One year of Delhi's AAP government: What worked, what didn't?
In his show To The Point, host Karan Thapar asked the following 10 questions to his panel of experts who discussed the success and failure of AAP government in the last one year.
On Sunday, it will be one year since Arvind Kejriwal was sworn in for the second time as the chief minister of Delhi. During that period, Kejriwal has often dominated the news and frequently been at the centre of clashes with the BJP or controversies with his own colleagues. As he completes one year in office, it's time to ask what sort of year has it been. What has the AAP government achieved? Where has Kejriwal failed to deliver?
In his show To The Point, host Karan Thapar asked the following 10 questions to his panel of experts. His guests on the panel were AAP spokesman Ashish Khetan, BJP spokesperson Nalin Kohli, Congress spokesperson Sharmistha Mukherjee, former chief secretary of Delhi Shailaja Chandra, chairman of APCA Badshah Sen and India Today TV's executive editor Javed Ansari.
- Constant conflict with Centre affecting governance?
- Has rebellion weakened Kejriwal's image?
- Is coterie politics denting AAP's image?
- Is AAP still a beacon of change?
- Was expelling top leaders a mistake?
- Are the expulsion of Bhushan and Yadav hurting AAP?
- Did AAP pass diluted Jan Lokpal?
- Did BJP-led MCDs fuel garbage crisis?
- Has Kejriwal failed to resolve garbage crisis?
- Should AAP cease to be a one-man party?
"I can cite two achievements particularly in the last one year. One, we have managed to provide piped drinking water to almost 225 new colonies, in areas like Rohini, Burari and Dwarka. The second achievement is that for the first time in a decade the people of Delhi had to suffer an increased electricity tariff, which we slashed by 50 per cent. There was great fear that the two will add extra burden on the exchequer, but the revenues have gone up. The Delhi Jal Board has earned almost Rs 200 crore and more in revenue this year than the previous year," said Khetan.
"I think there are three issues on which the AAP should be analysed. Firstly, it's principles. The party was formed on very high moral grounds. Second is delivery of promises, and third is the way they have been conducting the business of governance," said Mukherjee.
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