'Tomorrow We Could Be At Centre', Says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Amid Tussle With LG

CM Arvind Kejriwal said that LG Saxena is sitting on the head of the Delhi government.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that tomorrow it could be his party at the Centre amid the ongoing tussle between the government in the national capital and LG Vinay Saxena.

"Time is very powerful, nothing is permanent in the world. If one thinks that one will remain in power forever, then that's not going to happen. Today we're in power in Delhi and they're (BJP) in power in Centre, tomorrow it might happen we'll be in power in Centre," CM Kejriwal said, quoted ANI.

Addressing the legislative assembly on the second day of the winter session, Kejriwal said that LG Saxena has stopped teachers to get training from Finland. He said that LG puts on hold important files and creates hindrances in the working of the government.

"They (BJP) don't want teachers to visit Finland. Many MPs of the BJP and their children have studied in foreign countries...If we want to provide better education to children of the poor, then who're they to stop? It's a feudal mindset & Delhi LG has that mindset," he added.

Kejriwal further claimed the LG told him during a meeting that the BJP won 104 seats in the MCD polls because of him and that the saffron party would win all the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi in the next general elections, PTI reported.

Alleging that the LG suffers from a feudal mindset, CM Kejriwal added "he (the LG) doesn't want that the poor children in Delhi get good education".

"Who is LG, where has he come from? He is sitting on our heads. Will he decide where we should send our children to study? Our country is lagging because of such people with a feudal mindset," he added.

He said the LG does not have the power to make decisions on his own adding that LG does not even follow the Supreme Court's order.

"The Supreme Court has clearly said that he cannot take a call on issues barring the police, land and public order." Kejriwal added.

The chief minister also showed a list of "children of BJP MPs, MLAs and ministers who have studied abroad", and said everyone should have access to the best education, the PTI report said.