Agencies/New Delhi

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal yesterday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, days after his outfit routed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi assembly elecgtions.
Kejriwal invited Modi to attend his oath-taking ceremony as Delhi chief minister tomorrow, AAP leader Manish Sisodia said.
But Modi said he would not be able to attend since he has prior commitments away from Delhi that day.
Sisodia, who accompanied Kejriwal to the meeting with Modi, said the leaders had “good talks” on issues concerning Delhi’s development including granting full statehood to the national capital.
The AAP won 67 of the 70 assembly seats, among the biggest victory margins in state polls in India’s history.
The results were a blow for Modi, whose BJP secured only three seats in the state-level Delhi poll, after its landslide national victory last year and several state wins since then.
Kejriwal and Sisodia, who is likely to be the deputy chief minister, were with Modi for some 20 minutes.
Full statehood to Delhi was one of the promises made by the Aam Aadmi Party in the run-up to the assembly polls.
Modi, who during the campaign had called Kejriwal a “Naxalite” who should be banished to the forest, received the AAP leader warmly.
“We discussed issues concerning Delhi over ‘chai pe charcha’. One of the issues was granting Delhi full statehood,” Sisodia said.
He said Modi promised to ponder over the issue and assured the AAP leaders of the central government’s full co-operation to the Delhi government.
Meanwhile, names of ministers in the Kejriwal cabinet have almost been finalised with Sisodia tipped to become the deputy chief minister.
Though Sisodia did not say much on the cabinet formation, sources said four new faces were likely to take oath as ministers.
Among those likely to be included are Satyendra Jain, Jitender Tomar, Kapil Mishra, Sandeep Kumar and Asim Ahmed Khan.
“Nothing can be said now. The final list (of ministers) would be sent to Lt Governor Najeeb Jung soon,” he said.
Kejriwal and Sisodia have been meeting central ministers whose ministries have a say in the affairs of Delhi. They discussed the same issues with Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu and Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday.
Naidu’s ministry controls the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and large areas of land in the capital. The home ministry controls Delhi police.
Yesterday’s Modi-Kejriwal meeting - their first - is expected to break the ice in their relations.
The AAP leader took on Modi in Varanasi during the Lok Sabha election and lost badly.
On February 10, the AAP turned the tables on the BJP, delivering Modi’s party its first defeat since its Lok Sabha triumph.
Like in December 2013, Kejriwal will take oath as chief minister at the sprawling Ramlila Maidan in the heart of Delhi.
An estimated 100,000 people attended that event in 2013, when the AAP created sensation by winning 28 seats in its maiden election. It formed a government with Congress help that lasted just 49 days.
Now that the AAP has won a staggering 67 of the 70 seats, both the party and the police are expecting a much larger crowd.