Kejriwal meets L-G, stakes claim
11 Feb 2015 12:00 AM GMT
Kejriwal, who was accompanied by senior party leader Manish Sisodia, was with Jung for around 25 minutes. After the meeting, Raj Niwas issued a press release saying the L-G will now send his report with his recommendation to the President to enable government formation, a formality under the rules.
Kejriwal is likely to be sworn-in as Chief Minister on February 14 at the Ramlila ground. The release said after the declaration of results, Kejriwal conveyed to the Lt Governor that he has been elected as the leader of Aam Aadmi Party Legislature Party.
Earlier, Kejriwal was elected the leader of AAP Legislature Party at a meeting of the newly elected MLAs.
Kejriwal’s name was proposed by his close aide Sisodia, who himself won from Patparganj, and was
overwhelmingly endorsed by the MLAs. Addressing the meeting of the MLAs at the Constitution Club, Kejriwal warned the legislators against showing arrogance which, he said, was responsible for the defeat of both Congress and BJP.
“He (Kejriwal) said, Congress was reduced to zero because of its arrogance...BJP at the Centre does not have any major scam against it, but it was also their arrogance that led to their defeat in the election.
“He warned us not to show any kind of arrogance through our action and to respect the kind of mandate we have got,” said an AAP MLA. Kejriwal asked the MLAs to work to fulfil the promises made by the party, Adarsh Shastri, AAP MLA from Dwarka, said.
Elated with its massive victory in the Delhi polls, AAP kept its victory celebrations a very low-profile affair. Thousands of party supporters came out on the streets to express their jubilation.
The Chief Minister-in-waiting Arvind Kejriwal said that the Congress and the BJP were victims of their own arrogance as the AAP inched closer to a landslide victory in Delhi polls.
“The majority that we have got from the people is scary,” he told the supporters, who had gathered outside the party office in East Patel Nagar.
Kejriwal is likely to be sworn-in as Chief Minister on February 14 at the Ramlila ground. The release said after the declaration of results, Kejriwal conveyed to the Lt Governor that he has been elected as the leader of Aam Aadmi Party Legislature Party.
Earlier, Kejriwal was elected the leader of AAP Legislature Party at a meeting of the newly elected MLAs.
Kejriwal’s name was proposed by his close aide Sisodia, who himself won from Patparganj, and was
overwhelmingly endorsed by the MLAs. Addressing the meeting of the MLAs at the Constitution Club, Kejriwal warned the legislators against showing arrogance which, he said, was responsible for the defeat of both Congress and BJP.
“He (Kejriwal) said, Congress was reduced to zero because of its arrogance...BJP at the Centre does not have any major scam against it, but it was also their arrogance that led to their defeat in the election.
“He warned us not to show any kind of arrogance through our action and to respect the kind of mandate we have got,” said an AAP MLA. Kejriwal asked the MLAs to work to fulfil the promises made by the party, Adarsh Shastri, AAP MLA from Dwarka, said.
Elated with its massive victory in the Delhi polls, AAP kept its victory celebrations a very low-profile affair. Thousands of party supporters came out on the streets to express their jubilation.
The Chief Minister-in-waiting Arvind Kejriwal said that the Congress and the BJP were victims of their own arrogance as the AAP inched closer to a landslide victory in Delhi polls.
“The majority that we have got from the people is scary,” he told the supporters, who had gathered outside the party office in East Patel Nagar.
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