Interview | BJP Compelled To List Free Schemes In Manifesto: Delhi Minister Gopal Rai To ETV Bharat - video Dailymotion

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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.

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