AAP calls for granting full statehood to Delhi

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fulfil his promise of granting full statehood to Delhi.

"The Bharatiya Janata Party had promised that Delhi will be granted the right of full statehood. We request that Prime Minister Modi fulfils this promise," Kejriwal told the media.

The former Delhi chief minister also raised the issue of sewage facilities and the construction of roads in the unauthorised colonies of the national capital.

"The people in unauthorised colonies are living in very poor conditions and we want that they have proper sewage facilities and roads. We also want the commencement of registry of the unauthorised colonies and the issuing of loans for the houses," he stated.

Delhi has been under President's rule since February 2014 after Kejriwal stepped down from power.

Lieutenant Governor (LG) Najeeb Jung in November sent a status report to the Ministry of Home Affairs over government formation in the capital after his consultations with leaders of the BJP, Congress and the AAP to explore the possibility of government formation in Delhi. He met all the three party leaders separately.

In the meeting at that time, all parties expressed their inability to form the government in Delhi.