New Delhi : “Love you, too”, said the CM Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday while thanking the people for the AAP’s Victory in the civic elections and sought the cooperation of the BJP and the congress as well as the blessing of the centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to improve civic amenities in the national capital. He also cautioned the party worker and newly elected councilor to not be egoistic, saying ego ruins everything.
The Aam Aadmi Party won the MCD polls with 134 seats, ending the 15-year rule of the BJP in the prestigious municipal corporation and reducing the Congress to just nine seats in a house of 250.
The BJP, which was predicted to suffer a massive defeat in exit polls, put up a spirited fight, winning 104 municipal wards.
“We all have to improve the condition of Delhi and I need cooperation from all, including the BJP and Congress, especially the help and blessings of the Centre and the prime minister to do so,” Kejriwal said in his victory speech at AAP headquarters on DDU Marg.
“We need the central government’s help. We need the PM and Centre’s aashirvad (blessing),” Kejriwal said. The big message from these polls was that people want constructive politics, not negativity, he said.
“I appeal to all parties and candidates – we have indulged in politics till this point. Now we have to work together. We want the cooperation of BJP and Congress. Together, we will fix Delhi,” said the Chief Minister
“We worked day and night to fix schools, we worked day and night to fix hospitals, today they have given us the responsibility of cleaning up Delhi, ending corruption… There are many responsibilities,” Kejriwal said.
We don’t believe in negative politics and don’t do the politics of abusing one another. We have asked the vote in the name of good governance, better education system and healthcare and for an honest government, and the people have blessed us with their support,” Kejriwal said.
He also advised the winners from the AAP to refrain from being vain. “Bigger governments have fallen due to vanity. So, do not give in to this vice,” he said.
Minutes after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) crossed the halfway mark, kejriwal’s deputy Manish Sisodia tweeted that “this is not just a win but a big responsibility”.
Thanking the residents of the national capital, Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Sisodia tweeted in Hindi, “We thank the people of Delhi for trusting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi MCD (polls). People have defeated the world’s biggest and most negative party and ensured the win of honest Arvind Kejriwal.” For us, this is not just a win, but a big responsibility,” Sisodia added.
AAP’s victory gives it a “double engine” government for the first time in the capital, where it has been in power since 2015. The party has accused the BJP of obstructing it at every turn, using its government at the Centre, the Lieutenant Governor, and the civic body.
The AAP won 132 seats in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi polls while the BJP was runner up with wins in 104 wards. The AAP’s victory ended BJP’s 15-year rule at the civic body. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia were also present at the victory celebration of the party
