‘Won’t seek support to form govt’
9 Dec 2013 6:23 AM IST
Addressing supporters and media gathered at the party office in central Delhi, an upbeat AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal termed the results of the polls as ‘historic’ where the people have come out and voted for a ‘clean and honest’ political party.
‘These are historic results. This is not a victory of Aam Aadmi Party, it is a victory of the people,’ the 45-year-old bureaucrat-turned-politician said amid loud cheers by his supporters at the crowded office. Asked whether he will seek support of Congress to form government, Kejriwal said, ‘We will play the role of a constructive opposition and will not seek support from any party to form the government.’ The AAP national convener congratulated BJP’s chief ministerial candidate Harsh Vardhan and the party for winning most number of seats. Kejriwal said he had no personal enmity with outgoing Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit.
While thanking his volunteers and their family members for supporting the party, he said ‘I would congratulate the people of Delhi for initiating clean and honest politics, which won’t remain confined to Delhi but spread across the country.’
‘The results are a message to established political parties like Congress and BJP to change the way they do their politics. If they do not reform, the people will throw them out,’ said Kejriwal, who served the biggest blow to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit by handing down a shocking defeat to her in the New Delhi constituency by a huge margin of 25,864 votes. The key agenda items of AAP are Jan Lokpal Bill, right to reject, right to recall and political decentralisation. ‘After the Delhi polls, you will see us being more active outside Delhi.... We certainly plan to go nationwide for the Lok Sabha polls,’ Kejriwal’s party has said. ‘Our fight was based on issues and principles,’ he said.
‘These are historic results. This is not a victory of Aam Aadmi Party, it is a victory of the people,’ the 45-year-old bureaucrat-turned-politician said amid loud cheers by his supporters at the crowded office. Asked whether he will seek support of Congress to form government, Kejriwal said, ‘We will play the role of a constructive opposition and will not seek support from any party to form the government.’ The AAP national convener congratulated BJP’s chief ministerial candidate Harsh Vardhan and the party for winning most number of seats. Kejriwal said he had no personal enmity with outgoing Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit.
While thanking his volunteers and their family members for supporting the party, he said ‘I would congratulate the people of Delhi for initiating clean and honest politics, which won’t remain confined to Delhi but spread across the country.’
‘The results are a message to established political parties like Congress and BJP to change the way they do their politics. If they do not reform, the people will throw them out,’ said Kejriwal, who served the biggest blow to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit by handing down a shocking defeat to her in the New Delhi constituency by a huge margin of 25,864 votes. The key agenda items of AAP are Jan Lokpal Bill, right to reject, right to recall and political decentralisation. ‘After the Delhi polls, you will see us being more active outside Delhi.... We certainly plan to go nationwide for the Lok Sabha polls,’ Kejriwal’s party has said. ‘Our fight was based on issues and principles,’ he said.
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