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NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party will project its social activist-turned-politician founder Arvind Kejriwal<http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/Arvind-Kejriwal> as its chief ministerial candidate for Delhi and will contest all seats in the assembly polls due later this year. Kejriwal, who recently ended a 15-day fast against allegedly inflated electricity and water bills in the city, told ET that his party would announce the names of all its candidates as early as June for elections that are scheduled for the year-end. The candidates will be selected through a transparent process akin to the 'primaries' system followed by the two parties in the US presidential elections, he said, affirming that he would be among the candidates. "I am not averse to contesting the assembly elections to hold a public office," he said. His associates, who did not wish to be named, said the party would project him as its chief ministerial candidate. Kejriwal promised to spell out concrete policy alternatives in his party's election manifesto that is already being finalised. *Decentralisation of Power* [image: Aam Aadmi Party to fight assembly polls in Delhi]Kejriwal said his party was not anti-business as many presumed, clarifying that he considered private business enterprises as key to national development. He added, however, that his party stood against malpractices and promised that ifAAP<http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/AAP> came to power it would force the city's power supply companies to face an audit, and if found guilty, their licences would be cancelled. Kejriwal also promised an end to what he called a "contractors' mafia" and vowed to bring about decentralisation of power in the city with the creation of 'mohalla samitis', or elected bodies at the neighbourhood level, that will be given a statutory status. AAP will, if elected, regularise all existing unorganised colonies, with a legal bar against further such settlements. AAP has already established itself as a party with a difference, Kejriwal said, pointing out that it was the only party that published details of each donation that it received from anybody. Rejecting suggestions that his recent fast proved to be a damp squib because Chief Minister<http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/Chief-Minister>Sheila Dikshit <http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/Sheila-Dikshit> refused to engage with him and the media coverage was muted, Kejriwal said the idea was to send out a message that the party stood for issues concerning the average resident. "How many politicians from Congress, the party of Gandhiji, can fast even for two days for the sake of ordinary people? When was the last time one saw any BJP leader <http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/BJP-leader> fasting for a common man's cause?" he asked, adding that his party had collected written representation from a million Delhi residents against inflated bills. Kejriwal also dismissed suggestions that his party was soft on BJP, saying, "The BJP leadership in Delhi is thoroughly inefficient and leaderless and, worse, hand in glove with the corruption of the Congress<http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/Congress> government." -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
