Aam Aadmi Party Chief Arvind Kejriwal today said the swearing-in ceremony of a new government is not likely to take place tomorrow as proposed earlier even as he denied having any rift within the party on the issue of cabinet berths.
Kejriwal, set to become Chief Minister of Delhi, asserted that AAP has not firmed up an alliance with Congress as the support given by it was based on its 18-point agenda. There has been dissenting voices in Congreess over support to AAP.
Talking to media, Kerjriwal indicated that a number of announcements will be made on fulfilling key promises of the party like cutting power tariff and ordering auditing of the private power distribution companies immediately after assuming charge.
A day after Laxmi Nagar MLA Binny, a ministerial aspirant, walked out of a meeting at Kejriwal's house after coming to know that he was not among the probable ministers, Kejriwal said the legislator was not interested in a ministerial berth.
"Binny came to me last evening. He told me he does not want a ministerial berth and that he was here for a mission. Binny said he has conveyed to the media that he was not upset," said Kejriwal.
Binny, on his part, stated that he was not angry and that there was no rift in the party. "There is no rift between me and the party. There is nothing that I was angry about after being denied a post in the ministry," he told PTI.
As Binny walked out of the party meeting yesterday, senior party leaders Sanjay Singh and Kumar Vishwas went to his residence late last night and held parleys to pacify him.
On the oath-taking ceremony, Kejriwal said, "We have not got any communication from Lt Governor's office on swearing-in ceremony. So it not possible to hold the ceremony tomorrow as there is not much time left."
The AAP leader said he was working on portfolios to be given to six MLAs whose names were recommended to Lt Governor to be included in his cabinet.
