Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal took oath as the chief minister of Delhi for the third consecutive time on Sunday (February 16)at Delhi's iconic Ramlila Maidan. Besides Kejriwal, all the six ministers in the previous government - Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, Gopal Rai, Kailash Gahlot, Imran Hussain and Rajendra Gautam - also took oath as ministers in Delhi government.

Several banners and posters bearing messages like "Dhanyawad Dilli (thank you Delhi)" along with Kejriwal's image was put up on Saturday at Ramlila Maidan ahead of the oath-taking swearing ceremony which was"open to people of Delhi".Addressing his supporters after taking oathas chief minister, Kejriwal said that his victory is the victory of every Delhiite. The AAP chief added that he has only worked to bring happiness in the lives of every Delhiites in the last five years.

"This is not my win, this is the victory of every Delhiite,of every family. In the last 5 years, our only effort has been to bring happiness and relief to every Delhiite," said Kejriwal."Elections areover, it doesn't matter who you voted for, now all Delhiites are my family. Iwill work for everyone, be it from any party, any religion, caste or strata ofsociety. Did not give step-motherly treatment to anyone; worked for everyone inlast 5 years. I will be CM of BJP and Congress supporters too," he added.

Calling for an end to the political slug fest between AAP,BJP and the Congress, Kejriwal said, "I want to work by taking everyone along. We forgive our opponents for whatever remarks they made during the poll campaign."

The Delhi CM once again focused on his good governance and said, "In this election, a new kind of politics -- the politics of work has been born. Good roads, women's safety, corruption-free India's politics has been started by the people of Delhi.""I have never stopped any one's work based on which party they belong to. I invited PM Modi but he could not come but I wish for his blessings to fulfill any dreams of making Delhi the best State," remarked Kejriwal.

Kejriwal had invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to theattend the ceremony but the prime minister could not share the stage with AAP chief because of his programme in Varanasi, his Lok Sabha constituency, onSunday.