Former Delhi CM hits out at current CM.
AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, who will sit on an indefinite hunger strike from March 1 demanding full statehood for Delhi, will discharge his duties as chief minister from the venue of his fast, senior party leader Gopal Rai said Sunday.He said the party is evaluating three to four probable venues for the hunger strike and will announce the final pick in the next two days.
According to party sources, the Ramlila ground, chief minister's residence and Jantar Mantar are being considered as the venues for the hunger strike.Delhi has been divided into 560 zones and three committees have been formed at central, Vidhan Sabha and zonal level. The venue of the chief minister's indefinite fast will be the control room from where instructions will be sent out, the Delhi minister said.
"The hunger strike will start on March 1 at 10 am and the chief minister will be joined by all party Lok Sabha incharges, ministers, MLAs and councillors."From March 1 to 9, as many as 560 'nyay yatras' will be taken out at the zonal level. RWAs, students, teachers, lawyers and professionals will also be involved in these yatras," Rai told reporters.
After March 9, all AAP MLAs will join Kejriwal at the venue of the hunger strike, he said.Rai accused the BJP and the Congress of deceiving Delhiites on the statehood issue and alleged that these two parties had earlier pitched for it but are backtracking now.He expressed hope the 'mahagathbandhan' (grand alliance) will form government at the Centre after the general elections and will grant full statehood to Delhi.
Congress leader Sheila Dikshit Sunday accused AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal of making "empty talks" on the issue of full statehood for Delhi in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Chief Minister Kejriwal has announced an indefinite hunger strike from March 1 over his demand for full statehood for Delhi."Kejriwal is making empty talks about full statehood for Delhi and nothing will come out of his rhetorics. If he was serious about full statehood for Delhi, he should have taken up the issue four years ago. He is raking up the full statehood issue with an eye on the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections," Dikshit, who is the Congress's Delhi unit president, said.
She also reiterated the Delhi Congress's stand that it will not have any alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the Lok Sabha polls."Kejriwal was confusing people by talking about the Aam Aadmi Party's tie-up with the Congress in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. But, the Congress will contest the Lok Sabha elections on its own and will win all the seven seats in Delhi," former Delhi chief minister Dikshit said.Addressing party workers at Mehrauli and Badarpur areas, she said the people of Delhi are fed up of "hollow promises" of Chief Minister Kejriwal and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and wanted Congress governments at the Centre and in Delhi.
"The Modi and Kejriwal governments make big promises, but they remain as just promises. People are fed up with both and want the Congress back," the three-time chief minister said, accusing the Kejriwal government of wasting public money on it's publicity. "The Kejriwal government has failed on all fronts and is now thriving by putting out five to six full-page advertisements in newspapers and squandering the hard-earned money of tax payers' for self publicity," Dikshit alleged.
She asked workers to ensure victory of Congress candidates in the Lok Sabha polls and said only the Congress can provide a stable and development-oriented government.
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