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Business News/ Politics / Policy/  Arvind Kejriwal’s Google hangout: Key takeaways
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Arvind Kejriwal’s Google hangout: Key takeaways

Kejriwal says availability of electricity and water has improved

A file photo of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. Photo: PTIPremium
A file photo of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. Photo: PTI

New Delhi: Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal once again donned the trademark party cap on Sunday in his first Google hangout with the public and volunteers of his party since the Delhi elections. In his half-hour long address, Kejriwal spoke about the key achievements of the three months government, opposition parties and how the party was faring. Key takeaways from his address.

AAP

The party’s popularity is increasing. Every 15 days, I do an internal survey on the party. Our popularity is increasing. The survey shows that if elections were held today, 72% of the people in Delhi would have voted for us. This was around 50% in February.

Delhi government’s achievements

The prices of electricity have been reduced. There are states that have no transmission costs where electricity is more expensive. Water has been made free. The availability of electricity and water has also improved. We are making provisions that the shortage does not affect people in the summer.

There has been a big difference in corruption as well. Yes, it still exists but because of the new helpline 1031 there has been a reduction. The anti corruption branch (ACB) is working. In the last month, 25-30 government officials have been sent to jail.

Central government

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led central government is making every effort to take action against the ACB. The central government passed an order that police officers cannot be arrested. We didn’t agree to this and knew the court would support us.

24 May will be 100 days of the AAP government in Delhi and 26 May will be 365 days of the (Narendra) Modi government. I feel it will be interesting if someone did a comparison of the work that has been done.

Opposition

BJP and Congress are scared and are wondering how the party (AAP) got 67 seats. BJP is not scared of the Congress. The two parties are working together. AAP is their biggest enemy. BJP has registered fake cases against three members of our legislative assembly including Sanjeev Jha and Jarnail Singh.

Issue of statehood

Delhi does not have full statehood. I have to write to the home ministry for various things. In the last three months, I have written many letters but have not got any response from the home ministry.

Lokpal Bill and Swaraj Bill

Work has started and should be out soon. The Lokpal bill needs to be sent to the Centre for approval before it can be passed by the Delhi assembly. We have already started work on the Swaraj bill. It is necessary to bring it in the form of a bill to ensure if another party comes, they are forced to include the public in decision making.

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Published: 10 May 2015, 11:28 PM IST
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