"Governance, Not Politics": Arvind Kejriwal On 'G8' Chief Ministers' Forum
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Arvind Kejriwal had written to Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan, Tamil Nadu's MK Stalin, Jharkhand's Hemant Soren and others
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has told NDTV that the non-Congress, non-BJP 'G8' platform he is forming will be all about governance and not politics. The first meeting of the group – due on March 18 -- had to be postponed because his counterparts in other states were caught up with budget and other issues, he said.
Indicating that the platform was very much on track, he said he had several rounds of meetings with others and his letter to them was a means to finalise the date of the meeting.
"Everyone had their own business. Almost everyone was busy on 18th and 19th March because everyone has budget session… This is a work in progress and not possible before mid-April," he told NDTV in an exclusive interview.
On March 5, Mr Kejriwal had written to seven Chief Ministers, inviting them to Delhi on March 18. The idea was to find common cause and form a "progressive group ". The letter -- accessed by NDTV -- was sent on February 5 to Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan, Tamil Nadu's MK Stalin, Jharkhand's Hemant Soren and others. The forum was supposed to be announced at a press conference the same evening.
