Himachal Pradesh ultra marathon runner Sunil Sharma joins AAP ahead of assembly elections

Ultra marathon runner Sunil Sharma along with four others from Himachal Pradesh joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the national capital on Monday. “250 youth leaders in Himachal Pradesh will join the party,” Delhi Health Minister and AAP’s election in-charge for the hill state Satendra Jain said at a press conference here.

Welcoming Sharma to his party, the senior AAP leader said that he and his “friends” in Himachal Pradesh have joined the AAP as they were “inspired” by the party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal and the Delhi Chief Minister’s rule. were “influenced” by the model.

“He (Sunil Sharma) is a well-dressed athlete and ultra marathon runner. He ran 1480 km from Delhi to Mumbai in The Great India Run in 2016, 250 km from Chandigarh to Delhi in 38 hrs 25 mins. of the Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao campaign,” said Jain.

Sharma said that he has joined the party to work for the youth and sportspersons. “I have been fighting a battle for myself and the youth for the last 6 years so that the youth of our country can progress in sports and bring laurels to the country. This will be possible only when they get a better platform.

“Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur makes a policy for rafting and cricket but there is no policy for athletes. There is no one to support us. This is the reason why I was forced to leave sports and join politics so that by joining Aam Aadmi Party I could do better for other youths.

AAP is strengthening its base in Himachal Pradesh to contest the assembly elections due later this year. Riding on its resounding victory in the Punjab elections in March, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party is hoping to gain a foothold in the hill state by projecting itself as an alternative to the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress in the upcoming elections.

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