Campaigning for the Delhi assembly elections picked up steam further on Sunday with both the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party trading barbs over a range of issues in the national capital.
AAP supremo and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal launched a blistering attack on the saffron party, saying they would demolish all slums in Delhi if voted to power.
"They want your votes first and your land after the elections," he said.
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Kejriwal also alleged that the BJP has plans to take over the land currently occupied by slum dwellers without addressing their housing needs.
He dared Union Home Minister Amit Shah to withdraw all cases against people living in 'jhuggis' and resettle those displaced within 24 hours.
"I will not contest the elections if Amit Shah withdraws all the cases against the slum dwellers or displaced people. If the BJP fails, I will contest and stand as a shield for the slum dwellers. Let's see who destroys them," the AAP leader said.
There was no immediate response from the BJP to Kejriwal’s tirade, however, the party alleged that the AAP government had failed to fulfil all of its key poll promises and "destroyed" the city.
Addressing a press conference, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri listed 10 promises the AAP had made ahead of the 2020 assembly polls but did not fulfil.
“Kejriwal came into politics saying that he would not accept big government bungalows and only travel in his Wagon R but built a 'sheesh mahal' for himself to live a luxurious life during his stint as Delhi chief minister,” Puri said.
Elections to the 70-member Delhi assembly will take place on February 5 and the counting will take place on February 8.
