Delhi election LIVE updates: Arvind Kejriwal challenges BJP to announce CM face by 1 pm tomorrow
Delhi election LIVE updates: Campaigning ahead of the high-voltage Delhi assembly elections are heating up with just days left for the big fight between the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), BJP and Congress. Today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is leading the BJP campaign in Delhi will address another election rally in Dwarka. On the other hand, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi will also be hitting the streets and campaign in Sangam Vihar on Tuesday. The Congress leaders will also conduct rallies across East Delhi, South Delhi, Central Delhi and Outer Delhi. On Monday, PM Modi trained guns at protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at Shaheen Bagh, Jamia and Seelampur, saying it was not a coincidence, but an “experiment” and a political conspiracy to destroy the country’s harmony. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal took out roadshows in various parts of Delhi on Monday, while AAP tried to corner the BJP for allegedly calling him a “terrorist”. Meanwhile, Yogi Adityanath continued his blistering attack on Kejriwal at public meetings, saying the AAP leader has become a “toy in the hands of antisocial and anti-India elements”. Follow live updates on Delhi assembly elections:
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Kejriwal sets deadline for BJP to declare CM candidate
AAP chief and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has challenged the BJP to announce its chief ministerial candidate by 1 pm on Wednesday and said he is ready for a public debate with that candidate. Kejriwal said if the BJP doesn’t do so by then, he will meet the press to announce his next course of action. “Delhiites want the BJP to declare its chief ministerial candidate and I am ready for a debate with him,” he told reporters on Tuesday after the AAP launched its manifesto for the February 8 elections