Panaji, Mar 31 (PTI) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday sought the blessings of Padma Shri awardee Sadguru Brahmeshanand Swami at Tapobhoomi in North Goa.

The former Delhi chief minister is in the coastal state to campaign for AAP candidate Geetesh Naik, who is contesting the Ponda assembly bypoll.

Kejriwal, along with Delhi’s Leader of Opposition Atishi, AAP Goa president Valmiki Naik, Geetesh Naik, and others, visited Tapobhoomi at Shree Datta Padmanabh Peeth in Kundaim village.

He sought the blessings of Sadguru Brahmeshanand Acharya Swamiji.

The bypoll for the Ponda assembly segment will be held on April 9.

The election was necessitated after the demise of then State Agriculture Minister Ravi Naik. PTI RPS ARU