Days after taking oath as Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal called on the Union Home Minister Amit Shah and discussed several issues pertaining to development of Delhi. Soon after the meeting with Shah at his official residence, Kejriwal said the meeting with the Home Minister was cordial and positive."
"We discussed main development related issues in the meeting, there was no discussion on Shaheen Bagh," Kejriwal said. This was his first meeting with Shah after his Aam Aadmi Party (AP) swept Delhi Assembly elections in the national Capital, winning 62 of 70 assembly seats. The meeting went on for over 20 minutes at Shah's Krishna Menon marg residence. The meeting was earlier scheduled at North Block but the venue was changed to the Home Minister's residence.
Soon after meeting with Shah, Kejriwal tweeted, "Met Hon'ble Home Minister Sh Amit Shah ji. Had a very good and fruitful meeting. Discussed several issues related to Delhi. Both of us agreed that we will work together for development of Delhi,"
As per Delhi government officials, the meeting went on for over 20 minutes at Shah's residence which was scheduled at the Home Ministry earlier.
Shah had led the BJP offensive against Kejriwal in the Delhi Assembly polls in which AAP emerged victorious with a landslide by bagging 62 of the 70 seats.
Arvind Kejriwal and his six ministers took oath of office and secrecy in a grand ceremony held in Ramlaila Maidan, which was attended by a huge crowd.
Kejriwal had invited Prime Minister Prime Minister Naredndra Modi, all the seven Lok Sabha members of the BJP the eight newly elected BJP MLAs to his swearing-in ceremony but only Leader of Opposition Vijender Gupta attended it.
PM Modi, who was in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on Sunday to inaugurate various projects had later congratulated Kejriwal assuring him to cooperation for the development of Delhi.