{"id":236103,"date":"2022-09-16T22:11:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T22:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/?p=236103"},"modified":"2022-09-16T22:11:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T22:11:00","slug":"i-dont-get-all-that-arvind-kejriwal-on-2024-opposition-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/09\/16\/i-dont-get-all-that-arvind-kejriwal-on-2024-opposition-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I Don&#8217;t Get All That&#8221;: Arvind Kejriwal On 2024 Opposition Unity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\"><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"NDTV Exclusive: Why Arvind Kejriwal Isn't Betting On Opposition Unity\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"NDTV Exclusive: Why Arvind Kejriwal Isn't Betting On Opposition Unity\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"NDTV Exclusive: Why Arvind Kejriwal Isn't Betting On Opposition Unity\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2022-09\/75gtuoi8_arvind-kejriwal-at-ndtv-townhall-a-special-interactive-programme-in-ahmedabad_625x300_16_September_22.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-09-16T22:11:26+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=654721&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/arvindkejriwalonalliance_171830_81256.mp4\"\/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"T1M22S\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"videembedload\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2022-09\/75gtuoi8_arvind-kejriwal-at-ndtv-townhall-a-special-interactive-programme-in-ahmedabad_625x300_16_September_22.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=654721&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">Arvind Kejriwal at NDTV Townhall, a special interactive programme, in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">Ahmedabad: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal today walked around\u00a0the question if he&#8217;s in <em>&#8220;Ekla Chalo&#8221; <\/em>(&#8216;I walk alone&#8217;) mode amid efforts towards Opposition unity for 2024. &#8220;Gathering political leaders will not make an alliance that can make India number one. We must gather all 130 crore people of India to make this country number one,&#8221; he said, repeating the tagline of his new mission to go national.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am not against anyone,&#8221; the Delhi Chief Minister said,\u00a0speaking at the NDTV Townhall in Ahmedabad. &#8220;But I don&#8217;t understand this politics of making or breaking alliances. I don&#8217;t get all that. That&#8217;s for them to do,&#8221; he said on the efforts by Bihar&#8217;s Nitish Kumar and West Bengal&#8217;s Mamata Banerjee, among others, to make a &#8220;rainbow alliance&#8221; against the BJP.<\/p>\n<p>With the Gujarat audience in mind ahead of this year&#8217;s elections,\u00a0Mr Kejriwal pushed to keep the conversation about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/arvind-kejriwal-cites-iit-jee-rank-for-formula-to-make-every-indian-rich-3350987\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">what he terms his only agenda<\/a>: &#8220;Call me if you want schools, hospitals built. If you want roads, or if your power supply isn&#8217;t working, you can call me. I&#8217;ll fix all that. I an engineer from IIT.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The AAP has set itself the goal to unseat the BJP in Gujarat, buoyed by its recent victory in Punjab, where it formed its first state government outside of Delhi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you ask me about how alliances will work, about seat adjustment&#8230; all that is beyond me,&#8221; Mr Kejriwal repeatedly said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kejriwal was one of the leaders whom Nitish Kumar met earlier this month on his Opposition unity tour to Delhi.\u00a0Mr Kumar,\u00a0who recently dumped the BJP to form a new government in Bihar,\u00a0also met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.<\/p>\n<p>But Mr Kejriwal today took a pointed jibe at Rahul Gandhi and underlined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/arvind-kejriwal-exclusive-can-i-weaken-congress-rahul-gandhi-is-on-it-3350744\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his aversion to the Congress<\/a>, a party he deems &#8220;inconsequential&#8221; and &#8220;finished&#8221; despite that fact that it remains the largest Opposition party in Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Frankly, you tell me&#8230; Do you need me to weaken the Congress? Isn&#8217;t Rahul Gandhi sufficient?,&#8221; he quipped, responding to allegations that AAP is BJP&#8217;s B-Team\u00a0that weakens\u00a0the Congress and other Opposition parties by dividing anti-BJP votes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>About Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s &#8216;Bharat Jodo Yatra&#8217; that aims to claim the anti-BJP space, Mr Kejriwal responded with a smile: &#8220;Good, let them do it, everyone should do something good. I wish them luck.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/all-that-is-not-my-thing-arvind-kejriwal-on-opposition-alliance-for-2024-3351776\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Arvind Kejriwal at NDTV Townhall, a special interactive programme, in Ahmedabad. 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