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There are no free lunches, says Bedi

Last Updated 16 February 2015, 19:52 IST

Days after voters in the capital demolished her hopes to become chief minister, Kiran Bedi on Monday chided the public for not understanding that “there are no free lunches”.

Bedi took to her blog to write an “open letter” to the public in which she said apart from seeking implementable vision and plans, the people also wanted freebies. “They do not get it still, that there are no free lunches in life. If you rob Peter to pay Paul, it won’t be long before all get robbed,” she wrote in a post on Monday.

She alleged that her opponents called her the foulest possible names during the Delhi Assembly elections. “I am relieved my parents were not alive to hear the foul words hurled at me,” she said.

Bedi’s blog post on Monday, titled “An open letter to fellow Indians”, had lifted much from another one she wrote the previous day under the headline “Relieved that my parents not alive to hear the foul words”.

Bedi drew the public’s attention to her latest post by tweeting about it. Bedi said she contested elections because she did not want to die with the guilt that she only commented against the system without daring to pass the ultimate test of electoral politics. “I have failed the test and take full responsibility for my decision,” she wrote.

Looking back at the election trail, she said there was a need to rework the way campaigning was done. “Whole City or State comes to a grinding halt. Should it? Roads are in disarray, and work just stops,” she said.

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(Published 16 February 2015, 19:52 IST)

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