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Is Punjab the next destination for AAP?

Is Punjab the next destination for AAP? By  Deepak Parvatiyar February 16, 2015 After Delhi, can Punjab be the next big haul for the Aam Aadmi Party? After all, it is the only state from where the AAP could win seats (four seats to be more precise) in the last general elections. So, shouldn’t the AAP now embark on a plan to do well in Punjab straightaway to make a dent in the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party citadel well on time when it goes to poll in 2017? Yet there is some ambivalence in the AAP’s approach. Consider Delhi chief minister and the  Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal ’s statement that he made while addressing a huge gathering of people who had flocked to the historic Ramlila Maidan during his oath taking ceremony on 14 February –  “I have decided …I will remain in Delhi for (the next) five years to serve only the people of Delhi and try to discharge my responsibilities with the best of my ability.” Mark his words that follo