Don't vote for BJP: CM Arvind Kejriwal
NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday urged Delhiites not to vote BJP as Narendra Modi-led government in Centre has obstructed welfare works done by AAP government in Delhi. "I request you, do not vote for a party which obstructed all your works in the past four years," said the CM. The request was made by the party chief through three back-to-back rallies in South Delhi constituency on Tuesday while seeking support for party candidate Raghav Chadha.
From healthcare, housing, electricity, education, the safety of women to stopping sealing, CM Kejriwal made a host of promises if Delhi becomes a full state, which will be possible, he claimed, if Delhi chooses AAP candidates from all seven Lok Sabha seats.
He said that the elections this year in Delhi should not an election to chose the Prime Minister but to get full-statehood. He alleged that the people of Delhi are insulted time and again by the central government which has given a "half status" to the national Capital. He appealed to them to unite and join the movement towards full statehood.
The Delhi CM claimed that if the city-state gets full statehood, he would "build a model city in which everyone would have their own flat and the national capital would be an example for the whole world". "The real Delhi resides beyond the ring road, the real Delhi is in small lanes where there were no proper roads earlier," he said.
He said the people of Delhi pay Rs 1.5 lakh crore worth Income Tax and receive only Rs 325 crore from the
Centre. "Why should we pay so much and get so less in return? What have Delhiites done to the central government to deserving this? The situation is similar to the time before
India got independence. "First Britishers looted us, now
the central government is
looting us," the chief minister said.
"Just for political enmity, PM Modi stopped the development work for the common man of Delhi. Last time you voted for him, but this time do to not vote for him, otherwise he would not let me work for development," he added.
