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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (ANK)

Mangaluru, Jul 26: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest the next Mangaluru City Corporation election and will field its own candidates from all the 60 wards in the city, announced Rajendra Kumar, district volunteer of AAP.

Addressing a press meet here on Wednesday July 26, Rajendra Kumar said, "Governments after governments increase taxes and introduce new ones burdening the common man, but do not provide basic amenities to the people. As if that was not enough, peaceful co-existence of different faiths and castes is increasingly being compromised by sowing the seeds of communal discord and disharmony. AAP will field 60 honest and caring citizens of Mangaluru to be people's representatives in the Mangaluru City Corporation and they will bring change. We will form ward committees and find suitable qualified candidates.

"Everywhere we see, there is garbage, stink and disease. Roads have not been asphalted or concreted for decades. The asphalted/concreted roads lose their surfaces in just a few weeks due to contractor and corporator greed and corruption. Drainage systems are not done properly despite big promises, posing dangers to commuters. AAP has always stood for anti-corruption, Swaraj and one-India policy," he said.

"Every time elections approach, we hear promises from the two national parties and the regional party. But they remain promises till the next election. And again they come, they promise and then they loot, and life continues as usual for the common man. There is no respite. Pay all taxes, but get nothing in return.

"Environment is a very sensitive area. Unless the environment is taken care of, the repercussion on the coming generations will be very harsh. Our green city landscape is being converted into a concrete mass in the name of development. AAP promises to put an end to this hypocrisy and to be the political party with a human touch and create environmental awareness that reaches all. We will resolve all issues and provide basic necessities to the common man. AAP will stand for cleaner and greener Mangaluru and will strive together will all the non-political environmental groups towards achieving a green Mangaluru," he promised.

"The people from the district and the city are being taken for a ride by the two national parties that are disrupting communal harmony. Their leaders incite the peace-loving common public, who are living in perfect harmony, by giving atrocious, irresponsible and hate-mongering speeches. Because of these political parties, the homogeneous development of Dakshina Kannada in general and Mangaluru in particular has been greatly affected," said Rajendra Kumar.

AAP Karnataka state member Jnansagar Rai, AAP District volunteer Kabir Kaatipalla, Sweebert D Souza and Arjun Mascarenhas were present.