Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal has broken his silence on a proposed meeting of eight non-Congress, non-BJP chief ministers and a possible third front ahead of the 2024 general elections, saying it is a platform being built. Is. , The Delhi CM said that he had several rounds of talks with him. However, it is not a political but a governance platform, he said.
“It is a platform that is being built. Some chief ministers… eight chief ministers roughly and I have had several rounds of discussions with them. It is not a political platform, it is a governance platform.
The seven non-Congress, non-BJP chief ministers that Kejriwal reached out to are Nitish Kumar of Bihar, Mamata Banerjee of West Bengal, MK Stalin of Tamil Nadu, Pinarayi Vijayan of Kerala, K Chandrasekhar Rao of Telangana, Hemant Soren of Jharkhand and of course From Bhagwant Mann of Punjab. , Kejriwal further informed that all the eight chief ministers will visit one state and learn from each other’s success stories.
Referring to media reports that the meeting was inconclusive, he said, “We have held several rounds of discussions with them, their officials.” The letter that was leaked was about finalizing the dates. I felt that the date should be frozen. Everyone was feeling that 18th and 19th are not favorable to anyone as there are assembly sessions in all of them. Hence the suggestion was to keep it after mid-April. He added that it was a “work in progress”, and that when it was finalized, he would inform everyone who was coming.
The Chief Minister of Delhi was speaking on the occasion of presenting the budget in the assembly on Wednesday. He referred to his colleague and former deputy chief minister, Manish Sisodia, who is now in judicial custody, as “Delhi’s permanent finance minister” who is being missed, and stressed the push for infrastructure in the budget . Infrastructure development…There is a huge emphasis on infrastructure in the budget,” the chief minister said, to make a “clean, beautiful, modern Delhi”.
The CM along with Finance Minister Kailash Gehlot outlined a nine-point action plan that will turn the vision in the budget into reality, including cleaning and beautifying 1,400 km of roads, construction of 26 new flyovers, electrification of three unique double-decker flyovers is included. 57 new bus depots, three new modern bus ports, 1,400 electric buses, 100 new mohalla clinics near metro stations, sewerage and water connection to every household, 20 new lakes, among others.
The Chief Minister also argued for higher allocation from the Center for Delhi. “We give Rs 20,000 crore to the Centre. We don’t know anything. This is injustice. Delhi is like an engine. What if you stop fueling the engine? Delhi earns for the whole country… If you stop giving fodder to the hen who is earning, the hen who lays golden eggs, then how will that hen lay eggs. Will it keep doing this)?”
Sounding the poll bugle for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the AAP has decided to go ahead with a meeting at Jantar Mantar on Martyrs’ Day on March 23, which will be attended by the chief minister of Delhi and his Punjab counterpart.
AAP minister and Delhi in-charge Gopal Rai said, “Looking at the current situation in the country, tomorrow through a meeting at Jantar Mantar, AAP will start a nationwide campaign with the slogan ‘Modi Hatao, Desh Bachao’.” You MLAs, MPs, workers, our office bearers will gather. This gathering will remember the sacrifices of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh and Rajguru. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will address the gathering.
Asked whether the conspicuous absence of any other opposition party was not a hindrance, Rai remarked that there would be communication with others as the campaign progresses.
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