New Delhi: AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, speaking at a press conference on Sunday about the inauguration of two infrastructure projects by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Delhi, stated that the projects were collaborative efforts between the Central and Delhi governments.
PM Modi inaugurated a 13-kilometre stretch of the Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor, connecting Sahibabad in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad to New Ashok Nagar, along with the Janakpuri West-Krishna Park Extension section of Delhi Metro Phase IV.
Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal congratulated the residents of the national capital and asserted that the projects were a collaboration between the Delhi and Central governments.
Taking a jibe at his critics, Kejriwal said, "These inaugurations are a reply to those who say AAP only engages in fights." Referring to the challenges faced by his party, he claimed AAP leaders were imprisoned and tortured, but maintained their focus on governance.
"Over the past 10 years, our tenure has shown how we kept work above everything else," he pointed out. He also hit out at Modi, alleging that the Prime Minister devoted the majority of his speech to criticising the Delhi government.
Kejriwal said, "Today, the Prime Minister flayed the elected government of Delhi. The people of Delhi Dehat are still waiting for the promise made by the Prime Minister in 2020 to be fulfilled." The former chief minister also urged Modi to fulfil the promises made in the BJP's election manifesto.
'We suffered atrocities, but did not stop development', Kejriwal accused the saffron party of implicating his party leaders in false cases. He further said, "Top leaders like Manish Sisodia and Satyendra Jain were sent to jail. But we did not make these atrocities an issue."
"If we had got involved in the struggle, these Delhi Metro lines would never have been built," he added. With elections to the 70-member Delhi Assembly due in February, Kejriwal's remarks underlined AAP's focus on development amid its continuing tussle with the Centre. (With Agency Inputs)
