New Delhi: Laying out his plans for students, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday (September 1, 2022) said that both his children studied at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and expressed that he wanted to provide the “same education to every child in India”.
During a discussion on the confidence motion in the Delhi Assembly, Kejriwal claimed that the country wanted Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in power.
Whatever I am today is because of my education. I myself passed from IIT, my children also went to IIT.
I have only one dream, the education this country has given to me and my children, I want to give the same education to every child of the country. pic.twitter.com/F813gwG4jc— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) September 1, 2022
Projecting the AAP as an alternative to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Kejriwal said that there are only two parties at the national level at present – “Kattar imaandar” (hardcore honest) party and “kattar be-imaan” (hardcore corrupt) party.
“The Kattar be-imaan party believes in ‘dostwaad’ (friends), while the kattar imaandar party cares for this nation and believes in ‘Bharatwaad’. The kattar imaandar party wants to make India number one while the kattar be-imaan party wants to make its friends number one,” he said.
The AAP supremo added that the “hardcore corrupt” party he was talking about lacked educated people while the “hardcore honest” party had those with good education and genuine IIT degrees.
Today there are only two parties left at the national level in the country. A staunchly honest party and a staunchly dishonest party.
The fanatical honest party is working to make the country rich, and the fanatical dishonest party is working to make its friends rich. pic.twitter.com/dwcVk8Jf2V— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) September 1, 2022
If I want to build a school-hospital, they abuse me and file cases.
I have two demands from them-
1. Stop buying MLAs in the country
2. Forgive the loans of the students and farmers of the country by taking them back from the loans waived by your friends. pic.twitter.com/CZ1CWJQdxE— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) September 1, 2022
The ‘hardcore corrupt’ party spends money to buy MLAs while the ‘hardcore honest’ party spends money on schools and hospitals, he said.
CBI raids against Manish Sisodia increased AAP’s vote share in Gujarat
Arvind Kejriwal also said that after the CBI raids against his Manish Sisodia, the AAP’s vote share in Gujarat has increased by four per cent and it would rise by another six per cent if his deputy gets arrested.
Calling Delhi deputy chief minister “fakkad-kangal” (pauper), Kejriwal said though the probe agency was “under pressure to arrest Sisodia”, it could not find anything substantial against him even after searching his official house and bank locker in his village.
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After winning the confidence motion, the AAP chief also said that he brought it only to prove to the country that the BJP cannot buy his MLAs and the saffron party’s ‘Operation Lotus’ had “failed” in Delhi.
The AAP has 62 MLAs in the 70-member assembly. The remaining eight belong to the BJP.
(With agency inputs)