New Delhi, Dec 28: After taking oath as the seventh Chief Minister of Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal said “The struggle was to give power to the people of Delhi.”
In his first speech as the Chief Minister, Mr. Kejriwal said “We don’t have solutions to all problems. We don’t have a magic wand to solve problems immediately.”
Mr. Kejriwal also added that the fight is very long and said “we will need the support of people to end corruption in the capital and the country”.
The Delhi Chief Minister asserted “The main problems in the country arise due to dirty politics and we have to clean it.”
He also said “Anna Hazare was opposed to entering into politics. I told him that we will have to enter it to clean it”.
In his first speech, he warned MLAs and workers not to be arrogant.
Mr. Kejriwal said “We are not worried about the fate of the confidence motion.”
He also asserted “If anyone asks for a bribe in government office, file a complaint with us and we will catch them all red-handed.”
Earlier report:
Arvind Kejriwal being sworn in as Delhi chief minister, sea of supporters present
Kaushambi/ New Delhi, Dec 28: Wearing his trademark white cap, Arvind Kejriwal was sworn in as the chief minister of Delhi today, as an estimated 40,000 people cheered for him at Ram Lila Maidan, a massive public park in the heart of the city.
The bespectacled 45-year-old rode the metro to the ceremony. His decision to use public transport echoes his pre-poll promise to end the VIP culture of Delhi's political elite and set a down-to-earth tone for his new administration.
"This is the fight for independence from corruption, hunger and poverty," he said this morning as he left his house. "It is the common man's victory. Action will start as soon as we take the oath."
At Ramlila Maidan, posters declared "Aaj ka CM, Kal Ka PM (chief minister today, prime minister tomorrow)." Caps like Mr Kejriwal's dotted the crowds; many people waved the broom, the party symbol of Mr Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party or AAP.
For voters frustrated with endemic corruption, Mr Kejriwal has emerged as a new hope, and has been given a starling mandate.
His Aam Aadmi Party made a stunning electoral debut in the Delhi election, winning 28 assembly seats and placing second. The ruling Congress was forced into a poor third, and is lending external support to his minority government.
The BJP won the most seats but did not get a majority and decided it would not try to form the government.
Unlike his predecessors, Mr Kejriwal has said he and his ministers will not occupy the sprawling bungalows surrounded by lush lawns in Delhi.
He plans to keep living in his fourth-storey flat in the Delhi suburb of Ghaziabad and has declined police protection.
He asked to be sworn-in at a public park so that the aam aadmi or common man could attend the ceremony. The venue he picked is where he rallied a historic anti-corruption movement with activist Anna Hazare two years ago.
They have been estranged since Mr Kejriwal decided to enter politics.
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