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Kejriwal, Sisodia meet PM, raise full-statehood issue

by IBNS 11 Feb 2015, 09:34 pm

New Delhi, Feb 12 (IBNS): Days after Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) registered a massive victory in the Delhi Assembly polls, the CM designate and party leader Manish Sisodia on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here and raised the issue of granting full statehood to Delhi.

Sisodia told reporters: "We told him that this is a golden oppurtunity when we are having full majority governments both at the Centre and in Delhi."

"The Prime Minister said that he will think about our demand of granting full statehood to Delhi," Sisodia said.

Kejriwal is all set to take oath of office in a grand manner at the Ramlila Maidan.

Following his landslide victory, Kejriwal sent a message of thanks to the voters on FM radio and also invited the Delhi residents for his oath-taking ceremony at the Ramlila Maidan.

Winning 67 seats out of the total 70, the AAP surpassed the figures that were projected by exit polls on Saturday when Delhi had voted to elect a new Assembly.

Starting another innings in his political career, Kejriwal, who had shocked Delhi by resigning as the Delhi Chief Minister last year Feb only after 49 days in power, will take oath on Saturday as the chief minister of Delhi for the second time.