Opted for fresh election in Delhi as it was the only way out: Kejriwal

May 30, 2014 09:02

Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal sought to clarify that he opted for fresh elections despite having requested the Delhi Lieutenant Governor not to dissolve the Assembly after Najeeb Jung told him that the government formation was not possible due to technical reasons.

"I agree that I wrote to the Lt Governor (last week) asking him not to dissolve the Assembly as I wanted to ask people on whether we should form the government," Kejriwal told volunteers at a meeting held here. "The next day when I met the Lt Governor, he said that government formation was not possible due to technical reasons and fresh election was the only solution," he said.

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