INDAI
AAP vows to clean up politics
NEW DELHI: India’s anti-graft crusader Arvind Kejriwal vowed yesterday to punish corrupt politicians and clean up “dirty politics” in a fiery speech that hinted his party may lend support to form a coalition government in Delhi.
Mr Kejriwal, a former civil servant turned politician, has been under mounting pressure to form a coalition government since his party’s stunning performance at Dec 4 state elections.
Mr Kejriwal is wary of joining forces with the Congress party or the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after voters flocked to his party, disillusioned with mainstream politics and angry over rampant corruption.
“If we form the government, we will pass anti-corruption laws and sand the corrupt BJP and Congress leaders to jail,” Mr Kejriwl told a rally in Delhi of several hundred supporters.
“We are not after political power. We want to change the system and cleanse the dirty politics,” Mr Kejriwal said, adding that he expected to make an announcement on forming government today.
Mr Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (Common Man’s Party) won 28 of the 70 seats at the polls for an assembly. AFP