Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Saturday termed the success of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi was a good indication and a turning point in Indian politics.
“I would like to say that I think the success of AAP is a good indication and is a turning point in Indian politics,” said Singh while talking to mediapersons.
“It will give hope to the common man and revolutionaries on the streets that someday even they can be a part of Indian politics or even become a Chief Minister or Prime Minister someday,” he said.
Digvijay Singh’s comment came hours after Kejriwal was sworn-in as the seventh Chief Minister of Delhi on Saturday by lt Governor Najeeb Jung.
Singh, one of the biggest critics of Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), has said that the one-year-old party managed to do what Rahul Gandhi had set out to do.
The remarks that could be controversial within his party, the Congress veteran also accepted in an interview that the perceived battle of 2014 between Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi could turn into a triangular contest with Arvind Kejriwal’s party fighting the national election.
“Rahul has been saying this for the last two-three years that people should have total access to party leaders so that we are able to take in ordinary people into the party. We haven’t been able to do that because Congress is such a monolithic party,’’ the former State Chief Minister said. While Singh praised AAP’s spectacular political debut, he was sceptical about some of their ideas like rejecting security.
“It is not up to the Chief Minister, but to the Union Home Ministry to decide the degree of security,’’ he said recalling how lK Advani, as Home Minister, had offered him one of the highest levels of security when he was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. “If (Kejriwal) wants to get mobbed every day, that’s his wish.’’