Retired Army officer Ajay Kothiyal ​to be AAP’s Uttarakhand CM candidate, Kejriwal says

AAP convenor Kejriwal said the decision to pick a retired Army man as CM face in Uttarakhand Assembly polls was based on people's feedback who are fed up with politicians in power.

AAP convener & Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal along with Colonel Retd. Ajay Kothiyal (one in black kurta) at a public address in Dehradun, Uttarakhand on 17 August 2021 | YouTube/@AamAadmiParty

Dehradun: Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced that retired Army man Ajay Kothiyal will be the party’s chief ministerial candidate in the 2022 Uttarakhand Assembly polls.

Kejriwal said the decision to pick Kothiyal as the party’s CM face was based on the feedback received from people who are fed up with politicians helming the state.

“People here want a break from politicians who have only looted the state. They now want an Armyman as CM who will not spend his tenure filling his coffers but serve them,” the Delhi chief minister said.

If voted to power, the Aam Aadmi Party, under the leadership of Kothiyal, will make Uttarakhand the global spiritual capital for Hindus and generate employment opportunities for the state’s youth, Kejriwal said.