Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced that the party will contest Uttar Pradesh Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) elections in 2022.
Kejriwal said the development of the State of Uttar Pradesh (UP) is held back because of the “dirty” politics and “corrupt” leaders in the state and every resident of UP wants an honest government which can only be given by the AAP.
“The people of the state posed their trust and faith in every party and gave them a chance, but they stabbed the people in their backs. Governments entered and left but every party broke the records of corruption of their predecessors,” he said.
The AAP convener said there is only one thing lacking in the politics of UP that is honesty and intent. “We created a party out of Jan Andolan. In these 8 years, the AAP has formed government in Delhi thrice and has emerged as the main Opposition party in Punjab. We proved that the governments lack not money but the intent to work and it is the honesty that AAP has transformed Delhi,” Kejriwal added.
Addressing the media, Kejriwal said “Why do the people of UP travel to Delhi for every major and minor facility? If a family living in Kanpur has to send their child to a good college, they have to send him/her to Delhi. If a person living in Gorakhpur has to get good medical treatment for his/her parents, they have to come to Delhi. Why? Can the biggest state in the country not turn into the most developed state in the country? If the Sangam Vihar area in Delhi can have a Mohalla Clinic, why cannot the Gomti Nagar area in Uttar Pradesh can have a mohalla clinic?
“If Delhi can have the best government hospitals across the country, why the conditions of the Government hospitals in Uttar Pradesh are so bad? If the people of Delhi can receive a 24-hour power supply, why should people of UP suffer from long hours of a power cut? If the people of Delhi can receive free electricity, why are people of UP receiving huge electricity bills,” he asked?
Explaining it further, he said “If the children of Delhi can receive education at par with private schools in government schools, why is the condition of government schools in UP so badly? If CCTVs can be installed in every mohalla in Delhi for the safety of women, why cannot we ensure the safety of women in UP and why do crimes repeatedly happen there?”
“The people of Delhi wanted their lives to improve, their children to get a good education, their families to get good healthcare services and an honest Government, which is why they chose AAP thrice. It happened because, for the first time, the people could see the work being done in Delhi and they got an honest Government who works for them and with them,” he said.