AAP on strategy for Lok Sabha elections

• We will start a membership drive called 'Main Bhi Aam Aadmi' from January 10 throughout the country
• Our membership drive, 'Main Bhi Aam Aadmi', will be held from January 10-26. There's no fee involved.
• We have deviced a mechanism and made guidelines to select our Lok Sabha candidate.
  

• This is a win for truth and honesty and of the people of Delhi. Now there is a big challenge ahead of us
• After our announcement of porta cabins for rain basera we have received many calls from people volunteering to pay for them  
• We will not spare anyone accused of graft. I assure you with all the resources at my command
• Most important thing on the agenda now is the Jan Lokpal Bill for Delhi
• We will have a special session for Lokpal Bill
• Speaker's election is not a challenge for us. Anyone can become speaker. It makes no difference to us

• Committed to uncovering and punishing corruption
• Middle class is aam aadmi, street food vendor is aam admi, anyone who wants to banish corruption is aam aadmi
• Anyone who wants to promote corruption whether he is rich or poor is khaas aadmi
• We had never imagined we would start a party
• We must reflect on why we were driven to do this, to fight elections
• We are not here today to save this government
• We have to accept this country's politics is entrenched in graft
• Water, electricity, roads are poor because of these politics
• Two years ago, the aam Indian said let's clean up the system. Politicians responded by taunting them - let's see if you can contest elections, run for elections without huge funds
• This was a big mistake for traditional parties
• On December 4, there was a miracle. The aam aadmi won
• I did not believe in God but I now do. I believe that truth can never lose
  
• The question before this house is which of its members is standing with the common man in this fight against corruption
• This VIP culture should end. The second issue is of the Jan Lokpal Bill. The existing Lokayukta law in Delhi is very weak. We want a strong anti-graft law
• The officers should be enabled to deliver within a stipulated time and if they don't then there should be a penalty under this new law
  
• In Delhi, people can't get ration cards made...
  
• The government doesn't do what the people want... we want the people to decide where public funds should be used in their area
• This is called Swaraaj - the people's rule - and this is what we want to do in Delhi
• Delhi should get the status of a full state - all parties have been demanding that
• We want power companies should be audited - and also want to give people water at discounted rates 
• We have to find a solution to how we can improve the lives of those living in slum-clusters and unauthorised colonies
• We also want to stop the exploitation of those working on contract
  
• We need to improve the lot of traders in Delhi - we are opposed to FDI in retail and so is the BJP and I see no divergence there
  
• We need to improve the living standards of Delhi's villages and its farmers - they get no subsidy...
• Donations in private schools should be stopped and the standards of government schools must be improved
• We want to provide the best treatment in government hospitals
  
• For women's safety, we want to form mahila suraksha dals
  
  
  
  

• Every convention has been broken by AAP
• I feared that they would take even this House to the Ramlila Maidan
• The chief minister says he is looking for a two-roomed house. I suggest he go stay in a rain-basera... him and all his ministers
  

• Sloganeering is a different thing and walking into the House with facts is a different thing... the government is not there to spend public money but also get revenue for the exchequer
• People in Delhi don't want 700 litres of water, they want clean water
• This government believes in drama (natak wali sarkar nahin chalegi)
• In winters, there is no shortage of electricity or water

• For the last 15 years, Sheila Dikshit was the Chief Minister - today Arvind Kejriwal is the CM.
• When his party emerged, people of this country saw new hope
• Though the party emerged due to Anna Hazare's movement, Anna Hazare decided to stay out of politics.
• We were invited by the Lt Governor to form the government.
  
• The party that was ruling this house for 15 years  shrunk to 8 - the party with the most number of seats is in the Opposition and the party that finished second is now in government. 
• Arvind Kejriwal had sworn that he would neither support nor take support of the Congress party.
  
• In 15 years of Congress rule , there have been many scams. Our party kept highlighting these.
  
• I heard Mr Kejriwal saying if Dr Harsh vardhan had any evidence he should share it with us. I want to ask the chief minister, why  he claimed that he would act against the corrupt people in Congress if he had no evidence?
• I don't know what compelled him to seek support from the Congress - a party that was shown the door by the people in these elections.
• Manish Sisodia said that this house in representative of the people of Delhi. They why are they negating the mandate of the people and taking the Congress party's support.
• Why have they gone the route of these surveys, sms-es which they did themselves?
• In Delhi, no MLA can use red beacons. The Supreme Court order is a year old. But the manner in which you presented facts here made it seemed like the onus of cleaning up politics lay only with you.
• You didn't want security - but at least 4000 policemen were deployed for your security at Ram Lila Maidan.
  
• You wanted to travel in the metro -  they ran a special train for you, thousands of security personnel were deployed. There is nothing special about using the metro.
  
• I have been using the metro to commute from Krishna Nagar to Dwarka where my children stay - I have never invited the media to highlight this.
• We are also for clean politics - but do we need to demonstrate in this manner. We have thought hard about supporting this government in this trust vote.
• We did not want to indulge in any horse-trading. We did not have the numbers and chose to sit in the Opposition.
• There are many questions about Arvind Kejriwal - which the people of this country want to know.
• According to Ford Foundation, your organisation has received funding of over 3,000 dollars.
• Will the Delhi government give an assurance that such foreign funding for political and non-political endeavours will be investigated?
• A household of 5 people, on an average, uses more than 660 litres of water. Why have you raised the prices of water supply? (Speaker interrupts Harsh Vardhan, says, "From the one-and-a-half hours allotted to your party you have spoken now for over 40 minutes. Maybe your other colleagues would also like to speak?" The House erupts in laughter.)
• We want to know when will you roll back the price hikes in CNG, water bills. Why is the Delhi government wanting to spend their money to subsidize power?
• We can do anything but we will stick to our nationalism. Arvind Kejriwal should apologise in this House for his Kashmir remark or when he said MC Sharma was killed in a 'fake 'encounter.
• What moral majority do you talk about? I have been an MLA for 20 years. I am here to serve the people. What sacrifice are you talking about? 
• You don't have any right to talk about cleaning the system. You have compromised with corruption.
  
• You will take support from the Congress and then say - we asked the people. The people had spoken when they voted the Congress out.
  

• We have gathered for a very historic occasion and the hopes of the country are pinned on us.
• The people of Delhi have given us a moral mandate
• Our intention is not just to form the government but take some issues of the people forward
• We want to end VIP culture, bring a strong anti-corruption Lokpal law.
• We want to regularise contractual workers working for the government.
  
• We want to improve schools, hospitals so that the common man has easy access.
• We stand here in the hope that we can oppose FDI in retail and help the traders in Delhi. 
• We have formed the government but we are faced with a dilemma - we got 28 seats and we were short of a majority. However, we had the moral responsibility to form the government.
• We went to the people and asked what they thought - and they told us to form the government. 
• The issues I have highlighted are not issues specific to any party - they are the issues of the people.
  
  
  
  

• Vinod Kumar Binny
• Madan Lal
• Rakhi Birla
• Saurabh Bhardwaj
• Arvind Kejriwal

• Haroon Yusuf
• Arvinder Singh Lovely

• Janta ka vishwas hai is sarkar par (The people trust this government)
• 5 dino mein logon ko aur bhi yakin hone laga hai ki yeh aam janta ki sarkar hai (Within five days, the people have started realising that this government is of the people)
• Hum satta ke liye yahan nahi aayen hain.. hume koi dar nahi hai (We haven't come for power and that's why we are not afraid)
  
• Agar hume satta me rahna hota tabhi dar hota (We would have been afraid only if we had sought power)

• Congress is still on the same stand we have mentioned in letter that we have written on 13th December.
• Today is our first meeting.
• We have taken some resolutions.
• We have taken a resolution to put pressure the government on food security bill implementation and other policies.
• We still stand on our word that we have mentioned in the letter.
• We are continuing to give outside support to AAP.
• They can bring in investigations if there are any allegations.
• If he has become a CM, it is his right to investigate any corruption charges.

• Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to leave for Vidhan Sabha at around 12:30 pm
• Manish Sisodia to move the motion in the House at 2 pm
• Following are the speakers from AAP during debate: Rakhi Birla, Vinod Kumar Binny, Madan Lal, Rajesh Garg, Jagdeep, Saurabh Bharadwaj
• Debate may take 3-4 hours
• There will be voting on motion if situation arises

5.00 pm: Voting expected.

Six Aam Aadmi Party ministers to hold darbar at 12 pm at Delhi government headquarters; VIP gates will be opened to public.

• The December 16 gang-rape was a moment which has impacted me personally
• Ensuring security to women will be what we will be taking first hand
• We are in touch with ex-army men to talk out a plan for the ministry

• Women security will be our top priority
• I am appalled by the way policing has been done so far
• There is no time to waste and we are already holding meeting for revamping women security in the capital
• We will also ensure that speedy trials happen in cases related to women exploitation
• Have already asked for a feedback from few judges/ex-judges on how to implement it

Anna's sacrifices give Delhi People Power!An Aam Admi CM and Lokpal! (Both!) @DDNewsLive: #AnnaHazare congratulates Delhi CM #ArvindKejriwal

- Kiran Bedi (@thekiranbedi) December 28, 2013

• Will keep a close watch on the donation system
• We will prioritise nursery admissions

• I feel AAP will fulfill their promises
• AAP has struggled so they will be able to face those challenges.
• I congratulate Kejriwal now that he is officially the Chief Minister

• No Private Security Officer (PSO) and escort vehicle to be provided to officials. Security to be allowed based on threat perception.
• No minister or official in Delhi government will use red beacon.
  

• Faces used to change but system had always been the same. This time something amazing happened.
• The bureaucracy is a bit worried.
• I told them that honest people need not to be scared; I am not going to do witch-hunting.
• I told them to work with honesty; honesty will be rewarded.
• Till now dishonest officers were rewarded and honest officers were sidelined.
• Now it will be the opposite.
• I have told them to read the manifesto.
• The main motive is to serve the people and if they face any legal hinderance they can come to me for help.
  
  

• I congratulate him.
• He has worked hard to stabilize the government.
• We hope he puts full efforts in fulfilling his promises.
• It is a conspiracy that he has taken support from Congress.
• They have to answer for this.
• With Kejriwal's statement that he doesn't want any government vehicles is an indication that his tenure is not going to be very long.
• Kejriwal has entered the category of 'Khaas aadmi'; he is not an 'aam aadmi' anymore.

• We need to welcome Kejriwal for his new policies.
• With their principles, AAP has to keep people in mind.
• It is evident that AAP is fighting against communal forces by taking support from Congress.
• Only time can decide how able AAP is in fighting against two major political parties.

• All our good wishes are for Kejriwal.
• New government is formed. There will be new hopes and expectations.
• He is setting a good example.
• Our wishes for him to implement his promises.

• I don't see any change in this.
• All the formulae that Kejriwal is implementing are already tried and tested.
• All the Cabinet ministers along with him have used Metro. It shouldn't be a one-day drama like what Veerappa Moily has done.
• With all this drama, there will be no solution to serious problems in Delhi.
• This party has started from a corruption movement.
• It is now a challenge to Kejriwal how swiftly he would act against the previous corrupt government.
• It will be a testing time on how Arvind Kejriwal will work in arresting corrupt leaders from Congress.

Arvind Kejriwal holds press conference, announces portfolios:

• Arvind Kejriwal: Power, Finance, Home, Vigilance
• Manish Sisodia: PWD and Education, Urban Development
• Girish Soni: Development, Employment, SC/ST
• Somnath Bharti: Tourism, Law, Administrative reforms
• Saurabh Bhardwaj: Food and supply, Environment, Transport and Development
• Rakhi Birla: Women and Child Social Welfare, Women safety
• At 2.00 pm we have a Cabinet meeting
• We are going to meet power, finance, water board officials.

• Today every common man of Delhi has taken oath as CM and minister
• Today the common man has won
• Till now we used to think that India cannot be saved from corruption but today the people of Delhi have shown that elections and politics can be done with honesty and integrity.
• This is a big victory for the people of Delhi
• We never even thought that there will be such a revolution in Delhi and swaraj will be established.
• We did not achieve this by ourselves. I want to thank God for this.
• The victory seems miraculous.
• There is no problem that we cannot solve if we unite.
• We don't have a magic wand, but Delhi's 1.5 crore people can find a solution to anything.
• This is where we met two years ago and Anna fasted, demanding an end to corruption
  Anna used to say politics is filthy, but I used to respond that we will have to step into it and clean the system.
• Our infrastructure, hospitals, schools, water and electricity are all flailing because of corruption in politics.
• Santosh Koli was martyred but Hindu religion says that the soul is immortal. The body dies, but the soul remains. Today, she will be happy at our victory.
• I have met a few officials of Delhi government in the past few days and I won't hesitate to say that majority of them want to work for the nation.
• I appeal with folded hands to all of us- let us never become arrogant
• I know that we have a huge responsibility today.
• Whether we succeed is not up to us, but we can ask God to guide us so we don't make mistakes.
• I admit we are scared because of the huge task ahead of us. I am sure if we will walk in the right path...and we will never make any mistakes.
• Dr Harsh Vardhan is a good man, can't say the same about his party.
• If we don't clear the trust vote, we will face re-election, the people will support us.
• We are going to join hands to fight for our country. We are not here to earn money or for power...we have left our career to leave our mark of clean governance.
• We are not worried if we pass or fail the confidence motion...other parties are worried of it.
• Sone Ki Chidiye kehalayega...in the next 5 years, you will hear these words about this country.
• If anyone asks for bribe, don't say no. Set it up and alert us. We will give you a phone number...and we will catch the officer red-handed.
• Please take an oath with me...''I will never take bribe, I will never give bribe'