RWAs will be councillors of their areas, BJP's non-cooperation nixed Mohalla Sabha plan: Kejriwal - New Delhi News

Kejriwal said the AAP would provide them with basic minimum funds and the RWAs will be councillors of their respective areas.

The RWAs will have financial and decision-making power on local issues, including fumigation, pruning of trees etc., Kejriwal said.

"The public will not remain mute spectators or consumers anymore. Each RWA will have its own mini councillor and powers will be handed to them step by step if AAP comes to the power in MCD," he said.

"We will also have extensive consultations on these issues. If we successfully implement this idea of including the residents in the MCD, it will set an example for the entire country," Kejriwal said.

"We had tried to divide Delhi into 3,500 Mohalla Sabhas, but the cooperation of BJP's MCD was impossible. So the idea went to the shelf. Now we will actively involve RWAs in this. We want to create an active platform so that people don't become mute spectators, and a two-way dialogue is maintained with the government," he added.