AHMEDABAD: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday released its first list of more than 460 candidates for the upcoming local body elections in Gujarat, with the party's state president Isudan Gadhvi describing the move as the beginning of a shift towards broader participation in electoral politics.
In a video statement, Gadhvi said the list includes candidates for taluka and district panchayats, municipalities and municipal corporations across the state.
He said the selection had been finalised with the consent of the party’s state leadership, screening committee and central leadership.
“Today, AAP has given tickets to common people for candidature in taluka, district, municipality and municipal corporations and has started a new politics, " he said.
He said the party had long envisioned moving away from what he described as entrenched political practices. “We had enough of father-son politics; now we have started the politics of common people, and it is our good fortune, ” Gadhvi said.