Kejriwal says Indians are first-class citizens but victims of a third-class govt

The two main political parties in Delhi-Congress and BJP-may still be struggling to finalise their Assembly poll strategy, but the new entrant in the fray-Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)- is ready with its plan in case of a re-election. "Most probably, AAP will get more than 20 seats. I am not claiming this. AajTak and other media reports have predicted this. This is the situation right now, when elections are three months away.
Our popularity graph is rising and we are confident of getting even more seats," said AAP founder Arvind Kejriwal while addressing students at St. Stephen's college on Friday.
 Envisaging a hung Assembly scenario, Kejriwal said: "No party will be in position to form the government on its own. And it is very much clear that I am not going to support any party. This will lead to a situation of re-election. In re-election, I am sure that we will get complete majority and our party will emerge victorious." He exhorted the youth to get involved in the political process.
"I am not telling you to join AAP or any other party. But, don't stay away from politics. It is because we have to change the political system. They have sold everything- iron, coal, etc," he said in his one and a half hourlong speech on 'Role of youth in Democracy'. Kejriwal said most of the people in this country are honest but they have become victims of dirty politics and corruption. He was cheered with a big round of applause when he said: "Indians are first-class people and victims of third-class governance." The former IRS officer chose to address the students in Hindi as he wanted to have a "heart-to-heart talk" with the gen-next. "We need to clean the politics of this country.
 We know that dirty politics is the root of all the problems in this country. We are not able to get even basic amenities like health, education, roads, water and sanitation because of dirty politics. Unless we clean the politics, we can't get basic facilities," he said. Taking a dig at the Congress, he said: "We have decided that two members of a family should not get tickets as a lot of family politics is already going on." Reiterating his Jan Lokpal promise, he said he will make it a reality once his party comes to power. "We, under the leadership of Anna Hazare, tried for Jan Lokpal for more than two years, but could not succeed in our attempts. They challenged us to come into politics and finally we had to come to change the political system," he said.