NEW DELHI: As AAP reels from its crushing defeat within the Delhi elections, social activist Anna Hazare has delivered a scathing rebuke of Arvind Kejriwal, blaming his downfall on greed for energy and cash. Hazare, who as soon as mentored Kejriwal in the course of the anti-corruption motion, stated their ties ended when the AAP chief “took the unsuitable path.” Criticising the liquor coverage, Anna stated that the AAP chief’s deal with energy and liquor insurance policies in the end led to the celebration’s demise after greater than a decade in energy.
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“Initially, I used to be not sad with him, however when he took the unsuitable path, got here into energy, and his considering modified—specializing in liquor retailers and all—our ties ended,” Hazare stated. “Alcohol causes immense struggling to girls. I’m 90 however nonetheless wholesome; if I had consumed alcohol, I might not be wholesome,” he added.
The activist recalled Kejriwal’s earlier guarantees of simplicity and repair to the individuals, which he believes had been deserted as soon as AAP got here to energy. “He used to say that he’ll keep in a small room all his life… Happiness isn’t discovered exterior… Doing good work for society makes one completely satisfied from inside. He didn’t perceive this… In any other case, he would have by no means considered making the ‘Sheesh Mahal’,” Hazare stated.
Talking from his village Ralegan Siddhi, Hazare criticised Kejriwal’s selections, saying that Kejriwal’s governance strayed from the ideas they’d as soon as fought for. “When he shaped the celebration, individuals trusted and supported him. Later, nevertheless, he began selling liquor and went after cash, which has drowned him and his celebration in the present day,” Hazare remarked.
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Hazare’s remarks come within the wake of AAP’s crushing defeat within the Delhi meeting elections, the place the BJP secured over two-thirds of the seats, ending greater than a decade of AAP’s rule within the capital. Kejriwal himself misplaced his long-held New Delhi seat to BJP’s Parvesh Verma by 4,089 votes. Different AAP bigwigs, together with former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and senior celebration figures like Satyendra Jain and Saurabh Bharadwaj, additionally confronted defeats.
The BJP’s return to energy in Delhi after 27 years was met with robust remarks from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who known as it a “historic” victory. “The individuals of Delhi have pushed out ‘AAP-da’. Delhi has been free of the ‘AAP-da’,” Modi stated in his victory speech, utilizing a play on phrases to match AAP to a catastrophe. He credited the victory to the BJP’s dedication to improvement and governance.
