Friday 16 January 2015

Battle for Delhi begins again!


Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off BJP's campaign for Delhi by yoking his credibility to the party's power bid in the city and by launching a frontal attack on AAP , accusing Arvind Kejriwal of promoting anarchy and lacking governance skills.
Addressing a large gathering at Ramlila Maidan, Modi latched on to Kejriwal's self-description of being an anarchist and said such politics will be disastrous for the city.
"Have you ever seen a politician who claims to be an anarchist? Those who believe in anarchy should go to the jungle and jo in the Naxals. There is no place for anarchists in Delhi.The city needs responsible people to run the government," said Modi drawing cheers. In his 38-minute speech, PM took care not to mention the AAP leader but it was Kejriwal who remained the focus of his speech which seemed to set up a showdown between the two who have duelled earlier in Varanasi.
Modi took pointed digs at the AAP leader for his populist politics and labelled him an obstructionist.
"People should be given only such assignments in keeping with their expertise. Those who are adept at sitting on footpaths, blocking traffic and launching agitations, they should be doing just that. We have the expertise to run governments and so we are the ones who should be given that responsibility." He urged voters to punish those responsible for the lack of a government for a year.

Hours after PM Narendra Modi lashed out at AAP, Arvind Kejriwal returned fire, calling BJP's Delhi unit "a sinkin g ship without a captain"."The party (BJP) has no positive agenda for Delhi and is therefore resorting to name-calling and personal attacks," Kejriwal said.The AAP chief blamed the BJP and the Congress for the year-long political stalemate in Delhi. "Call me anything you like but at least I worked. I am the only one who can stand up for the rights of people.Delhi has been without a government for a year because of the BJP and the Congress who refused to allow fresh elections to take place," he said. Countering the PM's remark that Kejriwal was good at dharnas and should stick to that, he said: "BJP does not know governance. AAP knows both governance and doing dharnas. If BJP wants, we can teach them (both).




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