Kejriwal sworn in as Delhi CM
Just a week after leading his Aam Aadmi Party to a stunning landslide victory defeating BJP in Delhi assembly elections, Arvind Kejriwal yesterday took oath as chief minister of the city-state at a mega ceremony, reports our New Delhi correspondent.
Attended by thousands of AAP supporters, Kejriwal and six of his key ministers Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, Gopal Rai, Kailash Gehlot, Imran Hussain and Rajendra Gautam were also sworn in.
In a brief address after the swearing-in function at Ramlila Maidan, Kejriwal, 49, a former Indian Revenue Service officer, said "now that elections are over, the politics is also over and he has 'forgiven' his political opponents for the remarks they made during the poll campaign."
"During campaigns, politics takes place and it did. I forgive you for all the things you have said against me, I request you also to forget all negative things. We have to work together for the progress of Delhi. We will work with the Centre too," Kejriwal said.
"I am your chief minister. I am Delhi's chief minister. Even BJP's, Congress' chief minister," he said, adding "it doesn't matter who you voted for, now all Delhiites are my family. I will work for everyone, be it from any party, any religion, caste."
During the high-octane election campaign, BJP leaders had accused Kejriwal of being an "anarchist and terrorist" although they denied it later.
Aam Aadmi Party returned to power for the third consecutive time with 62 seats of the 70-seat parliament at the end of one of the most polarising campaigns in the backdrop of the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests.
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