Prashant Kishor's I-PAC To Help Arvind Kejriwal's AAP in Delhi Assembly Elections 2020
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has inked a deal with Indian Political Action Committee (IPAC) for an image makeover, the party chief Arvind Kejriwal announced on Saturday. The AAP had secured 67 out of 70 assembly seats in Delhi in the last assembly elections in 2014. The date of assembly election in Delhi is to be announced soon as the poll needs to be completed by February 14, 2020.
Delhi, December 14: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has inked a deal with Indian Political Action Committee (IPAC) for an image makeover, the party chief Arvind Kejriwal announced on Saturday. The AAP had secured 67 out of 70 assembly seats in Delhi in the last assembly elections in 2014. The date of assembly election in Delhi is to be announced soon as the poll needs to be completed by February 14, 2020. Delhi Assembly Elections 2020: BJP Internal Survey Predicts Huge Victory For Party, Says AAP to Win 26 Seats.
Political strategist and currently an influential leader of the Janata Dal (United), Prashant Kishor run advocacy group IPAC. The advocacy group also declared on Saturday they have inked a deal with Kejriwal's party.
On social media platforms, Kejriwal said: "Happy to share that IPAC is coming on-board with us. Welcome aboard!"
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The advocacy group also said: "After Punjab results, we acknowledged you as the toughest opponent that we have ever faced. Happy to join forces now with Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party."
Kishore worked with the Congress in 2017 for Punjab and Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. His wrote a successful story in Punjab in helping the Congress come back to power after two successive electoral losses.
Currently, Kishor is the national vice-president of the Janata Dal (United) led by Nitish Kumar. JD(U) is an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at Centre as well in Bihar.
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