Perhaps the most stunning verdict in the five-state polls – described as the ‘semis’ to the General Elections – was Sheila Dikshit’s Congress return to power a third time. She explained the whys and hows to TSI's Anil Pandey
Congress has created history by coming to power thrice in succession. Who do you credit this with?
The
love and affection of the people and the skilful leadership of Sonia Gandhi is what has together made this possible.
Given the problems you had is this Sheila Dikshit’s victory or Congress'?
This is Congress’ victory. I am grateful to the people of Delhi and the party workers for this. I thank them for this win.
Did you ever sense you'd win?
I had full confidence over the achievements of my government. The massive scale of development spread over the past 10 years are evident to people. Which is why I knew always that we would win.
What are the major factors behind this win?
Citizens of Delhi want development. They are happy with our work. We have pushed developmental projects even in areas under opposition MLAs. We are moving heaven and earth to make Delhi into an international city. And the people have voted us to power a third time primarily to keep up the pace of development.
So would you say that people ignored BJP’s campaign against terror and price rise just because of development?
The BJP is playing politics with terrorism, and the people of Delhi know this. But Congress had gone to the people with development as the agenda, and they voted us back to power. The results are clear.
What are your new ministry's priorities after this victory?
To pace up the developmental works, and get ready for the Commonwealth Games. The prestige of the nation depends on how well we pull of the Games. Besides, we are still on the move to make Delhi the international city it deserves to be. And there are miles to go yet.
People talked about infighting in the Congress, about how your chances were going to get stymied.
That is what the BJP said, but we never had the kind of dissidence they did. Infighting in BJP almost led to sabotage during the BJP campaign. That never happened to the Congress. I had the support of my entire team and workers.....Continue
Congress has created history by coming to power thrice in succession. Who do you credit this with?
The
love and affection of the people and the skilful leadership of Sonia Gandhi is what has together made this possible.Given the problems you had is this Sheila Dikshit’s victory or Congress'?
This is Congress’ victory. I am grateful to the people of Delhi and the party workers for this. I thank them for this win.
Did you ever sense you'd win?
I had full confidence over the achievements of my government. The massive scale of development spread over the past 10 years are evident to people. Which is why I knew always that we would win.
What are the major factors behind this win?
Citizens of Delhi want development. They are happy with our work. We have pushed developmental projects even in areas under opposition MLAs. We are moving heaven and earth to make Delhi into an international city. And the people have voted us to power a third time primarily to keep up the pace of development.
So would you say that people ignored BJP’s campaign against terror and price rise just because of development?
The BJP is playing politics with terrorism, and the people of Delhi know this. But Congress had gone to the people with development as the agenda, and they voted us back to power. The results are clear.
What are your new ministry's priorities after this victory?
To pace up the developmental works, and get ready for the Commonwealth Games. The prestige of the nation depends on how well we pull of the Games. Besides, we are still on the move to make Delhi the international city it deserves to be. And there are miles to go yet.
People talked about infighting in the Congress, about how your chances were going to get stymied.
That is what the BJP said, but we never had the kind of dissidence they did. Infighting in BJP almost led to sabotage during the BJP campaign. That never happened to the Congress. I had the support of my entire team and workers.....Continue
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