Continued from page 01 Manish Sisodia, Satyender Jain, Gopal Rai, Kailash Gehlot, Imran Hussain, and Rajendra Gautama were administered oath along with Kejriwal on Sunday. All the six served as ministers under Kejriwalu2019s previous government.
Ironically, Kejriwal, who had appealed to women to go to vote and take men of their family along, and whose party received overwhelming votes from women, failed to accommodate even one woman MLA in his Cabinet. Even AAPu2019s poll campaign had put the spotlight on womenu2019s issues u2014 free bus rides for women, safety, etc.
According to the Indian Express, AAP received 60- percentage point votes from women and 49- percentage point from men. AAP registered a sweeping victory by winning 62 of the 70 Assembly seats with eight women candidates u2014 Atishi Marlena, Rakhi Birla, Raj Kumari Dhillon, Preeti Tomar, Dhanwati Chandela, Parmila Tokas, Bhavna Gaur and Bandana Kumari u2014 winning. Atishi, who won from Kalkaji and has served as a key advisor to Sisodia primarily on education policies that transformed public school education in Delhi, was also not inducted into Kejriwalu2019s Cabinet.
Meanwhile, Kejriwal has sought cooperation from his rivals, the BJP and Congress, saying he has u201c forgivenu201d them for the remarks against him during the high- octane poll campaign. MP Parvesh Verma in a public meeting had termed Kejriwal a u201c terroristu201d. The AAP had planned to keep the swearing- in ceremony u201c Delhi- specificu201d and hence did not invite CMs of other states or political leaders.
u201c Your son has taken oath for the third time as Delhi chief minister. This is not my victory but yours,u201d Kejriwal told the crowd at the Ramlila Maidan, adding there was no step- motherly treatment for anyone and he has worked for all in the past five years.
Kejriwal spoke about the free facilities that his government had provided in the last five and said it would be a shame if he charged people for basic amenities like health and education. u201c... I should be ashamed if I charge those who take treatment in government hospitals or study in government schools,u201d he said.
While lauding the people of Delhi for u201c changingu201d the politics of the country, Kejriwal said the name of India will resonate around the world because of this new- wave politics.
u201c Politicians come and go but Delhiu2019s u2018 nirmatau2019 run Delhi,u201d he said.
Around 50 people from different walks of life who have contributed to the development of the city during the last five years shared the stage with Kejriwal as special guests during his oath- taking ceremony.
Agencies u2018 Some people say Kejriwal is giving everything for free. Nature has ensured every valuable thing in the world is free, be it motheru2019s love, fatheru2019s blessings or Shravan Kumaru2019s dedication. So, Kejriwal loves his people and hence this love is freeu2019 Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi chief minister Not a single woman in Kejriwal Cabinet AAP ka chronology 2011 Arvind Kejriwal, a bureaucrat, slips into political frame during Lokpal movement 2012 Forms Aam Aadmi Party in the national capital 2013 AAP wins the Delhi Assembly election Dec 28, 2013 Kejriwal becomes chief minister for the first time Feb 14, 2014 He resigns after failing to table Jan Lokpal Bill in the Assembly Feb 14, 2015 Kejriwal returns as CM for the second time Feb 16, 2020 Retains his post for the third term after landslide victory in the polls u2018 Now, time to change Indiau2019s toxic politicsu2019 new delhi: Many AAP supporters on Sunday said it is time for Arvind Kejriwal to go national. Now itu2019s time to work towards changing the countryu2019s u201c toxicu201d political atmosphere, said Suman Rao, a construction worker from Bhopal and an AAP supporter.
At swearing- in ceremony, another AAP supporter said people are carrying the national flag here and not the partyu2019s flag u201c because they now want to see Kejriwal as their national leader. The time to go national is now.u201d Rajshree Singh, a housewife, also said the party should now plan to fight in other states. A gencies
