Bharatiya Janata Party has
formally nominated Kiran Bedi as its CM candidate in the Delhi Assembly
Elections. Following the party's chief election committee meeting yesterday,
the party chief Amit told the media, "BJP will contest polls under the leadership
of Kiran Bedi in New Delhi. She will contest from Krishna Nagar constituency.
The party leadership has chosen her as the chief ministerial candidate for the
Delhi Assembly election."
Ms Bedi, in return, told the
reporters, "I would like to thank party leadership for showing confidence
in me." Appreciating Bedi's
character, Mr Shah said, "Bedi's whole life has been around the people of
Delhi. She has dedicated her life to fight against crime and corruption. During
her days in the Delhi Police, she gained much trust among people; she has also
been a well-known name in social work."
She will fight from Krishna
Nagar, a BJP stronghold in the capital city. Sources say that it was Bedi who asked the party to field her from Krishna Nagar as she did not want a direct fight
with Arvind Kejriwal from New Delhi constituency.
After her CM candidature was
announced, the AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal challenged her for a political
debate that would be telecasted on TV and viewed by all. He challenge cam in
form of a Tweet. Bedi refuted his challenge by twitting - Arvind only believes
in debating and we will debate on the floor of the house.
.@thekiranbedi congrats 4 being nominated as BJP's CM candidate. I invite u 4 a public debate moderated by neutral person n telecast by all
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) January 20, 2015
Kiran Bedi's induction in the BJP on 15 January gave rise to the rounds
of conjecturing that she will be the CM candidate for BJP in the coming Delhi
Assembly polls.
The elections will be held on 7
February and the results will come out on the 10th of the same month.
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