Grand swearing-in at Ramlila Maidan on February 16
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal will take oath as Delhi Chief Minister for the third time at Ramlila Maidan on February 16, party senior leader and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Wednesday.
Kejriwal, who returned to power with an impressive win, will take oath of office along with his team of Ministers in a grand ceremony that will be open to public. The oath-taking ceremony will take place at 10 am on Sunday in which all Cabinet Ministers will take oath along with Kejriwal.
Sisodia urged people to turn out in large numbers to witness the ceremony. “Everyone in Delhi is invited to come and bless their son, their brother, Arvind Kejriwal and take an oath for a better Delhi,” Sisodia said.
He lauded the efforts of voters to make the party win 62 out of the total 70 seats in the Delhi Assembly. “Heartiest congratulations to the people of Delhi. It has given huge respect to the politics of works,” he said.
Kejriwal has taken oath as the Chief Minister twice before from Ramlila Maidan. The venue assumes significance as it was from this ground that Kejriwal, under the aegis of Anna Hazare, started anti-corruption agitation which got a nationwide response and also paved the way for him to form a political party.
Expressing gratitude to the people of the national Capital for keeping faith in the party intact, Sisodia said, “People has given us a historic mandate and rejected the politics of hatred. For the first time in India people voted for the work. People have shown that the citizens of Delhi are pro-development and pro-work,” he said, adding that people of Delhi has made the politics of love win and rejected the politics of hatred.
People of Delhi have given a befitting reply to those “tried to spread hatred” and proved that Kejriwal is their son and brother and they want to make him Chief Minister.
Providing good education, health infrastructure, making the city better living and ensuring safety of women is the true meaning of the patriotism today, he said, adding that the development model of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will pave the way for the nation to economic prosperity
“Kejriwal’s work is model of development and it has proved that true patriotism is all about ensuring quality education, providing basic amenities and work done for the welfare of people,” he said.
Newly elected party MLAs also called on Kejriwal at his residence at Civil Lines and elected him the leader of the party.