We will perfrom AAP assures Delhi
24 Dec 2013 5:16 AM IST
‘We will perform,’ said Kejriwal, who will meet Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on Monday afternoon, hinting that a major announcement on the issue would be made later in the day.
Kejriwal on Sunday addressed public meetings in the Capital’s Kali Bari area and indicated that his party was preparing to take power with Congress’ backing. ‘We will deliver whatever assurances we made in our manifesto, which was prepared after wide consultations, and a lot of thought went into it,’ he said. ‘People are expecting much more from us, and we will perform,’ he added.
‘This is real democracy’, said Kejriwal, denying criticism that the AAP’s decision to seek a referendum on whether or not it should take power was ‘farcical’ and ‘nautanki’ (drama). On Congress’ support to AAP, Kejriwal said, ‘We did not ask them to extend support. It was their decision. We are ready to form the government if the people want us to do so.’
‘We have received number of responses and letters from the people and it needs some time to have a look at it. A final decision will be taken on Monday morning in a party meeting,’ said a party source.
Meanwhile, senior BJP member and leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, on Sunday termed the referendum by the Aam Aadmi Party on government formation in Delhi as ‘farcical’. He said AAP was trying to mask its ‘political opportunism’ and going back on its stated position of not accepting support. In a post on social networking site Facebook, Jaitley said the AAP had stated it represents ‘alternative politics’, but the party seems to be compromising on its commitments.
‘AAP is guided by idealism. It will neither support nor accept support from either the Congress or the BJP,’ said Jaitley.
He said if the AAP stands by its commitment, the Delhi assembly ‘becomes a deadlocked assembly’ wherein a fresh poll has to be ordered. ‘How does the AAP justify a volte face where it seems to be compromising on its commitments of alternative politics,’ he asked.
‘It may even be strategising on how to capture power, announce a few popular decisions and carve out a further positioning for itself. For any of these strategies to prevail, the AAP has to somersault from its stated position. It has to retract its public commitments of not accepting support from the Congress. It has, therefore, decided to enact a farcical referendum,’ said Jaitley.
He said ‘motley crowds’ from all over the town are being asked whether AAP should form the government. ‘...A statistical wonder is produced wherein less than 30 per cent people voted for AAP in the election but more than 75 per cent want it to form a government,’ Jaitley said.
‘Political opportunism is being masked with the idea of popular sanction behind it... its leaders could argue ‘we are not hungry for power, we would not be taking Congress support. But we are democrats who are now bowing to the popular will of the people. It is the people who want AAP to form the government with Congress support’. Jaitley, however, acknowledged that AAP’s performance in the polls was ‘certainly remarkable’ and its ‘silent and systematic’ campaign produced results.
Delhi Congress leader also raised question over the delay to form the government in Delhi, ‘We have given them unconditional support to form the government. AAP should have made the government earlier and must follow their manifesto,’ said, Mukesh Sharma, former parliamentary secretary to the former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit.
Kejriwal on Sunday addressed public meetings in the Capital’s Kali Bari area and indicated that his party was preparing to take power with Congress’ backing. ‘We will deliver whatever assurances we made in our manifesto, which was prepared after wide consultations, and a lot of thought went into it,’ he said. ‘People are expecting much more from us, and we will perform,’ he added.
‘This is real democracy’, said Kejriwal, denying criticism that the AAP’s decision to seek a referendum on whether or not it should take power was ‘farcical’ and ‘nautanki’ (drama). On Congress’ support to AAP, Kejriwal said, ‘We did not ask them to extend support. It was their decision. We are ready to form the government if the people want us to do so.’
‘We have received number of responses and letters from the people and it needs some time to have a look at it. A final decision will be taken on Monday morning in a party meeting,’ said a party source.
Meanwhile, senior BJP member and leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, on Sunday termed the referendum by the Aam Aadmi Party on government formation in Delhi as ‘farcical’. He said AAP was trying to mask its ‘political opportunism’ and going back on its stated position of not accepting support. In a post on social networking site Facebook, Jaitley said the AAP had stated it represents ‘alternative politics’, but the party seems to be compromising on its commitments.
‘AAP is guided by idealism. It will neither support nor accept support from either the Congress or the BJP,’ said Jaitley.
He said if the AAP stands by its commitment, the Delhi assembly ‘becomes a deadlocked assembly’ wherein a fresh poll has to be ordered. ‘How does the AAP justify a volte face where it seems to be compromising on its commitments of alternative politics,’ he asked.
‘It may even be strategising on how to capture power, announce a few popular decisions and carve out a further positioning for itself. For any of these strategies to prevail, the AAP has to somersault from its stated position. It has to retract its public commitments of not accepting support from the Congress. It has, therefore, decided to enact a farcical referendum,’ said Jaitley.
He said ‘motley crowds’ from all over the town are being asked whether AAP should form the government. ‘...A statistical wonder is produced wherein less than 30 per cent people voted for AAP in the election but more than 75 per cent want it to form a government,’ Jaitley said.
‘Political opportunism is being masked with the idea of popular sanction behind it... its leaders could argue ‘we are not hungry for power, we would not be taking Congress support. But we are democrats who are now bowing to the popular will of the people. It is the people who want AAP to form the government with Congress support’. Jaitley, however, acknowledged that AAP’s performance in the polls was ‘certainly remarkable’ and its ‘silent and systematic’ campaign produced results.
Delhi Congress leader also raised question over the delay to form the government in Delhi, ‘We have given them unconditional support to form the government. AAP should have made the government earlier and must follow their manifesto,’ said, Mukesh Sharma, former parliamentary secretary to the former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit.
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