Kejriwal's scheduled visit to Surat on July 10 had to be cancelled after a trade body withdrew its invitation.
Kejriwal's scheduled visit to Surat on July 10 had to be cancelled after a trade body withdrew its invitation.
Rajkot
: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday accused his Gujarat counterpart Anandiben Patel of getting his programme in Surat cancelled, as he kick-started AAP's poll campaign for the 2017 state elections here.
Kejriwal, who landed here this morning with his family members, first paid a visit to famous Lord Shiva temple in Somnath before launching the campaign.
The AAP National Convenor was accompanied by party leader Kumar Vishwas and his family.
-"My original programme of Gujarat was of two days; today we were to visit Somnath, and tomorrow we had meeting in Surat. But Anandibenji put undue pressure on people in and businessmen in Surat and got our programme cancelled,-" he told reporters.
-"In democracy, everybody has the right to express their views. Ours is a democracy,-" the AAP chief said. During the tour, he will also visit some villages of Junagadh, Gir-Somnath and Rajkot district to meet farmers to understand problems faced by them.
Kejriwal's scheduled visit to Surat on July 10 had to be cancelled after a trade body withdrew its invitation, which AAP alleged was at the behest of state BJP government.
