New Delhi: The final decision on who will form the next government in Delhi will be announced on Monday. Sources say that there is intense pressure on several newly elected MLAs of the Aam Aadmi Party to form government with Congress's support.
The final decision on accepting the Congress's offer, however, will be made by AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal. But majority opinion within the party is to take charge of Delhi with Congress's support, say sources.
Kejriwal has sought time till Monday to seek the opinion of the people of Delhi through SMSes on whether they should form the government.
Kejriwal had said the party will take people's view under consideration and will distribute 25 lakh copies of the letter among the people. He asked, "How can AAP form a government with Congress' support against whom they fought elections."
He added, "After taking replies from the people of Delhi, there will be 270 public rallies and views of the people are being taken through social network also. On Monday we will look at the response and then reply to the Lieutenant Governor."
He said people can tell their views either through sms or can respond on the party's site.
Here is the English translation of AAP's letter to the people seeking their views on whether they should take the support of Congress and BJP to form government in Delhi.
My Dear Delhiites,
The 'Aam Aadmi Party' and the 'broom' secured 28 seats in the recent Assembly elections in Delhi. We congratulate you all for this. This is the victory of the 'aam aadmi', truth and honesty.
But to make a government in Delhi, 36 seats are required. We are short of 8 seats. No one has got full majority in Delhi. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which believes in politics of defections and has bought legislators in Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, is now afraid to claim stake in making the government and is running from its responsibilities because of AAP's clean politics.
Meanwhile, the Congress has said that it is ready to give "unconditional support" to the AAP and the BJP, too, is saying that it wants the welfare of the people of Delhi and therefore is ready to give issue based support to AAP so that it can make the government.
We have not asked for support from both these parties, they themselves have started talking about giving us the support for free. We had earlier heard that it takes more Rs 10 crore to buy an MLA.
We should think about why the AAP came into being in the first place. AAP was formed to get rid of the politics of corruption, criminalisation and communalisation that had been perfected by the BJP and Congress. AAP has not been formed to attain power but to change the political scenario.
When the country was burdened by the corruption of both these parties, the common man formed the Aam Aadmi Party. In such a scenario how can AAP form government with the support of either of these parties?
But some people think that AAP is running away from its responsibilities. Why is AAP opposed to the support of these parties? This is because till the time these parties give the support, AAP can run the government and when they withdraw the support, elections will take place again. That day the voters will teach these parties a lesson.
Today, all parties are busy in trying to get to power by hook or crook. But we have not entered politics to attain power. We are the common man. The citizens of Delhi have some issues and they are very upset because of them. This is why we thought that if AAP has to make a government, it will make the government only after it gets consensus from all the parties on these issues. This is why we have written a letter to both the parties. We have noted down 18 such issues in the letter which have been troubling the common man. We have asked both these parties that if the AAP makes the government, will they give their support on these issues?
It is for the first time that a party is offering to make a government not to come into power but to make a government on the issues of the common man.
The BJP has refused to reply to our letter. BJP had earlier said that it will give support to the AAP for the welfare of the people of Delhi. It is now clear that the BJP was only playing dirty politics. Neither do they have the welfare of people in mind nor do they want to give support on the issues.
The Congress has replied and they have said that on 16 of the 18 issues, AAP will not require the support of Congress as the government can take those decisions itself.
The entire country is aware of how shrewd the Congress party is. When they want they will take back their support even if I sneeze. How can we make a government with the support of the party which has looted the entire country and the party which we are truly against? Everyone remembers how the Congress withdrew support form the governments of Chaudhary Charan Singh and Chandrashekar.
But some people say that with an eye on the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Congress will not indulge in any mischievous activity as it is helpless. At least for six months Congress will not do anything to destabilise the government. In such a scenario the AAP should form the government in Delhi for six months and should implement the schemes which are beneficial for the people of Delhi.
We are now in a fix. Many members believe that we should not take the support of either of the parties and elections should be held in Delhi again. On the other hand, some members are of the opinion that we should make a government and show them what we can do.
We want to know from you that what we should do. Unlike other parties, we will not take decisions behind closed doors. We are putting this question to the people because AAP is not a party of a few individuals but of the common man of this country. We will do what the people want us to do. Your views in this context will be of prime importance. For sending us your views you can:
Send us an SMS: if your answer is Yes, type YES and if your answer is No, type NO and send it to 0880611335.
You can also call us on 08806110335 or log on to www.aamaadmiparty.org or www.facebook.com?AamAadmiParty.
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