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Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader and candidate from Jangpura assembly constituency Manish Sisodia launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday, saying that the latter is not even confident of presenting a Chief Minister candidate.
He also hit back at the BJP with a jibe over their 'AAPda' (calamity) attack and said his party is clearly an "AAPda" (calamity) for them. "There is an 'Aapda' in front of the BJP regarding who is credible enough to be put up against Arvind Kejriwal, there is no one...what will they give Delhi? In Haryana and UP, it is your govt, tell us if you have improved the schools there," Sisodia told ANI. Further criticising the BJP, he said that the party's leaders are 'abusive,' and distribute money and sarees to voters. "Clearly we are an 'Aapda' for BJP. BJP is unable to declare a CM face in Delhi as all the leaders they have are abusive, they make inappropriate remarks about women, abuse people, distribute money and sarees," Sisodia added. Sisodia's remarks came shortly after BJP national president JP Nadda released their manifesto and called AAP an 'AAPda' (calamity) for not implementing any of the promised schemes in the national capital. Being asked about the pollution in the national capital, the senior AAP leader said that the "Delhi government has done its job" but neighbouring states such as Uttar Pradesh have not. "When it comes to Delhi pollution, by introducing electric buses and vehicles, Delhi govt has done its job. But when the Delhi govt bans a diesel vehicle in Delhi, then UP govt allows that vehicle in Ghaziabad and UP, pollution doesn't have boundaries," he added. He further implored for pollution to be seen as an issue of "whole of north India" and criticised the central government for "not doing enough" to mitigate pollution. "Whose job is that? It is the job of the central govt, but they are not doing it. They are doing politics in the name of Delhi and Punjab...stubble burning pollution has been brought down, in Delhi, pollution has been brought down...in UP and Madhya Pradesh also stubble burning is happening and it is increasing there," he mentioned. Similarly, on the cleaning of the Yamuna, Sisodia mentioned that he appreciates Kejriwal being honest about the river's health. "I appreciate and follow Kejriwal as a leader and one thing I like about him is that, when he promises to deliver something, he doesn't later call it 'Jumla'. Unlike Amit Shah who once came and said what PM said regarding Rs 15 lakhs, was a 'Jumla', PM said it just like that and they wouldn't be giving it," Sisodia mentioned. "Kejriwal didn't call his promise 'Jumla', he said yes, being a Delhiite he wants the Yamuna River to be clean and he will work on it. He couldn't do much work on it but he said he will," he added. Manish Sisodia is the party's candidate to contest the Jangpura Assembly constituency and will be contesting against BJP's Tarvind Singh Marwah and Congress' Farhad Suri. The Delhi Assembly elections are going to be held in a single phase on February 5, with counting to be done on February 8. (ANI)
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