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Podcast: News and Views
Episode: AAP Manifesto: Delhi Will Get the Moon – But Only After Statehood
Description: Arvind Kejriwal would make Delhi an El Dorado if the capital were to get full statehood. That was the main thrust of the Aam Aadmi Party’s election manifesto which was launched on Thursday, 25 April. The 35-page document made an array of promises — and the subtext of almost every promise was that it would come to pass only after Delhi attained full statehood, which the AAP would fight for if voters elected its candidates from all of Delhi’s seven Lok Sabha seats.
The chief minister and his party have long sought full statehood for Delhi. And there...