Assembly Elections//What do you expect when it comes to fighting it out for the chief ministerial seat of Delhi? Lots of power play, of course. Both Kiran Bedi and Arvind Kejriwal, who are chief ministerial candidates from the BJP and AAP, respectively, have filed their nomination for the February 7, Delhi Assembly Elections. Before filing her nomination papers, Kiran Bedi took out a roadshow from the Krishna Nagar constituency of East Delhi, which is BJP’s traditional stronghold and paid tribute to freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai and also cleaned his statue.
Amid reports of rift within the party, senior BJP leader and Home Minister Rajnath Singh denied any crisis and said the party stands united to face the Delhi Assembly polls.
Meanwhile, Congress leader Ajay Maken today dubbed AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal and BJP’s Chief Ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi as “opportunists” who “used” Anna Hazare to meet their own political ambitions.
Maken also said that the merger of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is surely going to happen in the coming days as most of the AAP members have already joined the BJP.
What needs to be seen is who finally takes it all.