Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on February 5 that he was looking for votes from the people of Delhi on the basis of kaam ki rajniti, or the politics of delivery, that had been demonstrated by his government.
A desperate BJP, he said, had actually been not able to discover any imperfections in the efficiency of his government in the areas of electrical power, water, schools and education. It had, rather, began abusing him.
In an interview to The Hindu, Mr. Kejriwal stated, “They are unable to find any shortcomings in our work. What they hunt down, it doesn’t stick … they want to divert attention from our work. Often they bring Shaheen Bagh; often they do Hindu-Muslim.”
The Chief Minister stated his federal government’s honest intentions, or saaf niyat, set it apart from other federal governments in the country.
Edited excerpts from the interview:
Is this an election about AAP’s governance record versus the concerns of identity and religion?
The work that has been done by AAP is remarkable compared to what has occurred in the last 70 years in the country. They [governments run by other political parties] ruined the services of electrical energy, water, schools and the medical facilities. People had also lost all hope that a federal government can do anything. They [rival parties including the BJP] do not have an answer to what we have actually performed in the past five years. They are not able to discover any drawbacks in our work. What they search out, it does not stick. They do not have any discourse. Now, they wish to divert attention from our work. Sometimes they bring Shaheen Bagh; in some cases they do Hindu-Muslim.
You have been Delhi’s Chief Minister for five years now. If voted to power again, what is your vision for Delhi?
Our last five years has promised to the entire country– things can be done. If we have had the ability to repair federal government schools and healthcare facilities, then it indicates they had been deliberately left in a poor shape. We had been kept bad and illiterate for the last 70 years. If all this could be performed in five years, it might have been performed in 70 years also. This hope kindled in the country by AAP’s governance in the previous 5 years, this is a big offer– in fact, it’s a brand-new kind of politics.
So, how were you able to achieve this? Other governments have also attempted to repair things
Our niyat [intention] was saaf[honest]. The difference was just about objective. If you do something and the intent is to earn money out of it, the