commission, Italia secured 75,942 votes while Patel polled 58,388.
Kejriwal, while addressing supporters and party workers, hailed AAP’s performance not only in Gujarat but also in Punjab, where the party managed to retain a seat in another by-election.
“There will be a bigger storm of AAP in the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections. In Gujarat, the people have decided to reject both the BJP and the Congress,” he said.
The AAP leadership has termed the recent bypoll results a “powerful comeback” for Kejriwal on the national stage, following the party’s setback in the Delhi Assembly elections earlier this year.
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