"I'm Arvind Kejriwal. Need to take your two minutes only. Please don't disconnect." With this message, citizens in the State capital are getting calls on their mobile phones. Within no time, the caller continues to highlight a number of new works initiated by him, the Chief Minister of Delhi.
The message lists a few of them like coming up with clinics in each ward, where people are getting round-the-clock treatment and free medicines, new systems introduced for taxis, roads and traffic and adequate compensation to the farmers in case of damage to crops.
After giving the information, the call disconnects saying that he simply wanted to give information as what his Government is doing for Delhiites.In the past few days, a number of people in Bhopal have received similar phone calls, getting information about the Kejriwal Government's achievements in Delhi State.
Besides making phone calls to the citizens here, Kejriwal is also interested in circulating his Government's achievements in Delhi, among the people of Madhya Pradesh by giving full page advertisements to newspapers.
Meanwhile, sources said that establishing polyclinic was the dream project of former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and a provision of Rs 5 crore was made for each polyclinic. However, the present Delhi Government has established clinics in each ward with a cost of Rs 30 lakh only.
Political observers feel that Kejriwal is eying the next Assembly elections scheduled for 2018. Since the main Opposition in the State Assembly, the Congress, is still nowhere in competition due to infighting among its leaders, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is trying to fill the vacuum.
This is evident with the agitations launched by the AAP on different issues in the State in recent past. With these agitations that continue for past one month have certainly felt their presence, they added.
However, AAP media in-charge for Madhya Pradesh and party's national spokesman Akshay Hoonka told 'The Pioneer' that the phone calls of Delhi Chief Minister have nothing to do with the next Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh. "Whether Assembly polls in any State would be contested or not, it is decided by the national body of the party and it is yet to be finalized," he added.
He further said that like Chief Ministers of other States circulate their achievements, Delhi Chief Minister is doing under a programme of the State Government. The phone calls of Arvind Kejriwal are not associated with the party, he added.