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India can be No. 1 by ending graft, says Kejriwal
Virtually addressing the swearing-in ceremony of 9,193 office AAP bearers in Himachal Pradesh, Kejriwal said, “In 75 years, India should have been the number 1 country in the world.”
Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that he aims to “make India number 1 which could be done only by ending graft”.
Virtually addressing the swearing-in ceremony of 9,193 office AAP bearers in Himachal Pradesh, Kejriwal said, “In 75 years, India should have been the number 1 country in the world. Why we are lagging behind while several nations have surpassed us.”
“If you leave the country at the mercy of these parties (the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress), they will further take the country backwards. So, it is time for people to take reins in their hands,” he added.
People are looking towards AAP with hope because what AAP has done in five years, BJP and Congress couldn’t do for 75 years, he said.“So we should pledge today that we will make India number 1 and that could be done by ending graft,” Kejriwal said.
Addressing the gathering, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann said that AAP intends to bring a change.
“You are working for the right cause and against the system. When you go against a system the beneficiaries of that system will try to harass you. So you will face many difficulties. But remember rivers carve out their own path,” Mann said.
“The BJP government even levied GST on food items. The things were already getting dearer and it has further increased the prices,” said Kejriwal while slamming the central government.
He urged the people of Himachal Pradesh to vote for AAP if they want to get relief from inflation. Congratulating the office bearers, Kejriwal said “Staunch honesty, staunch patriotism and staunch humanism” were the three guiding principles of AAP and they should be committed to these principles.
AAP state president Surjeet Singh Thakur administered the oath to the office bearers of the party.
