Kejriwal calls on PM Modi for first time after being re-elected as Delhi CM, discusses riots
NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and discussed the situation in the riot-hit northeast Delhi. After the meeting he said he requested the PM that those responsible for the deadly violence “irrespective of party affiliation should not be spared”.
It was the first meeting of Kejriwal with Modi after the Aam Aadmi Party returned to power in the national capital for a third consecutive term.
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The meeting, at the Prime Minister’s Office in Parliament, lasted half an hour. Emerging from the meeting, Kejriwal appreciated the Delhi police for being proactive in controlling the situation when rumours were being spread on Sunday night.
“Delhi police acted in a swift manner to control the situation when rumours were spread on Sunday night. Had the police acted with the same efficiency on Monday & Tuesday last week when riots were confined in a district, so many lives could have been saved,” he told reporters.
Large-scale violence in northeast Delhi has left more than 42 people dead and 200 injured. The Delhi CM said he also requested the prime minister that such incidents should not happen and Modi agreed.
Urging Modi to take stern action against those involved in the violence, Kejriwal said, “I told him we should try and ensure that such riots do not happen again in the national capital.