My kids studied at IIT, want to provide same education to every child in India: Arvind Kejriwal

During a discussion on the confidence motion in the Delhi Assembly, Arvind Kejriwal claimed that the country wants AAP in power.

New Delhi: Laying out his plans for students, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday (September 1, 2022) said that both his children studied at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and expressed that he wanted to provide the "same education to every child in India".

During a discussion on the confidence motion in the Delhi Assembly, Kejriwal claimed that the country wanted Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in power. 

Projecting the AAP as an alternative to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Kejriwal said that there are only two parties at the national level at present - "Kattar imaandar" (hardcore honest) party and "kattar be-imaan" (hardcore corrupt) party. 

"The Kattar be-imaan party believes in 'dostwaad' (friends), while the kattar imaandar party cares for this nation and believes in 'Bharatwaad'. The kattar imaandar party wants to make India number one while the kattar be-imaan party wants to make its friends number one," he said.

The AAP supremo added that the "hardcore corrupt" party he was talking about lacked educated people while the "hardcore honest" party had those with good education and genuine IIT degrees.

The 'hardcore corrupt' party spends money to buy MLAs while the 'hardcore honest' party spends money on schools and hospitals, he said.

CBI raids against Manish Sisodia increased AAP's vote share in Gujarat

Arvind Kejriwal also said that after the CBI raids against his Manish Sisodia, the AAP's vote share in Gujarat has increased by four per cent and it would rise by another six per cent if his deputy gets arrested.

Calling Delhi deputy chief minister "fakkad-kangal" (pauper), Kejriwal said though the probe agency was "under pressure to arrest Sisodia", it could not find anything substantial against him even after searching his official house and bank locker in his village.

After winning the confidence motion, the AAP chief also said that he brought it only to prove to the country that the BJP cannot buy his MLAs and the saffron party's 'Operation Lotus' had "failed" in Delhi.

The AAP has 62 MLAs in the 70-member assembly. The remaining eight belong to the BJP.

(With agency inputs)