NEW DELHI: "There is one thing I have learnt about politics. Whatever happens, one should not resign from their post and I am definitely not going to resign again," said AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal to his audience at Durga Chowk in Kirari on Sunday evening. It was one of the two jan sabhas that he addressed, the other at Rohini.

AAP has already launched its election propaganda, though fresh elections in the capital are yet to be announced. Senior party leaders, however, refused to call it an official campaign. Nevertheless, the pitch at both events was the same: "Modi sarkar promised to bring down corruption and tackle price rise but they failed to perform on both counts. In the 49 days when AAP was in government in Delhi, people benefited from our policies. Bring us back with a majority this time and we will not let you down," said Kejriwal.

The turnout gave hope to the party that has been struggling to win back its lost charm in the capital. Clearly, in one of his biggest political blunders, Kejriwal had resigned as chief minister after 49 days in power on February 14. That impacted AAP's fortunes in the Lok Sabha elections later where it performed disastrously. This time, the party is not taking any chances and Kejriwal is missing no opportunity to apologize to people for resigning.

"We took support from Congress to form government, but when they did not let us work, we resigned with the hope that fresh elections would take place soon and people would bring us back with a clear majority. However, elections are still nowhere in sight. Why are the people of Delhi being deprived of an elected government?" said Kejriwal.

While AAP won the Rohini constituency in the 2013 assembly elections, Kirari was where it faced one of its worst losses. The jan sabhas, however, are not part of a larger programme to have Kejriwal interact with the public; those meetings will be held around September or October.

AAP has already addressed gatherings of e-rickshaw drivers, auto drivers and a massive rally at Jantar Mantar to demand fresh elections in Delhi.

"I voted for BJP in the Lok Sabha elections but this colony is supporting AAP for Delhi elections. We were clear about this distinction since the very beginning. Kejriwal failed us initially but we are willing to give him another chance," said Bhola Singh, a fruit seller in Kirari.

