New Delhi:
Arvind Kejriwal resigned as Delhi's Chief Minister today after a failed bid to table his pet Jan Lokpal bill in the state legislature.
His resignation speech, from the Aam Aadmi Party's headquarters in Delhi, was seen by many as the beginning for his campaign for the national election, due by May.
Here are top 10 quotes from his resignation speech:
I am willing to let go of my post a 1000 times for the Jan Lokpal Bill. I can even sacrifice my life to root out corruption.
The BJP and the Congress meet behind curtains and plan together. They have been exposed today.
We filed an FIR against (Reliance chairman) Mukesh Ambani and the BJP and the Congress blocked our Jan Lokpal Bill.
Mukesh Ambani said Congress is my shop, I can shut it when I want. He has been controlling the UPA government for 10 years. He has been behind Narendra Modi for the last one year.
Does the Centre think they are angrez (colonial British rulers)? The Lieutenant-Governor thinks he is the Viceroy.
I file an FIR against Mukesh Ambani, they say it is unconstitutional. We wanted to pass the Jan Lokpal, they say it is unconstitutional. I have read the Constitution, we are willing to sacrifice our life for the Constitution. All your misdeeds are constitutional? And our sincere efforts are unconstitutional.
They (Congress lawmakers in the assembly) broke mikes and tore papers yesterday. They (the BJP) gave bangles to one of our ministers. Do these BJP people respect women?
They say we don't know how to govern. But we reduced power tariff in 5 days. Could they do it in five years?
Forgive us for mistakes, if any. We are only human.
None of us seven ministers have slept properly in the past 49 days.
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