Delhi Polls: BJP brought Barack Obama to sway voters- Arvind Kejriwal

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party made an earthy pitch for the Mundka assembly seat in northwest Delhi on Wednesday. Addressing farmers in Kanjhawala, the party's chief ministerial candidate, Arvind Kejriwal, and another prominent face, Kumar Vishwas, attacked their main rival, BJP, with accusations and rustic jibes.

While the party's local candidate, Sukhbir Dalal, promised the gathering more hospitals, colleges, proper water and power supply and overall development, Kejriwal and Vishwas attacked BJP and its chief ministerial candidate, Kiran Bedi. Vishwas was the harsher of the two: "Her problems with Kejriwal relate to his muffler and his coughing. Did he snatch your muffler? Do you have to sleep in his bedroom?"

Twice pulled up by Election Commission for telling people to accept bribes from Congress and BJP, Kejriwal chose his words more carefully. "BJP is disintegrating because they know they're going to lose. They even brought Obama, but it didn't make a difference. When they lose, Kiran Bedi will become a scapegoat. I fail to understand why she joined BJP 10 days before elections. If she had to join politics, she should have joined AAP,'' he said.

It wasn't Vishwas' rally as he was scheduled to speak elsewhere but he stopped by and charged up the air with a string of sharp remarks. He called Bedi greedy and opportunistic, and accused her of compromising on the "ideologies she stood for". About her refusal to engage in a debate with Kejriwal, he said, "If not with Kejriwal, debate with me".

In 2013, AAP had finished third in Mundka behind independent MLA Rambir Shokeen and BJP. Even this time, it is seen to be a fight between BJP's Azad Singh, brother of an ex-CM, late Sahib Singh Verma, and Shokeen's wife Rita, contesting on a Congress ticket.