New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to grant full statehood status to Delhi, an issue that the ruling AAP is raising emphatically in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Tuesday announced holding a door-to-door campaign to tell people how the BJP had done “injustice” to them on the issue. In a series of tweets on Wednesday, Chief Minister and AAP national convener Kejriwal appealed to the BJP government at the Centre to grant full statehood to Delhi, claiming it was also promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Reacting to the prime minister’s greetings to the people of Arunachal Pradesh on their Statehood Day on Twitter, Kejriwal tweeted, “Sir, Delhi is also waiting for its statehood day. U had promised to the people of Delhi that you wud grant full statehood to Delhi. Kindly do it sir. People of Delhi have faced injustice for 70 years now (sic).”
In another tweet in Hindi, Kejriwal said, “Before becoming prime minister, Modiji had raised voice for full statehood. Today, he is the prime minister. The people of Delhi people want to remind him of his promise.”
As part of its strategy for the general election, the AAP will distribute the BJP’s manifestoes for previous elections, including that for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, to remind people that the saffron party had supported the demand for full statehood to Delhi. (PTI)
