New Delhi: Hours after the Ministry of Home Affairs approved the Delhi government’s Budget, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Tuesday he wants to work together with the Centre. Arvind Kejriwal also stated that if Prime Minister Narendra Modi supports him, he will reciprocate the effort.
Kejriwal made the observations while addressing the Delhi Assembly. He asserted that Delhi would have seen 10 times more progress had there been no tussles between the Centre and the state government.
“The Delhi government wants to work and not fight. Fighting serves no one. We want to work together with the prime minister, we do not want any tussle,” Kejriwal said.
Kejriwal however, was also quick to add that if the prime minister wishes to win Delhi, ‘he will have to win the hearts of the people’ of the city first. “This is my mantra to him,” stated Kejriwal.
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“You (Modi) are the elder brother and I am the younger brother. I will reciprocate if you support me. If you want to win the heart of little brother, love him,” Kejriwal said.
“The budget had to be presented today. The Centre stopped it. We replied to MHA’s query without making any changes to the budget and they have approved it now. They wanted me to bow down. It’s their ego and nothing else,” asserted Kejriwal.
The Delhi Chief Minister also pointed out that there are ‘uneducated’ people from top to bottom in the Centre. He stated that these are the people who are coming in the way of ‘good understanding’ between Centre and the Delhi government.