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Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Vinod Kumar Binny Thursday threatened to go on a hunger strike from Jan 27 if Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal does not fulfill the promises made in the election manifesto.
He even attacked the party and the government for backtracking on the promises made.
"I will start an agitation 10 days later on Jan 27 at Jantar Mantar, if the government does not fulfill the promises made to the people of Delhi," said the AAP legislator at a press conference here.
Listing the demands, he said he wants the party government to pass Anna Hazare's version of the Jan Lokpal Bill by Jan 25 or 26 and also start building a lady commando force for women's security.
"You (Kejriwal) have done a lot of agitation against the Congress and the BJP. Now you have to explain and show the people how your thought is different from theirs."
He accused the party of "cheating" the people of Delhi by backtracking on its election promises and called Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal a "dictator". "You (Kejriwal) have become a dictator. Stop fooling the people of Delhi. All decisions in the party are taken in closed rooms by four-five people. Arvind gets angry if people express any differences with him. If anyone speaks against him, he starts shouting," Binny said.
The 39-year-old-MLA said the party has "forgotten" its ideologies and become "an opportunist outfit" after coming to power.
"They are using policy of use and throw. First, they have used Anna Hazare, Kiran Bedi and still many people in the party are being exploited," he said.
Binny said though the party during the election campaign had promised to provide 700 litres of free water to each household, the government "very cleverly" announced that those exceeding the limit will have to pay for the full amount.
On the electricity front, Binny said that the government "defrauded" the people of Delhi as the party had promised to halve the bills after coming to power.
"The government said subsidy will be given to those whose monthly consumption does not exceed 400 units. This is totally unacceptable. The party has cheated the people of Delhi," he said.
Though the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the single largest party in the Delhi assembly polls with 31 seats, the AAP - which bagged 28 seats - formed the minority government with the outside support of Congress's eight legislators.
Binny, who defeated Congress heavyweight A.K. Walia in the December assembly elections, said that according to his sources there were close ties between Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit and the Delhi chief minister.
"This is the reason all the decisions being taken in AAP are at the directive of the Congress party. The Congress is ordering and AAP is following it," Binny claimed.
Denying that he sought Lok Sabha ticket, Binny said that instead he was the one who even refused to become a minister.
"Arvind Kejriwal calls me greedy... The first day when the list was given to the Lt. Governor, my name was there. So, I told him I don't want to become a minister. Just because I am bringing issues in front, then you accuse me (of being) greedy and (that I) want a ticket."
"Moreover, who has given him the right to deny me the ticket? Are you the sole decision maker?", he asked Kejriwal.
