The BJP launched an unprecedented and extensive campaign across election-bound Delhi on Tuesday, holding 43 rallies. Leading the charge were Union home minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to follow up with a public meeting on Wednesday. Mr Modi is slated to address a public meeting at Yamun Khadar themed as “Viksit Dilli Sankalp rally” on Wednesday. In all, Mr Modi will hold three rallies in the city ahead of the February 5 polls.
Shah held a roadshow and addressed two public meetings, Mr Adityanath addressed three public meetings in support of BJP candidates. Rajasthan chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma sought voters’ support for party candidates in four public meetings while Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini addressed three. After holding a roadshow in Kasturba Nagar in support of BJP candidate Neeraj Basoya, Mr Shah addressed the public in the Kalkaji constituency, where BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri is contesting against chief minister Atishi and Congress leader Alka Lamba.
Shah accused AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal of falsely alleging that the Haryana government mixed poison in the Yamuna and dared the AAP supremo to make public the DJB report that he cited to level the charge. Noting the AAP chief had also claimed that he saved the people of Delhi by stopping the “poisonous” Yamuna water from entering Delhi, Mr Shah asked him to show the official order issued in this regard. “Kejriwal ji, winning and losing are part of the election process. Making an innocent face, you accused the Haryana government of mixing poison (in the Yamuna) and tried to scare the people of Delhi. Politics cannot get dirtier than this,” he charged.
