LUCKNOW, March 2 -- In a bid to connect with people at the grassroot level, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday launched a statewide sanitation campaign in Uttar Pradesh to clean monuments, rivers, parks and statues of freedom fighters.

In the state capital, AAP launched the campaign from the Gandhi statue in Hazratganj. Sanjay Singh, party's state incharge and Rajya Sabha MP, launched the campaign from Dr Ambedkar Park in Khora, Ghaziabad.

The central leadership of the AAP has planned to carry out such drives once a month across the state. After facing defeat in Delhi assembly polls held recently, the AAP is making efforts to consolidate its base in Uttar Pradesh by reaching out to people through social works.

However, party's effor...