Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will hold an interactive session on July 17, titled 'Talk to AK', where people from across the country can ask him queries via phone, text message and social media.
"Our leader (Kejriwal) can be approached via twitter, Facebook, phone calls and text messages wherein people can put their questions. The programme titled is 'Talk to AK' and it starts at 11 AM on July 17," Ashutosh Sengar, joint in-charge of AAP Maharashtra unit, told a press conference here today.
The programme may last three to four hours depending on the number of people and questions, he said.
The Delhi government in this regard has launched a dedicated website--www.Talktoak.Com--through which people can directly ask questions to him, he said.
To a query that if this programme is on the lines of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's radio show 'Mann Ki Baat', Senger said 'Talk to AK' will be conducted as a conversation not monologue, as the objective of the exercise is to know, learn and understand from each other's experiences and "not just preach about ones individual views".
When asked how the AAP national convenor can contribute in solving the grave issue of potholes (on roads) in Mumbai, he said issue like that of potholes is a micro one, whereas Kejriwal wants to address big problems like corruption, inflation.
On the prospects of AAP contesting the forthcoming civic body election in Mumbai, to be held early next year, Senger said the party will have a through assessment followed by an in-depth review and then it will decide whether it will participate in the polls.
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In his 28-minute speech, Kejriwal claimed that for a few years after Independence, Delhi had its own powers, but after 1952, it was made union territory. And when the people of Delhi struggled for their rights, Parliament had amended the Constitution accepting the demands of Delhiites and given them partial rights in 1992, he added.
"If the Delhi government wants to take a decision, it cannot do so on its own," he said, adding that Mahatma Gandhi used to say that the government's policy should reach the grassroots level.
On Saturday, Kejriwal had also invoked Delhiites' pride to reiterate the AAP's demand for full statehood, saying he would take the fight to any extent to make it happen for the interest of the national capital.
He said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would continue to fight for full statehood by going to any extent as "goons in the high echelons" of the government hinder the work of Delhi.
Since the Aam Aadmi Party came to power, the Kejriwal government and the Centre have been at loggerheads over a range of issues, including transfer and postings of bureaucrats, Commission of Inquiries on DDCA and alleged transport scam.
