This is Arvind Kejriwal's first interview since he became the Chief Minister of Delhi
Here are the highlights:
- We have worked very hard. We are delivering on what we promised.
- I am not angry with the media, I have been voted to do work.
- People have voted for us so that we work, not to talk to the media.
- Trying to minimize power cuts. Power availability will be highest this summer.
- We have installed CCTV cameras in 200 buses on a trial basis.
- In 100 days we have done a lot of work, we have worked day and night.
- Biggest achievements are power supply, water, compensation to farmers... there are so many achievements.
- Our good work in just 49 days won us 67 seats in Delhi.
- We would have worked better had Delhi got full statehood.
- When we (Lieutenant Governor and I) meet, we hug each other. It is not a personal fight.
- I get a 'love letter' from the LG every 2-3 hours.
- He has no time to meet our ministers but if Amit Shah's chowkidar(peon) calls the Lieutenant Governor , he will go crawling.
- The union government targetting the AAP government via the Lieutenant Governor.
- The LG says he wants to make all appointments, wants to control us. We will not be controlled.
- Not the first time policemen from other states have been appointed on deputation.
- Some TV channels ran that 40 officers had applied for transfer but we have no applications.
- If some officer is unhappy with being posted in Delhi, we will transfer them immediately.
- Arvind Kejriwal on locking out senior Delhi government official: 'Aisa Hota Hai' (Such things happen.)
- Big picture is that the Delhi government has the right to transfer and post officers, people have given us a mandate.
- Is the Lt Governor or the home minister our headmaster? Are we children?
- Narendra Modi should realise that I'm not Rahul Gandhi.
- 'We'll run Delhi and the BJP must accept that'.
- We can't do without the media. If the government is doing good work, we need the media to take it to the people.
- We have no enmity with the media. I accept that not everyone is alike. We respect honest journalists.
- Arvind Kejriwal on the Prashant Bhushan-Yogendra Yadav saga: It is the past now.
- On charges of being dictatorial: 'Sab bakwaas hai (it is all rubbish)'.
- People in Delhi voted for us, so let us run Delhi.
- Since the BJP lost in Delhi, they want revenge. This isn't correct.
- If the Lt Governor takes one decision in my favour, he will be removed immediately. He has to save his job. So what can he do?
- The way the state government is being dealt with in Delhi, it is an experiment by the BJP which will be extended to other states.
- Delhi's governance is important for us. When there are elections in other states, the party will decide the strategy.
- India has seen how the institution of the Governor can be misused by a dictatorial central government.
- We have to pay Delhi Development Authority (DDA) 4 crores per acre to use land in Delhi for schools, hospitals, bus depots, and other projects of public interest.
- We hope Maggi (Nestle) acts responsibly and removes their stock in 15 days.
- When winters come, the muffler will be back.