The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday announced that retired Colonel Ajay Kothiyal will be its chief ministerial candidate for the 2022 Uttarakhand Assembly elections. The polls are likely to be held in the first quarter of the next year. Kotiyal, who is a former Indian Army officer, has also served as the former principal of the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering at Uttarkashi, He joined the Aam Aadmi Party on April 20. AAP National Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said. “If voted to power, the AAP will make Uttarakhand the global spiritual capital for Hindus, increase employment opportunities for the youth.We will develop the ‘devbhoomi [land of gods]’ in a manner that 10 times more devotees can come here.” The AAP leaders said that when politicians were “looting” the state, Kothiyal was protecting India’s border. “The people of Uttarakhand took this decision...to make Ajay Kotiyal the chief ministerial candidate ” 'Kashmir is a separate country, Indo-Pak has taken over...' Sidhu's advisor controversial statement Sonia Gandhi calls meeting of opposition, Mamata to be seen Congress MP to PM Modi, said- Fully vaccinated, Even then corona test, people are harassed