Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal at Kanpur rally.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal addressed a rally at the Ram Lila Ground in Kanpur today. The rally is part of Kejriwal's three-day roadshow in the politically significant Uttar Pradesh, ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
Here are the highlights:
- When we left Delhi, we heard Modi ki badi hawa hai. I said let's see. And we've met hundreds of people, there is no such thing: Arvind Kejriwal in Kanpur.
- The Modi wave is a creation of the media, its a wave on TV.
- I have been to 17 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh and I saw no wave in favour of Modi.
- People are angry, they want change.
- Paid opinion polls are projecting a win for Narendra Modi.
- Narendra Modi isn't replying to my letter, how will he answer people's questions.
- In fact he hasn't even acknowledged the receipt of my letter.
- There will be inflation in the food sector, electricity, transportation from April 1.
- Where did a tea-seller get so much funds towards his campaigns?
- Don't be caught between a rock and a hard place. No point in defeating Manmohan Singh and welcoming Narendra Modi.
- Rahul Gandhi also comes in choppers, gives speeches and returns.
- The public wants him to sit amongst them and talk. But they come in choppers and leave.
- What is Modi-Vadra setting? Have you ever seen Modi speak about Vadra?
- I have filed 5 FIRs against Sheila Dikshit.
- Modi is answerable...why are there no FIRs against Vadra in Rajasthan?
- I'm not here to ask you for votes. I'm here to ask you to save the country.
- Only one party is capable of giving you a clean, non-corrupt politics.
- I challenge if any government since Independence has done as much as we have in 48 days.
- Corruption decreased significantly in Delhi. People started getting medicines at public hospitals.
- It was four degree celsius when I was sleeping on the road. I was fighting for women's rights.
- You people keep talking about Gujarat development.
- How do you know? Through media right...
- I am going away to Gujarat to check out the development there.
- We Hindu-Muslim must live together harmoniously, if only one riot is thoroughly investigated, then all riots will end .
- AAP made a Special Investigation Team within 5-days for 1984 Anti-Sikh riots.
- Congress will get 7-8 seats in UP, BJP is a party that poisons the people's minds and they are corrupt.
- Mulayam Singh Yadav will cosy up to anyone who is in power, and Mayawati has extended support to BJP thrice - so voting for her is like voting for Modi.
- When I started from Delhi I thought AAP will get 100 seats. But if everyone unites, AAP will form the government.