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NEW DELHI: In his victory speech after the Aam Aadmi Party’s spectacular victory in Punjab, AAP national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday described the party’s win as a “big revolution” and asked people to join his party and contribute to AAP’s effort to the build a “new India”.
Kejriwal’s party, which has won 83 seats and is leading on 9 more in a 117-seat assembly, said such a big mandate is “scary”.
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“This is such a big mandate. It is scary. People have trusted us. We have to fulfil their aspirations. We should not be arrogant. They (political parties) will throw brickbats, but don’t get bothered by it. We have to make India the best,” he said as he congratulated AAP’s presumptive chief minister Bhagwant Mann.
“The election result of Punjab today is a big revolution. Big people in politics have been dislodged today. Sukhbir Singh Badal lost. Captain Amarinder Sigh lost, Channi lost, Prakash Singh Badal lost, Navjot Singh Sidhu lost and Majithia too lost,” Kejriwal said, referring to the former chief ministers and the Punjab election’s most high-profile candidates who lost to the AAP candidates.
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In a 12-minute speech at the AAP headquarters in central Delhi, Kejriwal also asked people to join the party, showcasing the AAP’s many victories in Punjab to demonstrate the power of the common man.
“You might think ‘what can I do, I am too small a person’. Do you know who defeated the incumbent CM Charanjit Singh Channi? Labh Singh Ugoke. He works in a mobile repair shop. His mother is a safai karamchari in a government school. His father works on a farm. Such a person has defeated Channi today. We have an ordinary AAP volunteer Jeevan Jyot Kaur who defeated both Sidhu and Bikram Singh Majithia. There is great power in the common people. If you challenge the common people, big people will be dethroned like this,” he said.
Kejriwal asked people to recognise the strength within them. “Get up, the time has come for a revolution. We have wasted 75 years, but not anymore. Everybody should join AAP. The AAP is not the name of a party. It is the name of a revolution. It is the name of fulfilling the dreams of Bhagat Singh,” he said.
“Bhagat Singh once said that if we do not change the system, then even after getting independence, nothing is going to change. It is sad that for the last 75 years these parties and these leaders held on to the system set by the British. They were looting the country. No new schools or hospitals were made. People were intentionally kept in poverty. AAP has changed this system in the last seven years and showcased the politics of honesty. We have started working for the people. Children from poor families have started getting a good education. The dreams of BR Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh have started to come true,” he said.
But it isn’t going to be easy, he said, reminding his supporters of the brickbats that he and AAP faced in the run up to the Punjab elections.
“The task ahead is not easy. All the big powers (political parties and leaders) are coming together to stop India from moving ahead. We saw how in Punjab all these big powers tried to pull us down. Everyone got together against AAP and hatched conspiracies. In the end, they all said that Kejriwal is a terrorist. Today, the results have proven that Kejriwal is not a terrorist, but a true worthy son. Kejriwal is a true patriot,” he said.
Expressing disappointment about the existing education system in India among other aspects, Kejriwal said it was sad that Indian children had to go Ukraine to study medicine.
“We will make an India where there are lots of medical and engineering colleges. We will make an India where Indian children do not have to go to Ukraine to study, rather students from across the globe come to India to study,” he said.
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