‘BJP wouldn’t need campaigners if it worked in MCD’

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has deployed several party heavyweights, including seven chief ministers and 17 Cabinet ministers to campaign against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) because the saffron party “did no work” during its 15-year tenure in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday

“Had they done some work in the last 15 years, BJP would not need to bring all its heavyweights from across the country in a municipal election,” Kejriwal said during a door-to-door campaign in Chirag Delhi.

“I challenge BJP national president JP Nadda to tell us: What work did you do in MCD apart from abusing me in 15 years?” he said.

Electioneering for the municipal polls, scheduled on December 4, will come to an end on December 2. The AAP, in its effort to dethrone the BJP, which has ruled the MCD for three consecutive terms, has alleged that sanitation services in the Capital are extremely poor. AAP leaders and workers are carrying out a ground-levell campaign “Kejriwal ki sarkar, Kejriwal ka paarshad (Kejriwal’s government, Kejriwal’s councillor)”.

Flanked by security personnel and AAP leaders Kejriwal walked through alleys interacting with people in Chirag Delhi. Much to Kejriwal’s amusement, a woman asked him why he was not wearing his signature muffler. “It is not so cold now,” Kejriwal responded with a laugh, and got a selfie clicked with the woman.

Kejriwal told the people the party’s focus was on improving sanitation in Chirag Delhi.

During the campaign, Kejriwal also sat down at a local tea stall with residents “With the support of 20 million Delhi residents, AAP will transform Delhi into a sparkling clean and beautiful city. People of Delhi are ready for change in MCD by giving a chance to AAP.”

Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta, meanwhile, said the AAP was not able to clean the Yamuna or rid the city of air pollution during its seven years in power. “Kejriwal says he is being abused. Someone should tell him that asking questions is a religion in a democracy,” he said.