After resigning from the post of Chief Minister, AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal has decided to give up all government facilities, including official residence and security and live like a common man, said Sanjay Singh, the senior AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP. Search is on for a suitable accommodation for Arvind Kejriwal and his family is underway and he will vacate the CM’s official residence within 15 days, added Sanjay Singh.
Addressing media persons here today, senior AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said that the people of Delhi are saddened by the resignation of Arvind Kejriwal from the post of chief minister. Upset with the decision, they are asking what was the need for an honest chief minister, who has done a lot for the 2-crore people of Delhi, to resign?
The AAP Rajya Sabha MP said for the last two years, the Bharatiya Janata Party has been levelling false allegations of corruption against Arvind Kejriwal to defame him. Baseless allegations were made against him in which not even an iota of proof was found. The BJP people called him corrupt and questioned his honesty. “Had he been a ‘typical thick-skinned’ leader, he would not have bothered about it and continued to occupy the chair. But Arvind Kejriwal reached the position by serving the people of Delhi with honesty,” said Sanjay Singh.
The senior AAP leader said the Supreme Court has also ordered in favour of Arvind Kejriwal in such a case in which it is almost impossible to get bail. The Supreme Court said in its order that the action taken by the CBI and the ED is done with malice and the central probe agencies have acted like a caged parrot. “Had there been any other leader, he would have said now that the Supreme Court has granted him bail, he will continue in his post. But Arvind Kejriwal decided that we will go to the people’s court,” said the Rajya Sabha MP.
Sanjay Singh said that AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal decided to go to the people whom we have served with honesty in the last 10 years and will bring a certificate of our honesty from them. “I am fully confident that the people of Delhi will give Arvind Kejriwal a certificate of honesty with an overwhelming majority as he has served the people of Delhi with full truth and honesty,” he said.
The Rajya Sabha MP said as a Chief Minister, any person is entitled to many facilities. When Arvind Kejriwal resigned yesterday, the first thing he said was that he will leave all the facilities given to a chief minister. We know the condition of other leaders. If they get any facility, they continue to enjoy them for years after their relinquishing the post; they stick to their official accommodation. But Arvind Kejriwal has decided that he will vacate his house in 15 days.
Sanjay Singh said there are concerns about Arvind Kejriwal’s security as well. “He has been attacked several times, including at home in the presence of his parents. The BJP people have attacked him many times. He has old parents, his wife, and his children. We are all worried about their safety. We tried to explain to him that home is important not just as a Chief Minister but also for your safety. We tried to explain to him that his security is at risk,” he said.
The Rajya Sabha MP said but Arvind Kejriwal decided that God will protect him. “He said that I stayed in jail for six months among dreaded criminals, where God protected me and will continue to do so,” said Sanjay Singh.
The senior AAP leader said that Arvind Kejriwal will leave the official residence and live among the common people. It is not yet decided where he will live, but soon some place will be decided.
Sanjay Singh said that it is not about Arvind Kejriwal, but the issue is about the 2- crore people of Delhi. The whole of Delhi is watching what the BJP is doing with Arvind Kejriwal. Along with Kejriwal, his education minister, health minister were put in jail and they tried to disintegrate the Aam Aadmi Party, they tried to end Arvind Kejriwal’s politics. But with the blessings of the people and his courage, Arvind Kejriwal countered the dirty politics of the BJP.
The Rajya Sabha MP said PM Narendra Modi says that the citizens should not get free facilities at all. All free facilities should be stopped. Now the people of Delhi have to think that if Arvind Kejriwal is not there, what will happen to the people of Delhi?
Sanjay Singh said that if Arvind Kejriwal is not there, free education will stop in Delhi. It has been 27 years since the BJP government came to power in Gujarat. But till date, not a single good government school has been built there to boast of, where the Prime Minister can go and get his photo clicked and tell that this is his government school. A school running in a tent had to be shown in Ahmedabad during the elections. Not a single good school has been built till now in the BJP ruled states across the country that is comparable to the schools built by Arvind Kejriwal.
The BJP will stop the Mohalla clinic facility where the people of Delhi get all the treatment, including medicines, tests, free of cost. The BJP people insult the Delhiites by calling them freeloaders. The BJP people abuse the Delhiites. It is Arvind Kejriwal who fights with them and brings facilities. Kejriwal had staged a dharna at LG’s house for 9 days to get the Mohalla clinic file passed. If Arvind Kejriwal is not there, these Mohalla clinics will be closed.
Sanjay Singh said that free electricity was the dream of the Delhiites. People in the slums of Delhi used to get power bills of thousands of rupees. Arvind Kejriwal decided that every poor person’s house should get electricity for free. After India’s independence, Arvind Kejriwal is the first Chief Minister who worked to provide free electricity to every house. “If Arvind Kejriwal does not become the Chief Minister, the BJP will stop the facility of free electricity. Despite providing free clean drinking water, 24 hours free electricity, Kejriwal gave a profitable budget for Delhi,” he said.
The Rajya Sabha MP said Arvind Kejriwal made bus travel free for our mothers and sisters working as laborers in Delhi, and daughters going to college. If Kejriwal is not there, the facility of free bus rides for women will also stop.
Sanjay Singh said that the people of Delhi have to decide that Arvind Kejriwal’s resolve to provide free electricity, water, education, treatment, Mohalla clinics, bus travel for women and making the elderly go on pilgrimage that he has fulfilled, the BJP will stop all these facilities. Because BJP’s tallest leader Narendra Modi goes around the country and says that freebies should be abolished. It is Arvind Kejriwal who has done wonders. Kejriwal gave a profitable budget despite giving free facilities of electricity, water, education, treatment, bus travel to women, pilgrimage to the elderly.
The senior AAP leader said Arvind Kejriwal has said many times that the governments that were in Delhi till now, only cheated the people of Delhi. “There is no dearth of money in the government exchequer, the governments lacked intentions. Arvind Kejriwal served the people of Delhi with clear intentions and honesty,” said the Rajya Sabha MP.
Sanjay Singh said that now the people of Delhi have to resolve and give their verdict. Arvind Kejriwal will go to the people’s court, and we are confident that he will bring a certificate of his honesty from the people’s court with a huge majority. “Arvind Kejriwal is the first leader in the history of India, who is saying with pride that if I am honest, vote for me, else not. Arvind Kejriwal is asking for votes on the basis of his honesty and truth. He is asking for votes in the name of his work. Now it’s the turn of the 2-crore people of Delhi to answer the conspiracies of the BJP with the power of their votes,” said the Rajya Sabha MP.