Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday said it is not in any sort of coalition or understanding with the Congress and expects ‘support of the majority’ on the floor of the House for its 18 issues, failing which it will ‘move out’.
‘As we have always maintained, we have 18 issues and we have 28 MLAs, no more,’ AAP leader Yogendra Yadav told reporters. ‘We will go to the floor of the assembly and try to push each of the 18 issues which have brought us to where we are and we would expect that given the nature of these issues, and how much do they matter to the country and to the people of Delhi we would have the support of the majority on the floor of the House. If we don’t have, we would move out,’ he said
Trying to end speculation over some sort of understanding between the two parties, Yadav said, ‘I think much of the questioning and speculation is still being dictated by the old grammar of politics. Grammar of common minimum program, alliances, tie-ups, understanding, covert understanding, I wish to underline that once again that there is nothing of that kind. We have the numbers, we are going ahead to implement our agenda.’
Asked about differences within Congress over supporting AAP and apprehensions that the party may try to dictate terms or affect decisions of the AAP government, Yadav said, ‘It is entirely the Congress’ prerogative to take a decision about what they wish to do in the government formation scenario in Delhi.’
‘It is not for me to advise them, it is not for me to speculate reasons why Congress may wish to dictate one decision or the other as we have clarified always that we do not have an alliance or a tie-up, we don’t have an understanding,’ he said.
‘In the absence of that (understanding), there are no rights and obligations. It is not for me to say what they should do. Congress is an independent party, a mature party. It is for them to take a decision,’ he said.
AAP will bring changes in 2 months: Somnath Bharti
New Delhi: The AAP will ‘completely overhaul’ the system and changes will be visible within 60 days, Somnath Bharti, set to become one of Delhi’s six ministers, said on Wednesday.
Slashing the power tariff by half — one of the key promises made by the Aam Aadmi Party — will remain on top of the agenda, he said.
‘We will completely overhaul the system, and changes will be visible within two months of our coming to power,’ the lawyer-turned-legislator elected from Malviya Nagar in south Delhi told IANS. ‘Fulfilling the promises made by our party is on top of every leader’s agenda, he added.
‘As we have always maintained, we have 18 issues and we have 28 MLAs, no more,’ AAP leader Yogendra Yadav told reporters. ‘We will go to the floor of the assembly and try to push each of the 18 issues which have brought us to where we are and we would expect that given the nature of these issues, and how much do they matter to the country and to the people of Delhi we would have the support of the majority on the floor of the House. If we don’t have, we would move out,’ he said
Trying to end speculation over some sort of understanding between the two parties, Yadav said, ‘I think much of the questioning and speculation is still being dictated by the old grammar of politics. Grammar of common minimum program, alliances, tie-ups, understanding, covert understanding, I wish to underline that once again that there is nothing of that kind. We have the numbers, we are going ahead to implement our agenda.’
Asked about differences within Congress over supporting AAP and apprehensions that the party may try to dictate terms or affect decisions of the AAP government, Yadav said, ‘It is entirely the Congress’ prerogative to take a decision about what they wish to do in the government formation scenario in Delhi.’
‘It is not for me to advise them, it is not for me to speculate reasons why Congress may wish to dictate one decision or the other as we have clarified always that we do not have an alliance or a tie-up, we don’t have an understanding,’ he said.
‘In the absence of that (understanding), there are no rights and obligations. It is not for me to say what they should do. Congress is an independent party, a mature party. It is for them to take a decision,’ he said.
AAP will bring changes in 2 months: Somnath Bharti
New Delhi: The AAP will ‘completely overhaul’ the system and changes will be visible within 60 days, Somnath Bharti, set to become one of Delhi’s six ministers, said on Wednesday.
Slashing the power tariff by half — one of the key promises made by the Aam Aadmi Party — will remain on top of the agenda, he said.
‘We will completely overhaul the system, and changes will be visible within two months of our coming to power,’ the lawyer-turned-legislator elected from Malviya Nagar in south Delhi told IANS. ‘Fulfilling the promises made by our party is on top of every leader’s agenda, he added.