Beni Prasad calls Kumar Vishwas a 'joker' when asked about AAP's challenge to Rahul Gandhi

NEW DELHI: Kicking up another controversy, Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma on Thursday called Kumar Vishwas a 'joker' when asked about AAP's challenge to Rahul Gandhi. AAP on Wednesday said it will contest Lok Sabha election with hints thrown that Kumar Vishwas may contest against Rahul Gandhi.

Yesterday, addressing the gathering, AAP spokesperson Manish Sisodia, who won from Patparganj assembly seat, said party was ready to face any Congress or BJP bigwigs in the Lok Sabha elections.

"If needed, we would not shy from fielding our member Kumar Vishwas against Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha elections," he said.

Rahul Gandhi has been elected to the Lok Sabha from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. A poet, Kumar Vishwas is one of the most vocal leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party.

AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal, while addressing a public meeting here marking the party's victory, also appealed to "honest" people from all spheres and political parties, including Congress and BJP, to join his party in the fight against corruption.

Without elaborating the number of seats and in how many states AAP would be contesting general elections from, he urged people to "donate generously" as party would need more funds to contest re-election for Delhi Assembly and 2014 general elections.