New Delhi: The Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government today won the trust vote in the Delhi Assembly, with 38 votes being cast in the government's favour.
Addressing the Delhi Assembly before seeking the trust vote, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal made it clear that his intention was to work for the common people and the motion of confidence if passed favourably will help the ordinary citizen living in the national capital.
"AAP believes that all people who needs an honest system are common man no matter wherever they stay -- Greater Kailash or Sangan Vihar. People who are dishonest either rich are poor are the special ones. I haven't stood here to save the government or make a government. I never thought that I will form a political party and fight elections. I am just a common man with no standing. A common man in India wants that his children get good education, safety for his family and a good judiciary. Crores and crores have been spent for development but where is the development and where is the money? A common man wants to lknow that. Sadly, politics has been corpotarised in India today.
Arvind Kejriwal after his win. Agencies.
"Two years back the country's common man just wanted that the corrupt should face the law and go behind bars. But the political leaders by dint of muscle and money power challeneged that the common man to get themselves elected and make their own law. Our fight is to end corruption and we are here today. Our fight looked impossible and victory was a distant dream. For us 28 in the Delhi assembly, God in whatever form he is, is with us. Today's question is who are the members who are with the aam aadmi.
"Is a common man's time not valuable like a minister's? I have waited in red signals and lost no time in the last five-six days. Why does a political leader needs security? The day God decides that you should not get anymore security, no amount of bodyguards will be able to save you.
"Yes, I agree with Dr Harsh Vardhan that Delhi has a Lokayukta law. But that is very weak. We need to have a stronger one. What is the point in laying and relaying footpaths? There is no dearth of money. People should rather have streetlights for the safety of women.
"In case of free water, if a section is benefitted to start with what is the harm? Has a good thing not been done?
"Delhi should be a full-fledged state and I believe the Congress and BJP also have it in their manifesto. There are complaints that the electric meters run really fast. This should be checked into. There should also be an audit of the distribution firms and we all must sit together and fix the power tariff.
"We need to look into unauthorised colonies as these are devoid of basic facilities. These facilities should be given until a permanent solution is found. Same stands for illegal shanties.
"The contractors are also a tormented lot as their PFs are cut but not deposited into thier accounts. This must stop.
"Regarding FDI in retail we oppose it. Even the BJP opposes it. And why does the government look upon the business community as thieves? 99 percent of them are honest and they are ready to pay tax. Why should the government keep chasing them always and not not allow them to commit themselves into their business?
"The quality of education is really bad in the government schools in Delhi. The system of donation in the private schools must stop and the number of government schools must be increased.
"There should be a special team for the safety of women. Our legal system should be such that the perpetrators who commit crimes against women are behind bars within six months.
"I appeal to you all to pass the motion favourably if you are with the common man."
After winning the confidence vote, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, in his trademark style, congratulated Delhi's common man. "It is not our victory. It is your victory. This is the victory of honesty and truth," he said.
He then went on to renew his oath-taking pitch, saying that there is a big challenge ahead - a challenge that the government with its seven ministers alone, or 70 MLAs in the Parliament can't face.
"It is a challenge that we have to undertake together. We have to make sure that there is no corruption in the city. I assure you that be it the MCD, be it the former Delhi government, be it our government, no minister guilty of corruption will be spared."
He added that AAP MLAs had gone and met several pavement dwellers and heard their woes. "These people have nothing. They are not even vote banks - they don't have the right to vote. So, we announced porta cabins for them. Immediately after, some NGOs, rotary clubs called up and said that they wanted to pay for the setting up of some porta cabins. This is how we want to include the society for its own good," said Kejriwal.
He added that the AAP's next most important agenda will be to pass the Janlokpal Bill for Delhi.
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