Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday congratulated National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on winning the assembly elections and said that if there is any problem in running ‘half a state’ like Jammu and Kashmir, he (Omar ) can take advice from them. Kejriwal was in Doda to thank the people for electing Aam Aadmi Party’s Mehraj Malik as AAP’s first member in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly.
Kejriwal said, ‘Omar Abdullah will take over as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir in the next few days. I congratulate him for becoming the Chief Minister of ‘INDIA’ alliance. We will fully support him in running a successful government and hope that Jammu and Kashmir will move forward on the path of development under his leadership.
The former Chief Minister of Delhi said, ‘Delhi is called half a state because the Chief Minister has limited powers. Now they (BJP) have also made Jammu and Kashmir a half-state, which means the elected government has minimum powers, while the Lieutenant Governor has more powers. Kejriwal said, ‘I want to tell Omar that if he faces any difficulty in his work, he can take advice from me, because I have run the government in Delhi for 10 years.’
Malik defeated Ganjey Singh Rana of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Doda assembly constituency by 4,538 votes. Malik also defeated former ministers Khalid Najeeb Suhrawardy of National Conference and Abdul Majeed Wani of Democratic Progressive Azad Party on this seat. Malik became the first AAP member to register victory for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly.
Kejriwal said, ‘AAP is formally supporting the Omar-led government and I hope that his government will give responsibility to Mehraj Malik so that he can not only work for Doda but also provide his services to the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Can also give. The AAP leader said Malik has not won in the name of religion, but he has raised basic issues like education, health and roads.
He said, ‘Aam Aadmi Party wants the development of Doda and Jammu and Kashmir… We are not in the race to become MP, MLA, Chief Minister or Prime Minister, but we are in a long struggle against the system and to improve the standard of living of the people. We want to start a different kind of politics in the country. Thanking people for voting for Malik, Kejriwal said his party’s historic victory will change the status and history of Jammu and Kashmir in the next 10 years.
He said, ‘You have not only sown the seed of AAP, but have sown the seed of a different kind of politics. AAP is not a party, but the name of a new ideology, a new kind of politics. AAP establishes schools to educate the children of the poor, rejuvenates government hospitals and provides free electricity to the people.
