Kejriwal repeats controversial remarks

January 26, 2015 02:58 am | Updated 02:58 am IST - New Delhi

NEW DELHI, 25/01/2015: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal at a election rally in Dwarka in New Delhi on Sunday. Photo: Special Arrangement

NEW DELHI, 25/01/2015: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal at a election rally in Dwarka in New Delhi on Sunday. Photo: Special Arrangement

AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday promised free water supply to residents of northwest Delhi’s congested localities while asking voters to accept money from the BJP and the Congress but vote for the AAP, remarks which had created controversy earlier.

Mr. Kejriwal addressed three consecutive rallies at Dwarka, Vikaspuri and Madipur during the day.

“If we are voted to power, we will ensure free water availability through water tankers as long as water pipeline is not laid out,” he said at the day’s first rally at Sagarpur.

Later, he urged people to accept the money that the BJP and the Congress workers would start distributing “from February 1.”

“I have come to know that people from BJP and Congress parties would come to give you money from February 1 onwards. They already have started distributing blankets. Some of them are distributing rice also. I say take money from them but don’t vote. Give your vote to AAP.”

The AAP chief’s comments come a day after he wrote to the Election Commission stating that his comments were being “read out of context.”

Earlier, he told the crowd that the AAP was fortunate to have fielded Adarsh Shastri, the grandson of the former Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri, as the party’s Dwarka candidate. “Lal Bahadur Shastri was the most honest Prime Minister of the country and we are fortunate that his own grandson is contesting the election on our ticket.”

He reiterated his promise of slashing power tariff by half as the AAP was “not friends with power companies.”

Slashing tariffs “BJP had spoken about bringing down power tariff by 30 per cent but has your bill come down? We will once again slash tariff by half because we are not friends with power companies,” Mr. Kejriwal said.

He also spoke of providing an app to every woman that would “enable them to call the police whenever they feel unsafe.”

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