New Delhi: Delhi formal CM and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal today apologised to the nation for quitting as Delhi Chief Minister early this year after running the government for 49 days and said that his party wants fresh mandate.
During the press briefing, Arvind Kejriwal said, many people are annoyed with us for resigning, they wanted us to continue. I apologise to the whole nation for this mistake. Kejriwal also ruled out holding any referendum saying, our chances of forming government are negligible, so we want fresh elections. We are gearing up for it.
Kejriwal had on Tuesday told Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung that his party wants to form the government in Delhi, and asked him not to dissolve the Legislative Assembly for a week. In a letter to the Lt. Governor, the Aam Aadmi Party said it will hold public meetings in Delhi to obtain people’s opinion on forming the government.
The leader, however, said since the Congress has ruled out outside support to the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP, there was not much the party could do. he AAP has 28 legislators while the Congress has eight in a house of 70.
Reacting to this, Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely said, our stand is clear that we will not support the AAP again. Asked if he would consult the party high command, he said: “I am the boss in Delhi. It is up to me whether to support the AAP.
After the Lok Sabha polls, the AAP and the Bharatiya Janata Party, which was the single largest party with 32 members, began exploring possibilities to form the government in Delhi, which has been under President’s rule since Feb 17.
In February, Chief Minister Kejriwal resigned over his failure to pass the Jan Lokpal bill in the assembly. President’s Rule was imposed in Delhi on February 17. The Lt Governor had not favoured dissolution of the Assembly and kept it in suspended animation.
Bureau Report
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