Kejriwal is Delhi's new CM, promises change
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Arvind Kejriwal, the anti-corruption campaigner and champion of people's rights, became Delhi state's new chief minister as he capped an amazing run with his fledgling Aam Admi Party formed 13 months ago.
History was made when Kejriwal took oath as Delhi's seventh chief minister at the Ramlila Maidan, watched by tens of thousands of excited supporters and on live television around the country.
Soon after taking oath, he told the "15 million citizens of Delhi" that he and his party would try to usher in "alternative politics", run a "government of the people" but had no "magic wand" to solve all problems.
Along with Kejirwal were sworn in six of his relatively youthful ministers by Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung amid a crescendo of cheers and claps from his white cap-waving sea of supporters and voters who reposed faith in him and his promises to "change the system".
The 45-year-old Kejriwal's AAP won 28 seats in the 70-member Delhi assembly after the Bharatiya Janata Party failed to form a government despite winning 31 seats as it lacked majority in the house.
The AAP has the legislative backing of the eight-member Congress, which was routed after ruling Delhi for 15 long years.