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A huge crowd consisting of Aam Aadmi Party volunteers, supporters and people from the capital had gathered at the Ramlila Ground for Kejriwal’s swearing-in ceremony.
After taking oath, Arvind Kejriwal addressed the gathering and listed his government’s agenda – making Delhi India’s first corruption-free state among them. In the next five years, we will end corruption in Delhi, Kejriwal said amid loud cheers from the audience. He also demanded full statehood for Delhi and called up on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fulfil BJP’s promise made in the run up to the Assembly elections of making a Delhi a full state. Kejriwal said his ministers and MLAs will be against VIP culture and would not be using red beacons on their vehicles.
Speaking on the massive victory in the recent Delhi Assembly elections, Kejriwal said, “I knew people of Delhi loved us, but did not know they loved us this much to give us 67 out of 70 seats.” He cautioned members of his party against being arrogant. “We must guard against being arrogant. We will not be able to fulfill our mission if we are arrogant.”
Kejriwal acknowledged that his party had become arrogant after getting 28 seats in the 2013 Delhi Assembly elections and the decision to contest the Lok Sabha elections was an outcome of that. “But we learnt a lesson in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls,” the newly-appointed Chief Minister said making it clear that AAP is not looking at contesting elections in Bihar and other states and will concentrate on ruling Delhi effectively.
Kejriwal said his government would revive the corruption hotline that was started during its 49 days tenure last year. He asked Delhiites to agree to giving bribes if any government official asked for it but also quietly record the conversation in their mobile phones and send it to him and he would take action against the official.
The newly-appointed Chief Minister also reached out to BJP’s CM candidate and his former India Against Corruption colleague Kiran Bedi and said he would seek her guidance whenever necessary.






