Kejriwal: Impulsive quit a mistake

Kejriwal

This is a mistake we made and we will be more careful in future, says Kejriwal

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief Arvind Kejriwal has his decision to quit as the chief minister of Delhi had gone wrong.

He made the statement during his en route Amritsar for campaigning, reports The Economic Times.

Kejriwal said he does not regret the decision to quit on principle; however feels that he should not have done it on the same night BJP and Congress blocked the passage of the Jan Lokpal Bill.

He said: “I think we should have taken a few more days to hold public meetings to explain the rationale behind our decision and then quit. The suddenness of our decision and the communication gap with masses allowed BJP and Congress to spread falsehood about us and label us as escapists.”

“This is a mistake we made and we will be more careful in future,” he said.

Responding to a query, he said: “There are two categories of people who have been disappointed with AAP’s resignation from government. The first category is made up of our staunch supporters who acknowledge our work in government and will continue to vote for us.”

“The second category is of people who want Arvind Kejriwal for CM and Modi for PM. People in this category could not handle the fact that I took Modi on directly and these people are very angry with me. We’ll never get these supporters back, but this is a very small chunk,” he added.

AAP chief also said: “My calculations tell me that BJP will win less than 180 seats and Modi will not be the PM of this country.

However, he did not put a number to his own party’s performance.

Source: Dhaka Tribune