Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday that the party will make Delhi look like London, if voted to power in the upcoming municipal polls.
In the assembly polls you gave us 67 seats but this time do not leave any such gap. If we win the MCD polls, we will spruce up Delhi and make it look like London within a year.
While campaigning for the upcoming MCD elections in Uttam Nagar, he sought to woo the residents of unauthorised colonies. “We have also sent a proposal to the central government for regularisation of unauthorised colonies. The issue is pending before the Delhi High Court,” Kejriwal said.
Meanwhile, a few residents of the area, led by former Congress MLA Mukesh Sharma, waved black flags during Kejrwal’s rally.
People raised slogans against the Chief Minister and burnt his effigies, and alleged that the work which began four years ago had not been completed.
Kejriwal retaliated, saying “the BJP governments is Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh failed to accomplish in 10-15 years what we have done in two years".
"We promised we would reduce power and water rates by half, we did it," he said.
Delhiites are only paying Rs 1,370 for 400 units of electricity, whereas in Gujarat it costs Rs 2,700. In Uttar Pradesh, it is Rs 2,600 for 400 units and people in Mumbai need to pay Rs 4,000 for the same, he added.
Appealing to people to vote for AAP in large numbers, he said, “We do not have money to contest election. You (public) have to help us. One person should tell 100 people to vote for the AAP. We have to clean Delhi... give all 272 seats to AAP. You have seen the Congress and the BJP. Both are corrupt. Only AAP works for you.”
Delhi’s three municipal bodies – north, south and east corporations – go to polls in April.
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