New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal said this morning that he will announce at about 11 whether his Aam Aadmi Party will form government in Delhi with the Congress' support or not. He is expected to accept Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung's invitation after overwhelming approval from the public in a referendum conducted over the last few days.
1.Arvind Kejriwal is widely expected to be Delhi's new Chief Minister though AAP has said the new leader will be chosen by the party's elected legislators. ('Mango man' Arvind Kejriwal, India's newest political star)
2.Top leaders of the party have gathered at Mr Kejriwal's Ghaziabad residence to finalise plans for today. At about noon, they will meet Mr Jung, ending days of uncertainty over whether Delhi will get a new government or face fresh elections. (Legislators will decide on Chief Minister: Kejriwal)
3.Mr Kejriwal said on Sunday that his decision would be announced today after analysing the results of a week-long referendum through SMS, Interactive Voice Response or IVR and email, and also from public meetings conducted over the weekend. "About 80 per cent of them have favoured that party should form the government but the final decision would be taken after a meeting of Political Affairs Committee," he said. (People want our government in Delhi: Manish Sisodia)
4.The party held 272 public meetings to cover every ward in Delhi. It also reportedly received 3,24,000 SMSes, 2,38,000 phone calls and 1,35,000 web votes. (AAP gets over 5 lakh responses on government formation)
5.A confident Mr Kejriwal has said if the year-old Aam Aadmi Party or AAP does indeed form the government in Delhi, it will fulfill all its promises, most of which have been criticised as extravagant and unimplementable by seasoned political rivals like the Congress and the BJP. (AAP effect? BJP-controlled civic body unveils slew of sops)
6.AAP made a stunning debut in the Delhi elections, winning 28 of the 70 seats in the new Assembly, second only to the BJP, which said no to government formation. AAP needs the support of eight more MLAs for a majority. The Congress has offered the support of its eight legislators. (Updates)
7.After it was invited by Mr Jung to form government on December 12, AAP launched a massive exercise asking people whether it should say yes to forming government with support from the Congress, which it decimated in the elections. (AAP Ki Sarkar: Arvind Kejriwal's top five promises to Delhi)
8.The Congress had announced last week that it was offering unconditional support to Mr Kejriwal's party. Yesterday, however, it said the support would not be "unconditional." Mr Kejriwal's response, "The people will ensure that; they will see the truth behind the Congress support." (Support to Aam Aadmi Party is not 'unconditional', says Congress)
9.Congress leader in Delhi Kiran Walia said, "We have said it many times that we wanted to enable them and support the government. We could not be more rational, liberal and accountable to the society. We did not want to impose re-elections on the people. I think it is a very sensible role by the Congress party."
10.Siddharth Nath Singh of the BJP, which had 32 seats but opted out of the race paving the way for an AAP government in Delhi, said, "When AAP broke up with Anna, BJP said AAP is the B team of congress. Now the B team has become the A team and congress has become the B team of AAP. It is no transparent referendum, which is taking place. To us, it is a cover up to pushing them to form the government. Congress is unable to fight BJP."
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