The Aam Aadmi Party headquarters in Bangalore is a scene of bustling activity. Nestled in a narrow dusty lane, a few steps away from the Cottonpet police station in central Bangalore, the head office sees at least 300-500 visitors every day, some curious and others hungry for change. Enthused by Arvind Kejriwal’s victory in Delhi, Bangaloreans are attending AAP meetings across the city and signing up in droves to join the party. “Anybody is better than the people we have had so far.
The rise of AAP has put an end to the belief that we have only BJP and Congress to vote for,” said Nitya Rao, a 31-year-old freelance photographer who attended an AAP event in the posh Koramangala area last week. She said she would sign up as member and volunteer for the party. V Balakrishnan, former board member at Infosys, and GR Gopinath, founder of the erstwhile Air Deccan, have been the two recent high-profile AAP inductees.
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Online registrations have exceeded 50,000 in Karnataka, with over half of them joining post the Delhi election. Offline memberships are yet to be tabulated. “It is one of the states with the largest membership base,” said Siddharth Sharma, a former journalist and convener of AAP Karnataka. Although the exact number of members for Bangalore is yet to be tabulated, at least 1,000-1,500 people become members every day in the city, the party said.
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