Arvind Kejriwal: Talking more, working less leads to ‘Bihar-like situations’

Talking more and working less lead political parties to “Bihar-like situations”, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday, taking a sharp jibe at the BJP a day after the saffron outfit faced a drubbing in the Bihar Assembly elections.

Mr Kejriwal also mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying unlike his monthly radio programme, the Aam Aadmi Party government speaks the “mann ki baat” of the common man.

“Our government gives less speeches and works more. There are few parties which speak more and work less. They face Bihar-like situations. We speak your ‘mann ki baat’, not our ‘mann ki baat’,” Mr Kejriwal said.

“The result also shows that people are fed up with the working style of PM Modi,” Mr Kejriwal added.

The chief minister was speaking at the inauguration of the first “polyclinic” in east Delhi’s Gandhi Nagar constituency.

On Sunday, Mr Kejriwal termed the Bihar poll verdict a referendum against the Modi government and hoped that after these results, the Centre’s interference in Delhi and other states will end.

Asked if an alliance of like-minded chief ministers was likely now, especially in view of Nitish Kumar’s plan to forge a strong alternative to the BJP nationally, Mr Kejriwal said, “I am not thinking of any alliance right now. But the Centre is regularly interfering with Delhi. If this continues, there will be a coalition of chief ministers against PM Modi.”

Taking a dig at the BJP, Mr Kejriwal said, “Even some BJP chief ministers were unhappy with the Centre... All power is concentrated with Amit Shah and PM Modi.”

Mr Kejriwal had been a vocal supporter of Mr Kumar, another arch-rival of PM Modi. In the run-up to the Bihar elections, he had even asked all the Biharis living in Delhi to vote for Mr Kumar.