NEW DELHI: It was an inauguration with a difference where chief minister Arvind Kejriwal stood among spectators as a rickshaw-puller cut the ribbon inaugurating New Delhi Municipal Council 's upgraded Palika Maternity Hospital in Lodhi Colony on Saturday.

60-year-old Vijay Baba , who has been living in Delhi for the last 50 years, could not believe his ears when the CM's office informed him about inaugurating the hospital.

"Never in my dreams I had thought that I would be inaugurating a hospital with the chief minister at my side. It is a big honour," Baba said.

Kejriwal had recommended Baba's name when the NDMC had invited him to inaugurate the facility.

The inauguration stone has the rickshaw-puller's name on top followed by MP Ajay Maken and Kejriwal.

Baba, a native of Bihar, has been campaigning for AAP for the last three years.