Kejriwal was doing good job, but people taught him lesson as he opened liquor vends: Hazare
Mumbai, Feb 21 (PTI): Activist Anna Hazare on Friday said AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal was doing a "good job" as Delhi Chief Minister, but then he started opening liquor vends and faced the people's wrath as a result.
A woman, Rekha Gupta, becoming the new chief minister of the national capital was a matter of pride, he told reporters, adding that the people voted for her because of her "pure thoughts and deeds."
As chief minister, Kejriwal should have set an example before society but he went astray, said the octogenarian activist whose anti-corruption movement is credited for the birth of the Aam Aadmi Party.
"The earlier CM (Kejriwal) was doing a good job and became Delhi chief minister thrice. I did not speak anything (against him) as he was doing a good job. But then slowly he started opening liquor vends and issuing licenses. Then I got upset," Hazare told reporters, referring to the AAP government's controversial excise policy.
Hazare, notably, is known for a staunch opposition to consumption or sale of liquor.
Kejriwal was once Hazare's associate in the anti-corruption movement, but the two parted ways after the former formed the AAP in 2012.
In the elections earlier this month, the BJP ousted the AAP from power in Delhi with Kejriwal losing his own seat.
The Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate have alleged that irregularities were committed while modifying the Delhi excise policy 2021-22 and undue favours extended to licence holders. The policy was later scrapped.
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We received request; will decide soon whether to support TVK: Thirumavalavan
Chennai (PTI): VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan on Thursday said that his party received a request from TVK for support and the high-level committee of his party will decide whether to support the Vijay-led party to form the government.
The TVK won 108 seats in the 234-member Assembly and emerged as the single largest party. Vijay will have to resign from one of the two constituencies he has won.
Though the Congress party, which has five MLAs, has extended support to TVK, the actor-politician-led party was still short of as many seats to touch the magic number of 118, the majority mark in the 234-member House.
"We received the request letter from TVK. We are thankful for that. We have not ignored his (Vijay's) request. We have a procedure. Therefore, our party's high-level committee will decide soon. We are going to discuss the merits and demerits of our position," the VCK leader told reporters here.
With regard to the delay in the governor's call to the TVK, which is the single largest party, to form the government, Thirumavalavan requested the governor to invite Vijay to form the government. "It is a constitutional right and people's verdict," he added.
Asserting that the governor cannot say that Vijay should hold 118 MLAs' support now itself to form the government, he said that after taking over power, Vijay has to prove an absolute majority only on the floor of the Assembly.
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