AAP To Form Govt In Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal To Take Oath As Delhi CM

A former Indian Revenue Service officer whose social activism won him the Ramon Magsaysay award, Kejriwal in between indicated that his party was readying to take power with Congress backing.

He denied that the promises made by his party – providing 700 litres of water daily to homes and sharply cutting power tariff among others – were utopian in nature.

“We will deliver whatever assurances we made in our manifesto. It (manifesto) was prepared after wide consultations, and a lot of thought went into it,” he told the media. “Moreover, the people of Delhi are expecting much more from us, and we will perform,” he said.

But AAP leaders earlier made it clear that there would be no alliance with the Congress, which has only eight seats in the 70-member Delhi assembly but which, after being ousted from power, agreed to prop up a government of AAP (28 seats) in order to keep the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) away.

The BJP, which finished as the largest group with 31 seats, decided not to form a government after falling short of the half-way mark by five.

The BJP's 'no' led the Lt. Governor to invite the AAP to try form a government. Kejriwal then said he was in a moral dilemma on whether or not to take power with Congress help.

So he decided to seek the views of the people in the capital, a move which again Sunday came under criticism from the BJP.

The AAP initially said it would prefer to sit in the opposition. It reconsidered its stand after accusations that it had developed cold feet over fulfilling many of its election promises.

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