Nightmare is over, says Arun Jaitley
17 Feb 2014 3:41 AM IST
‘The worst ever state government that Delhi has ever witnessed has resigned. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government decided to submit its resignation to the lieutenant governor on Friday. The past 49 days witnessed an unconventional government, which was committed to populism and demagogy,’ Jaitley said.
‘It (AAP) had only 28 seats. The BJP was a bigger party, but the AAP had no qualms before accepting shamelessly the Congress support in order to prove the majority,’ he said.
While reminding some of the key responsibilities, which AAP allegedly lacks, Jaitley said, ‘Most of its MLAs were inexperienced. They lacked maturity. At times, they were outlandish. They had an agitational approach but were foreign to any form of governance.’
He questioned Kejriwal’s government, ‘Did they decide to expand the drinking water connectivity in Delhi? Did they seriously conceive of a scheme to increase the healthcare facilities in Delhi? Did they ever think of setting up new schools and colleges? Did they ever think over expanding the technical educational institutions in Delhi? What about taking Delhi Metro to the next phase? Did the idea of more flyovers and better PWD roads ever cross their thinking? These are all areas which add to the quality of life and good governance. The 49-day government had no mind space for any of these issues.’
Expressing his annoyance over AAP’s arrogance in dealing some of the sensitive issues, he said, ‘It concentrated its approach only to agitations. It agitated against the home minister, against the lieutenant governor, against the commissioner of police and against the African ladies. Its approach was to concoct falsehood and create imaginary enemies and then carry on propaganda about the strength of attacking the imaginary enemies.’
He claimed that AAP had realised that its leaders are sitting in the secretariat were ‘a bull in a China shop’ and therefore crafted an exit route for itself. Its Jan Lokpal Bill was kept as a closely guarded secret till the last day. The Lokpal content of the Bill is not radically different from the Central legislation but it wanted to create a false propaganda that its Bill is a revolutionary one in comparison to the central law. ‘Thank God, the nightmare is over,’ he said.
‘It (AAP) had only 28 seats. The BJP was a bigger party, but the AAP had no qualms before accepting shamelessly the Congress support in order to prove the majority,’ he said.
While reminding some of the key responsibilities, which AAP allegedly lacks, Jaitley said, ‘Most of its MLAs were inexperienced. They lacked maturity. At times, they were outlandish. They had an agitational approach but were foreign to any form of governance.’
He questioned Kejriwal’s government, ‘Did they decide to expand the drinking water connectivity in Delhi? Did they seriously conceive of a scheme to increase the healthcare facilities in Delhi? Did they ever think of setting up new schools and colleges? Did they ever think over expanding the technical educational institutions in Delhi? What about taking Delhi Metro to the next phase? Did the idea of more flyovers and better PWD roads ever cross their thinking? These are all areas which add to the quality of life and good governance. The 49-day government had no mind space for any of these issues.’
Expressing his annoyance over AAP’s arrogance in dealing some of the sensitive issues, he said, ‘It concentrated its approach only to agitations. It agitated against the home minister, against the lieutenant governor, against the commissioner of police and against the African ladies. Its approach was to concoct falsehood and create imaginary enemies and then carry on propaganda about the strength of attacking the imaginary enemies.’
He claimed that AAP had realised that its leaders are sitting in the secretariat were ‘a bull in a China shop’ and therefore crafted an exit route for itself. Its Jan Lokpal Bill was kept as a closely guarded secret till the last day. The Lokpal content of the Bill is not radically different from the Central legislation but it wanted to create a false propaganda that its Bill is a revolutionary one in comparison to the central law. ‘Thank God, the nightmare is over,’ he said.
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