New Delhi: Reeling under electoral debacle, Aam Aadmi Party convener and Delhi formal CM Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday declared that the fledgling party was going into rebuilding mode to strengthen its roots.
Talking to scribes on the sidelines of AAP’s National Executive Council meeting, Kejriwal said that important decisions were taken and announced several measures to stem the rot that the anti-corruption outfit had tail-spun into.
Mission Vistaar will be started in the country wherein from booth-level to national level workers will visit villages and urge people to join AAP. The party was born to ensure that corruption is uprooted and we want to establish an honest government.
Talking about infighting within the AAP, Kejriwal said that Yogendra Yadav was like his elder brother, who could “scold and slap” him if he went off the track. I am human and I make mistakes. Yogendra Yadav has the right to point them out, he added.
He took the opportunity to congratulate the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, and said, “We congratulate Narendra Modi and hope he will fulfil expectations of people.
Kejriwal hoped that the NDA government would put a check on rising prices and said, According to reports, the new government is planning to double gas prices. If this happens, the prices of power and food items will shoot up. We appeal to the government not to go ahead with it (hike).”
He urged the BJP to address water and electricity issues, especially in the capital, and said, we demand subsidies for water and electricity from Central government for Delhi. AAP’s MPs will raise these issues in the Parliament.”
Talking on the topic of Pune-based techie’s murder, he added, “We condemn murder of techie in Pune, and hope the government takes swift action in the case.
Bureau Report
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