In an exclusive interview with ETV Bharat, Rai said the people of Delhi have decided to bring the AAP government back for its development works.
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00:00We have with us to talk about the election strategy, the Delhi government's minister and the party's state associate, Gopal Rai ji.
00:10Sir, best wishes to you.
00:14So, what strategy has the party made this time to make it a hat-trick?
00:19See, the common man party has only one strength and that is the strength of work.
00:26The government of the common man party has worked for the people of Delhi in spite of all the adverse circumstances,
00:32in spite of all the difficulties, in spite of all the difficulties of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
00:41Be it electricity, water, schools, hospitals, women's movement,
00:46the pilgrimage of the elderly, development in unauthorised colonies,
00:50work for the people of Jhuggi Jhopdi, work for the honour of Purvanchal,
00:55work for the women, work for the elderly, work for the children.
01:00So, in every field, the work that the government of the common man party has done,
01:05we are going among the people with that work,
01:08and only one voice is coming out of the people that we need the government of Arvind Kejriwal again.
01:16The government has been formed twice with full confidence.
01:20Till now, the work that you have done, you are coming down for the third time.
01:23Do you see any anti-incumbency in your mind, on the ground,
01:28when you are doing elections, when you are doing assemblies?
01:31See, the expectations of the people are high.
01:36But, the way we have worked, people have faith in the fact that
01:42the work that is to be done in the future, if there is a party, it is the common man party.
01:48If there is a chief minister to do it, it is Arvind Kejriwal.
01:52That is why people are trusting the common man party.
01:55Because the parties that are in front of us,
01:58the Congress party is not in a position to form a government far, far away in Delhi.
02:02As far as the question of the Indian People's Party is concerned,
02:05people can see that every three times,
02:08the people of the Indian People's Party win in the Lok Sabha.
02:12The government has been formed three times in the centre.
02:15But, when it comes to work, the Indian People's Party becomes zero.
02:19That is why people feel that if we want work, we need Kejriwal's government.
02:25So, what is the political outlook this time?
02:29BJP's chairmen have issued one letter of resolution.
02:34This is the first time that the party has issued a letter of resolution in one, two or three parts.
02:39Arvind Kejriwal has described it as a copy-paste of the manifesto of the common man party.
02:44Look, the Indian People's Party is completely confused in this election.
02:49Who will be the leader after winning the election?
02:53They say Modi Ji.
02:54Modi Ji is the Prime Minister of the country.
02:56He is not going to become the Chief Minister of Delhi.
02:58So, he does not have a leader.
03:01Secondly, what will be the policies?
03:03The Indian People's Party is completely confused about this.
03:08Till now, they have been abusing the free speech.
03:12That Kejriwal gives free speech, Kejriwal gives free speech.
03:15Now, they are forced to give free speech.
03:18So, don't you think that this is different from their ideology?
03:21When they have been opposing this all over the country,
03:24and this is different from their ideology.
03:28Why is this happening in Delhi?
03:29Did you force them to do this?
03:31This is the helplessness of losing.
03:34Because they feel that they cannot defeat Arvind Kejriwal.
03:42And that is why they are speaking the opposite of what they used to say.
03:50That is why the people have a question in their minds.
03:52The things that you used to oppose yesterday,
03:55even if they vote for you,
03:57this is not your ideology.
03:59Giving the people the freedom to vote.
04:01So, after winning, you are saying such things just for the vote,
04:03under the pressure of Kejriwal.
04:05So, people feel that Kejriwal has done the work,
04:08and Kejriwal will continue to do the work.
04:10So, we will stay with Kejriwal.
04:12You just said that BJP does not have a face.
04:15But if you look at the last record,
04:16they have not fought for a face in Delhi.
04:20Once they defeated Kiran Bedi.
04:23But this time, for the first time,
04:26I can see that Modi ji's picture is in the hoardings of BDS.
04:33There is neither Amit Shah nor Nadda.
04:35Modi ji is alone.
04:37And a message is being given that this time they are competing.
04:41So, is Modi ji going to become the Chief Minister of Delhi?
04:44Modi ji will not become the Chief Minister.
04:46He is the Prime Minister of the country.
04:47The people of Delhi want to know that
04:49even if we win the BJP,
04:51who will run Delhi?
04:53Who will be the Chief Minister of Delhi?
04:55Who will be the Chief Minister among the leaders of Delhi?
05:00The Indian party does not have a leader to run Delhi.
05:04And we are seeing the condition of the politicians.
05:06They do not even know.
05:08They just started doing freebies in helplessness.
05:12So, the slogan of freebies,
05:15the flag that Kejriwal raised,
05:18now the BJP has to be caught in helplessness.
05:21So, among the people,
05:22why should a helpless man be elected?
05:25The principle of serving the people,
05:27helping, supporting, providing facilities,
05:30we are with that.
05:31But BJP also says that
05:34even Arvind Kejriwal cannot become the CM
05:37as long as this case is going on.
05:40So, can there be a new face in this?
05:44So, they are saying that
05:45Arvind Kejriwal is going to become the CM.
05:47They are also accepting that
05:49Arvind Kejriwal is going to become the CM.
05:51The common man is going to become the government of the party.
05:52They are accepting this much.
05:53And as far as the matter is concerned,
05:55they went to the court that
05:56Arvind Kejriwal should not become the CM.
05:58The court said that
05:59he has the right to become the CM.
06:00Arvind Kejriwal will become the CM.
06:02Congress is trying to get ahead
06:06in the last two elections.
06:10In what form are you seeing that?
06:12See, the people of Delhi have a question in their minds.
06:15The people of Delhi want work.
06:17The work will be done by the government.
06:20Congress is very far from the fight to make a government.
06:24Today, there are zero MLAs.
06:26There is no MLA.
06:27So, if Congress makes a government in Delhi,
06:29no one has any hope.
06:31That's why no one wants to spoil the vote.
06:34People think that
06:35we have to vote for work.
06:37We want a working government.
06:39So, you don't believe that
06:40the votes of the common man's party will be lost
06:42by the political experts who are
06:44trying to convince the Congress.
06:49No, the experts are saying that
06:51Congress will cut the votes of the common man's party.
06:54The BJP government will be formed.
06:56That's what the experts are saying.
06:57The people of Delhi do not want the BJP government.
06:59That's why the people of Delhi will not distribute the votes.
07:01Arvind Kejriwal and the common man's party will vote.
07:04Congress has also done the freebies.
07:07So, BJP has also taken a step forward.
07:10So, didn't you have any clash
07:13in the Managing Bidhan Sabha election
07:15as you did in Lok Sabha election?
07:17Look, the first thing is that
07:19the people of Delhi are fighting for this election.
07:21And the people of Delhi know
07:24what we have to do.
07:26In the last two Lok Sabha elections,
07:32the Indian People's Party won seven times.
07:36And after that, in the Managing Bidhan Sabha election,
07:39the people of Delhi have ordered the common man's party
07:42to work with great eagerness.
07:46The people of Delhi are again going to
07:48order the common man's party.
07:50Why? Because they want work.
07:52And Arvind Kejriwal and the common man's party
07:54can do the work.
07:55And this dent in corruption
07:58that the four leaders of the party
08:00are in jail and out on bail,
08:03do you think this has caused any damage?
08:07Our credibility has increased
08:08among the people.
08:11Because, look, until you
08:14go through a fire test,
08:17every person is right.
08:20But you think, for two years,
08:22the agencies of the Indian People's Party
08:25searched the whole country day and night.
08:29They didn't find a single person.
08:31Everyone came out of the court.
08:33So, this has increased the credibility of the people.
08:36If anything had happened,
08:37something would have been achieved.
08:39So, people's trust in the common man's party
08:41and the leaders of the common man's party
08:43has increased.
08:45People have understood that
08:47after so many misuse agencies,
08:50if nothing is coming out,
08:52it means that our leaders are right.
08:55Your most important role in running the organization
08:59was the creation of the common man's party.
09:01After that, you were given an important responsibility,
09:03not only in Delhi, but in other states of the country.
09:05So, this time, what happened was that
09:08so many MLA's tickets were cut in the election.
09:11If their work was good,
09:13if the government's work was good,
09:15then why did this happen?
09:17Look, every time in the election,
09:19some people's tickets were changed.
09:22Last time, 22 tickets were changed.
09:25This time, fewer tickets were changed.
09:27So, the situation on the ground,
09:29because the entire environment of Delhi is one,
09:31in different committees,
09:33in different situations,
09:35we took feedback from the public,
09:37we surveyed,
09:39and the best candidates that can be,
09:41in the current situation,
09:43the party decided to run the election.
09:46So, do you think that the people of Delhi
09:48have a lot of expectations from you,
09:50from the common man's party government,
09:52and that is why there was a need to do this?
09:56No, there are expectations,
09:58and we are fulfilling those expectations.
10:00In the third time, three times more expectations.
10:02No, there are expectations,
10:04and we have fulfilled those expectations.
10:06And for the future, we have made our strategy,
10:08our Arvind Kejriwal ji,
10:10the party has issued its guarantees.
10:12So, the work that was done earlier,
10:14will continue.
10:16In the future, for women,
10:18we are preparing for Samman Rashi.
10:20For the elderly, we are preparing for treatment
10:22under Sanjeevani.
10:24For the students, we are preparing
10:26for their free travel.
10:28So, we are preparing for the future as well.
10:30This time, we will do better work
10:32and give it to the next government.
10:36Why should we vote for the common man's party
10:38as the last message to the voters?
10:40We just want to say one thing,
10:42that,
10:44look at the track record of all the parties,
10:46and if you feel that,
10:48the parties that have been in Delhi
10:50till now,
10:52have done the best work
10:54to make your life better,
10:56then,
10:58the common man's party has become the leader
11:00with full power.
11:02After the Lok Sabha elections were over,
11:04you were the one who said,
11:06when the question was asked,
11:08what will be the future of the India-Gatwandan,
11:10you said, our Gatwandan was for the Lok Sabha elections.
11:12We will fight separately
11:14in the Delhi Legislative Assembly elections
11:16or in other states.
11:18So, what is the future of the India-Gatwandan?
11:20No, the India-Gatwandan was in the Lok Sabha,
11:22and it is still in the Lok Sabha.
11:24In the Legislative Assembly elections,
11:26we are fighting the elections together with the people.
11:28And our effort is that,
11:30in Delhi,
11:32the common man's party government should be formed
11:34and the work that is going on should be done more vigorously.
11:36Sir, the issue of Yamuna being polluted
11:38and the issue of pollution
11:40is coming up
11:42as a big issue
11:44in this election.
11:46But Arvind Kejriwal said yesterday
11:48that we have not been able to do three things
11:50in the Lok Sabha elections.
11:52This is one of them,
11:54and in the next five years.
11:56So, have you made any plans
11:58or have you started any regulations
12:00that we can really improve it?
12:02No, we can do it and we are doing it.
12:04Pollution has improved a lot in Delhi.
12:06In 2016,
12:08out of 365 days,
12:10there were only 109 days
12:12that were good.
12:14It is on record.
12:16The result of the work we have done
12:18is that we have achieved 209 days this year.
12:20So, we have done a journey
12:22of 109 to 209 days.
12:24Our efforts will continue in the future as well.
12:26And look,
12:28we have worked 70 to 80 percent.
12:30The work that is left,
12:32we will focus on it in the next government.
12:34Thank you very much.
12:36So, he was with us,
12:38the state coordinator of the common man's party,
12:40who spoke about his election
12:42issues, politics,
12:44and why he should vote.
12:46From New Delhi,
12:48with cameraman Sandeep Kumar,
12:50I am Ashutosh Jha.