NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal reacted sharply to Rahul Gandhi’s first poll rally where the Congress leader criticised the former Delhi chief minister for remaining silent over crucial issues like caste survey and Adani indictment.
“Today Rahul Gandhi came to Delhi. He abused me a lot. But I will not comment on his statements,” he said. Kejriwal’s reaction came soon after Rahul targeted the AAP leader drawing comparisons with PM Modi for following a “strategy of propaganda and false promises.”
“His fight is to save Congress, my fight is to save the country,” Kejriwal added as at least two major INDIA bloc partners have pledged support to AAP, leaving the grand old party for a solitary battle.
Earlier, Rahul questioned the AAP government in Delhi over rising pollution, corruption and inflation.
“Arvind Kejriwal had talked of removing corruption. Has he removed corruption? Just like Modi ji’s propaganda of making false promises, he is following the same strategy…. Pollution, corruption and inflation are on the rise in Delhi,” he said.
He also drew comparisons between the state of national capital under Congress’s Sheila Dikshit and Kejriwal.
“Do you remember that Delhi when Sheila Dikshit was the chief minister of the national capital? … Arvind Kejriwal had said he will clean Delhi, make it corruption-free. There is so much pollution in Delhi… Did Arvind Kejriwal make Delhi corruption-free? Arvind Kejriwal campaigns in the same way as PM Modi does and makes false promises to the people,” he said.
Both Congress and AAP, which are a part of anti-BJP INDIA bloc, have decided to contest the Delhi polls separately. Elections in Delhi are set to take place on February 5 and the votes would be counted on February 8.