The voting on the motion will take place at 5pm Thursday Jan 02,2014
Moving the trust motion Manish Sisodia said all legislators should rise above party lines and support a government which wants to fight corruption and the VIP culture that has infected politicis
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that Delhi needs a new and stringent anti-corruption law, an end to the VIP culture and listed a 20-point action plan.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwalappealed to all the Delhi MLAs to support the government in providing a people-friendly and clean government to the city while ending the debate of the motion moved by PWD Minister Manish Sisodia. The four-and-a-half-hour long debate ended with Kejriwal appealing to the members to decide "on which side they are" as the aam aadmi had already given his verdict.
Kejriwal began his speech by promising to weed out corruption. "I assure the Assembly that no one will be spared if found to be corrupt, whether it is done in the last 15 years or in our government. For AAP all those who want a corruption-free society and government are aam aadmi," he said.
In the five days since he was sworn in Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has already announced
- free water
- 50%cut in electricity tariffs
- audit of the three major power distribution companies and
- new shelters for the homeless within 48 hours.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal easily won the confidence motion in Delhi Assembly on Thursday with the support of the Congress, Janata Dal United and an Independents MLAs after delivering a stirring and emotional speech on the problems plaguing the city state.
The Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) Govt sailed through the confidence motion getting 37 votes in favour with seven Congress MLAs, one from JDU and the lone Independent Rambeer Shokeen voting in favour
The Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) with 31 seats and Shiromani Akali Dal with one seat voted against the trust vote motion
Trust Vote Debate
The Congress party on Thursday Jan 02,2014 assured the Aap Aadmi Party (AAP) of its "total support" even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused Arvind Kejriwal of negating people's mandate by taking "corrupt" Congress' support to form the government in Delhi.
Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee chief Arvinder Singh Lovely assured the AAP that as long as they continue with their "good work for the people of Delhi", his party will continue to support them. "Kejriwal ji you claim your government won't last more than 48 hours but we assure you we will support you for five years," said Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee chief Arvinder Singh Lovely
"The decision to free water will not benefit the needy," .
He said that water has not become cheaper but more expensive.
"How can you offer subsidy on power when budget for this financial year has been allocated already? How was subsidy allowed without assembly approval," the Congress leader questioned.
"Congress also provided subsidy, so how is AAP different from us then?"said Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee chief Arvinder Singh Lovely
Harsh Vardhan, who was BJP's chief ministerial candidate, while speaking during the trust vote debate in the Delhi assembly, launched a scathing attack on AAP. "The country wants to know what is AAP's reason behind joining hands with a party the people threw in the dustbin ''
Harsh Vardhan,accused Sisodia and Kejriwal of misleading people of Delhi and questioned AAP leaders on their austerity drive.
Harsh Vardhan,also accused AAP of running empty Metro trains just to prove a point on Saturday adding that the aam aadmi faced inconvenience because of it.
"Traveling in the Metro is nothing special, I too travel in the Metro and I am sure many other MLAs do as well," the BJP leader said.The BJP leader raised questions over foreign funding to NGOs run by Kejriwal and Sisodia.
"We don't think we can and will support such a government as they have betrayed the people of this country,"
Seasoned Politicians
The Bharatiya Janata Party's Harsh Vardhan, a genial, much-respected medical doctor from east Delhi has been a BJP legislator for the last 20 years.
The Congress' Arvinder Singh Lovelyhas been legislator for the past 15 years
Neither politician has lost an election in these years. Both have been prominent ministers in the governments of their parties in Delhi.
Dr Harsh Vardhan's nearly 50-minute speech attacking AAP and the Congress for knitting what he said was an opportunistic alliance, was relayed without break.
As was Mr Lovely's counter-attack on the BJP and reiteration of support for Mr Kejriwal's minority government over 20 minutes
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