The seventh and final phase of the Aam Aadmi Party’s Delhi Dialogue series will be held on Tuesday.
The dialogue themed “Governance, Lokpal and Swaraj” marks the conclusion of a series of discussions between representatives from the party, domain experts, and people in general on issues affecting the people of Delhi.
“These discussions with various sections of society have formed the basis of the AAP manifesto for the Delhi Assembly elections,” said a party leader on the eve of the last Delhi Dialogue.
The constituency which the party has chosen to host this dialogue is Patparganj from where party heavyweight and former Minister Manish Sisodia is in the fray.
During the course of the dialogue, former Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal will announce the party’s roadmap for Delhi on the theme issue.
And asked about the topics to be discussed under the umbrella term, governance, another party leader said that the participants would be informed about the various laws the AAP intends to pass in event of it getting a second shot at power in the Capital.
“This will be primarily the laws pertaining to anti-corruption measures, which has been a core issue for us from the outset,” he said.
It was after failing to present the Jan Lok Pal bill in the Assembly – a law which if enacted would enable people to complain directly against allegedly corrupt politicians and bureaucrats and ensure a swift probe – that the AAP government led by Mr. Kejriwal resigned last year.
The very formation of the AAP was preceded by a popular movement heralded by many AAP leaders, including Mr. Kejriwal, under the banner of India Against Corruption. Kiran Bedi, the BJP’s chief ministerial candidate for the 2015 elections was part of the movement.
“The AAP is committed to putting in place an exemplary anti-corruption infrastructure and the Lokpal is one of the most important institutions to strengthen the fight against corruption,” said a statement issued by the party which has an institution of internal Lokpal.
The party’s stand on the other dialogue issue, Swaraj, is decentralising the system of governance in such a way that people can influence the policies that affect their local area.
The party claims the dialogue series – which has in the past featured women safety, youth issues, water and power – was also carrying forward the decentralisation agenda where people are asked about their issues and solutions they propose. The responses are factored in framing policies, says the party.
