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On Friday when asked if he would agree to an agreement like that in Uttar Pradesh, where Yogi Adityanath, then a Speaker, was invited to take on the role of chief minister. "It'll be a privilege and a huge responsibility," the BJP MP from East Delhi said.Gambhir is now aware of the challenges his constituency is facing, the Ghazipur landfill being the largest. He agreed to slowly reduce the height of the garbage mountain and on Thursday opened a ballistic segregator.However, Gambhir is honest enough to admit that cannot give a "time frame to when it will be done." "But I am working on it," he said.The BJP MP, who has got CCTVs installed in for East Delhi and is also working on getting more ambulances for the area, questioned the delay by AAP in fulfilling its key poll promise."One should not promise something that can't be delivered," he quipped referring to the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) promise of free WiFi across Delhi and deployment of marshals for women passengers on buses.He also admitted that he does not share any 'equation' with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kerjiwal, who is felt was being "a disappointment".Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari recently argued for urgent implementation of national citizenship Register (NRC) in Delhi. But Gambhir is in no hurry. "Whenever NRC is tried in Delhi, it should be by a BJP government and absolutely fool-proof," he reasoned.Long before he joined politics, Gambhir's tweets had taken on a nationalistic tenor.He has called Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, another former cricketer, a "puppet" of his country's Army. While talking to , he said a sportsman like Khan should've spoken of taking everyone together and not focused on drumming up war hysteria at the recently concluded UNGA.He also lashed out at the Opposition and critics for questioning the communication blockade in Kashmir in the aftermath of abrogation of Article 370. "I remember after Burhan Wani's death, there was crackdown for three months. And this is just a precautionary measure."He also batted for the relocation of Kashmiri Pandits to their home. The BJP MP said the spate of developmental work on the Indian side of Kashmir will make the people in PoK understand what are they denied of.( With inputs from IANS )

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