Cong is mature in horse trading and defections for running govts

From: AAPMaharashtra News  Mon, 31 Mar '14 4:47p

To: Preeti Sharma Menon

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The Congress President Mrs Sonia Gandhi’s comments on the resignation of the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi is an unsuccessful attempt to hide her own party’s open alliance with the BJP on February 14 in the state assembly, which led to the defeat of the Janlokpal bill.

Mrs Gandhi, in a desperate bid to deflect attention from the growing public anger against a series of corruption scams of the Congress-led UPA’s central government and its wrong policies, chose to harp on her party’s specialisation of running a government at all costs, whether through horse trading or defection of MPs/MLAs.

The Aam Aadmi Party would like to make it clear that it will not compromise on its core principle of eradicating corruption from the country. It was on this promise that the people of Delhi had given 28 seats to the AAP in the assembly elections and the party’s minority government was working towards bringing a strong Janlokpal bill.

It was the Congress which joined hands with the BJP in the state assembly and in full public view its MLAs were shouting that they have a total strength of 40 MLAs in the 70 member House and therefore this bill cannot be introduced.

The AAP government did not continue in office since it did not have the numbers to get the Janlokpal bill passed and the cabinet in its last meeting had recommended dissolution of the assembly so that people could decide what kind of news government they want.

It is for Mrs Gandhi’s Congress party to tell the people of Delhi why it is hiding behind the shield of President’s rule and denying the voters their right to elect a new government ?

In case the Congress party is so confident of its mature skills of running governments then why does not it direct the Lieutenant Governor to recommend dissolution of the state assembly and why is it afraid of facing the elections ?   

The AAP is taking its message to the people that it was the open alliance between the Congress and the BJP, which did not let the AAP government implement its agenda and it is for the people to now decide their future course of action.           

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AAP Media Cell