Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Indian politician Arvind Kejriwal.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
Arvind Kejriwal is an Indian politician, former bureaucrat and activist who is the current and 7th Chief Minister of Delhi since February 2015. He was also the Chief Minister of Delhi from December 2013 to February 2014, stepping down after 49 days of assuming power. Currently, he is the national convener of the Aam Aadmi Party, which won the 2015 Delhi Assembly elections with a historic majority, obtaining 67 out of 70 assembly seats. In 2006, Kejriwal was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in recognition of his involvement in the grassroots level movement Parivartan using right to information legislation in a campaign against government corruption. The same year, after resigning from Government service, he donated his Magsaysay award money as a corpus fund to found the Public Cause Research Foundation, a non-governmental organization (NGO).
If you go to America or London, you will see Indians shining.
A lot of people has lost their lives due to indiscipline on the roads.
AAP was formed to expose the Congress's scam. We could never think of an alliance with the Congress, but to fight the BJP we have to think of something like that.
I am a man in a hurry. We have to work both from office and roadside. I am impatient.
Congress as well as BJP candidates are in the pockets of Adanis.
The representatives of people become uncrowned kings and queens once they get into Parliament.
When you are running the country it means you work for the poor people. It doesn't mean you siphon off money of disabled people. It does not mean you allot public property like coal for free to rich people.
We play politics for the good of our people.
Indian polity has failed to provide solutions to the common man's problems.
At the heart of all problems lies the politics of the country.
I have not flouted any rules on transfers or posting.
Actually, no one is born honest or corrupt.
I want to remain a common man, want to spend time with my family.
Many people say that we have sufficient laws in our country, just that they are not implemented properly. I completely disagree with them. I have studied many of the laws very carefully. We are still being governed by the same colonial laws which existed in British times. They have not been changed. Many of these laws need to be changed.
We have a democracy of elections to elections. After winning an election, the parties become brazen and arrogant. They would do all wrong things and if you question them, they would say - why don't you change the government next time? But that would be five years later. What do I do right now? I am suffering right now.
We have ended the VIP culture in Delhi. We made additional night shelters for the poor. We have started the anti-corruption helpline. We are impartial and are not against anybody.
Economic growth and 'future superpower' status is all very good but that doesn't guarantee dignity for every individual.
Doing politics over water is not good as people from Punjab and Haryana are also our own like that of Delhi. Everyone should get water.
People like Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi, who have spent Rs 500 crore to build their brands, will take that money back from us only. How can they deliver good governance?
Education is the antidote to poverty.
Corruption has to be removed from the whole country.
This democracy is not by the people, of the people, for the people. This democracy is about by the party high command, of the party high command, and for the party high command.
We, alone, can't change the country. We should do it together.
It is easy to talk about development. However, it entails painstaking efforts to actually make it happen.
Yes, I do believe in karma. In my childhood I was a believer.
If you walk on the path of truth all the powers in the universe help you.
No person can fool all the people all the time.
If someone thinks that education, health, infrastructure all are different sectors and issues and they ought to be fought independently, then they are mistaken. There is an underlying pattern in the process. And that is bad governance.
We want to spread the movement and want people to join in. Any one who is against corruption should join, be it Baba Ramdev or the common man.
We have never said that we want to challenge the institution of Parliament.
There is a perception that anganwadis are merely places where food is provided to children.
Hatred will only breed hatred.
I don't agree that the Somnath Bharti incident has been an embarrassment.
I will keep repeating, that if you find me guilty of corruption then take the strictest action against me.
It is a British legacy that we have such a strict hierarchy that we can't even write a letter to our PM.
I'm diabetic.
Why should the PM be placed on such a high pedestal? That an ordinary citizen should not even have the guts to write a letter to the PM?
No alliance can be formed on Twitter.
No one gets punished for corruption in our country.
I am an ordinary man.
Providing good education to all citizens is necessary if India wishes to be counted as a developed nation.
MPs are basically bonded labourers of their parties. And it is the party high command of each party, which takes decisions.
There isn't a single developed country which does not have its citizens well educated.
We want people to tell us the possible steps that can be taken to save ourselves from the harmful effects of air pollution.
Contrary to what certain sections of the media have been reporting, there are no differences between Swami Agnivesh, Kiran Bedi and me.
We never said that we don't have faith in Parliament. We have great respect for Parliament.
We are not entering into politics to acquire power.
My children feel proud of me. Since their father is honest, they have nothing to be ashamed about.
We have police stations for the poor but CBI, CVC and CAGs for the rich with nearly nil recovery of ill usurped wealth.
Our kids are our biggest assets. They are the future of our country. If we provide them good education, no one can stop India from becoming a developed country.
Our anti-corruption systems have inherently and intently been kept flawed.
I never imagined in my life that I will fight elections or form a political party.
Our aim should be to not allow a single corrupt politician or even a family member to enter the House.
No one can create a movement. No one can create a Gandhi.
The CVC and CAG are independent but merely recommendatory. The government often ignores their advice.
If we provide quality education to one generation, poverty will automatically be eradicated from society.
I want to appeal to all people to come together across the country and stand against this politics of corruption.
We fought against British not because of the color of their skin but also because of the exploitative character of their government.
Khap Panchayats are a group of people who come together. There is no bar on people to assemble in this country.
Right to Information is a small concrete step in making our polity more democratic.