NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP has said when Arvind Kejriwal announced the first 32 candidates for the assembly elections, it seemed he was being cautious and putting the burden of his government’s anti-incumbency on the MLAs. However, the fourth candidate list reveals that only those MLAs who could not negotiate with the party were sidelined in the first three lists, he alleged.
The opposition party referred to the viral video statement of Janakpuri MLA Rajesh Rishi, which underscores that Kejriwal’s election surveys ultimately get influenced by money.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva alleged that the latest list highlights that Kejriwal has rewarded individuals such as gangster Naresh Balyan, corrupt Amanatullah Khan, women harasser Somnath Bharti, water mafia Dinesh Mohaniya, and Naresh Yadav, accused of disrespecting the Quran.
Sachdeva concluded by saying that looking at Kejriwal’s candidate list, it is no exaggeration to say that he remains the face of misrule and chaos, just as he was yesterday.
BJP leaders stayed in 1194 slums
Meanwhile, eyeing votes from slum areas in the upcoming assembly elections, Delhi BJP leaders stayed overnight in 1,194 slum clusters to interact with slum dwellers.
This overnight stay program is part of the party’s ongoing Slum Expansion Campaign, under which the party has appointed slum caretakers.
Vishnu Mittal, the state general secretary and coordinator of this campaign, shared that Sachdeva stayed overnight at Rajiv Camp and Krishna Market, Jhilmil, in East Delhi. Meanwhile, party leaders and workers held dialogues with slum dwellers during dinner in approximately 1,194 slum clusters to listen to their problems and understand possible solutions directly from them, he informed.
Sachdeva said that the BJP is the first party whose leaders have been directly communicating with people, especially the youth, in all the Jhuggi clusters in Delhi for the last 5 months, understanding their problems and solutions.