Begs Delhi for ‘forgiveness’, seeks ‘one more chance’
With infighting and dissidence within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaving it frail and fragmented, the AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced overhauling of the party structure at the ground level and said he would monitor all the arrangements in Delhi. He also said that he will tour all the 70 Assembly segments of Delhi and meet volunteers to understand their problems.
Addressing a huge crowd of volunteers and party workers at Constitution Club, Kejriwal also admitted that resigning as Delhi Chief Minister without taking advice of people was a mistake and asked for their ‘forgiveness’ and sought ‘one more chance.’ “We have set up the organisation and that has to start from the booth level for which we would hire booth in-charge. The booth in-charge will have some volunteers working under him and will also be responsible for direct contact with voters,” he told a volunteers meeting.
“Over every booth in-charge would be a polling station in-charge, but the responsibility would be fixed on the booth in-charge failing which he would be removed. But after the government formation, it is the booth in-charge’s view that would carry more weightage in developmental work in the area,” he said. Party sources said AAP had lost touch with people during the lok Sabha polls and booth in-charge would help it connect with people again. During the assembly elections, the party had focused on connecting more actively with people. Kejriwal also asked his volunteers to go to reach out to people as Delhi Assembly dissolution could be announced anytime now. “Elections could take place in October. Since you (volunteers) are the ones who will meet the people, they are bound to ask why we quit. There is no harm to admit that we made a mistake in quitting (without consulting the people). Ask for their forgiveness and for one more chance. This time we will run the Government for full five years,” he claimed.