New Delhi: The threat of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal of resignation over the passage of Jan Lokpal Bill had created buzz in the politics of Delhi.
A member of AAP’s national executive, Ashok Agarwal on Thursday said, “The whole country is watching us and I am certain the resignation threat by the Delhi chief minister is going to alienate the educated middle class of the country.”
Agarwal is a social activist and believes instead of threatening to quit, the focus should be on working hard to prove that the party is capable of governance.
He said people of Delhi had voted for the party to govern and govern well, but instead it was taking up, one after another, issues that were diverting its attention from core issues of governance.
He said, “There is so much to do in Delhi, so many departments that need government’s attention. If we perform well, it will go down well with the people across the country.”
Agarwal is not alone in fearing that the threat to resign, or eventual resignation, will send a wrong signal to people across the country.
Other spokesperson of AAP Prof. Anand Kumar had also nodded and said people of nationwide are watching the party closely.
He said, “Delhi is a laboratory and we have to fulfil people’s expectations here in order to succeed in the Lok Sabha elections. How can we go to the Lok Sabha elections without anything to show on the governance front?”
Kumar too is a member of the AAP national executive, one of the rookie party’s top decision making bodies.
The AAP’s incharge of Uttar Pradesh for Lok Sabha elections Sanjay Singh however, not agreed with the view of Agarwal. He said, “We did receive the mandate to govern, but the Congress and the BJP are not allowing us to work.”
Asked if giving up power in Delhi would be a party strategy to prepare well for the Lok Sabha polls, for which Kejriwal would be a key campaigner, Singh brought up multi-tasking by Gujarat chief minister and BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
He said if Modi could campaign and govern his state at the same time, so could Kejriwal.
Singh also added, “The party is strongly behind the chief minister and will do whatever he decides.”
Notify that Arvind Kejriwal had threatened on Sunday “to go to any extent” for the bill, even if it meant resigning.
He said, “The Jan Lokpal Bill is more important to us than staying in government. We will quit if it is not passed. The government will fall if the janlokpal and swaraj bills are not passed.”
Bureau Report
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