Business
India Inc. hopes Kejriwal will make Delhi a global city
The business fraternity is hopeful that newly-installed Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal would be able to make the national capital a
global city, harnessing the strength of the common-man, and also be able
to separate economics from politics for the metaphorical growth.
Aam
Admi Party (AAP) chief Kejriwal was Saturday sworn in as Delhi's chief
minister by Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung at the Ramlila Maidan here, along
with six ministers.
"Kejriwal will have tremendous opportunity to
cleanse the political process with the support of people of Delhi and
would be able to separate economics from politics for metaphorical
growth of national capital as it will always attract diverse immigrants
from the entire federal structure of India," Alok B. Shriram, APHD
Chamber of Commerce and Industry President, said.
Meanwhile,
ASSOCHAM President Rana Kapoor said he was confident that the AAP
government would be able to make the national capital a global city
harnessing the strength of the common-man whose power and potential has
not been fully tapped.
Kejriwal, 46, led the AAP to a thumping win in the Delhi assembly elections. The party won a staggering 67 of the 70 seats.
"Governments
can tap the vast powers of a common man and common woman only by
empowering them with education, health, better life standards.
Kejriwal's connect with the common man would go a long way in harnessing
the people power which makes a huge difference to the industry and
economy," Kapoor said.
He said the ASSOCHAM was confident that
the AAP government would improve Delhi's index on ease of doing business
and attract new investment as the capital city will have better
infrastructure.
However, the PHD Chamber in a statement said it
had appealed to the new chief minister "not to insist on bringing down
tariffs of utilities in areas of electricity, water and the likes below
their cost for those who do not fall in the category of vulnerable
section since such measures may be non-productive on the new
dispensation in the long run."