New Delhi: BJP on Sunday called AAP’s fourth list of candidates for Delhi assembly polls a symbol of “corruption and misgovernance”. BJP’s reaction came after AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal took a swipe at the saffron outfit for lacking a “CM face” and “vision”.
Earlier in the day, AAP released its final and fourth list of 38 candidates for the polls due in Feb next year. BJP is yet to declare its candidates for the elections to the 70-member Delhi Assembly.
Kejriwal, in a post on X, said AAP was contesting the elections with full confidence and preparation. “BJP is missing. They have no CM face, no team, no planning, and no vision for Delhi. They have only one slogan, only one policy, and only one mission – ‘Remove Kejriwal’. Ask them what they did in five years, and they reply, ‘Kejriwal ko bahut gaali di’,” he claimed in the post.
Kejriwal’s claim that he had development, vision and a capable team was utterly “ridiculous”, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said. “It would not be an exaggeration to say that Kejriwal’s corrupt vision and teamwork have made Delhi a model of water and air pollution, dilapidated roads and sewers, crumbling transport, and dysfunctional health and education systems. The biggest achievements of this teamwork are ‘Sheesh Mahal’ bungalow and liquor scam,” he alleged.
The people of Delhi had made up their minds to teach AAP and its leader Kejriwal a political lesson in the Feb 2025 assembly polls, Sachdeva claimed. “In the last 10 years, Kejriwal’s shallow vision and team have turned Delhi into the most polluted capital in the world. The Yamuna resembles a drain more than a river,” Sachdeva alleged.
He claimed that the fourth list of AAP candidates exposed Kejriwal as a “symbol of corruption and misgovernance” as tainted leaders were rewarded with tickets to fight the elections. When Kejriwal announced the first 32 candidates for the assembly elections, it seemed that he was being cautious and putting the burden of his govt’s anti-incumbency on the MLAs, Sachdeva added. However, the fourth candidate list clearly revealed that in the first three lists, only those MLAs who could not negotiate with the party were sidelined, he alleged. MSID:: 116342066 413 |
