New Delhi/Mumbai: Social activist Anna Hazare said Sunday he was “glad” the Aam Aadmi Party’s Kejriwal was “winning” and that “one day” be would be the Delhi chief minister.
“I am glad Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party is winning. One day, he will be the chief minister of Delhi,” Hazare told reporters in Ralegan Siddhi as the counting trends of the votes cast in the Delhi assembly elections indicated a strong debut by the AAP.
“Kejriwal should not take support from any party in Delhi. Let there be a re-election. The results show that the Congress is being punished by the people. Delhi ‘andolan’ has helped AAP,” he added.
Earlier in the day, he said Kejriwal would do good work sitting in the opposition.
“I believe that Arvind Kejriwal will do good work in the opposition and will provide right direction to the government,” Hazare told a news channel in Ralegan Siddhi.
“Defeating Sheila Dikshit is not an easy thing. People gave their mandate,” he said.
Dikshit, Delhi’s chief minister for 15 years, resigned Sunday after the Congress was routed in the elections. She is herself set to lose to Kejriwal.
Dikshit submitted her resignation to Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung as the vote count showed the Congress may not win even 10 seats in the 70-member assembly. (IANS)
AAP’s rise, a matter of concern for both BJP, Cong: Rudy
New Delhi: BJP on Sunday said the rise of Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi is a matter of concern for it as much as for Congress and maintained it could have won clear majority had it not been a three-cornered fight.
BJP General Secretary Rajiv Pratap Rudy said his party could have done even better if it had taken certain timely steps.
“In Delhi, space has been given to a local outfit – Aam Aadmi Party. There could be other reasons. BJP failed to position a chief ministerial candidate at the right time. The national channels also projected that national parties are unable to deliver. But BJP should be able to form government,” he said.
Rudy conceded that rise of AAP is a matter of concern for both BJP and Congress.
“Regional manifesto is setting the national agenda. This is what happened in Delhi. A great churning is taking place. AAP votes should actually have come to BJP. Then it would have been a landslide victory for BJP,” he said.
Deputy leader of BJP in Rajya Sabha Ravi Shankar Prasad said AAP has put up good performance in Delhi but had it not been in the fray his party would have done better
He was, however, confident of a clear majority for BJP in Delhi. (PTI)