BJP announces its campaign strategy for February 7 Delhi polls. Seen in this picture union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Rajiv Pratap Rudy
The BJP has ratcheted up the stakes in the Delhi elections deciding today to field 120 lawmakers from 13 states to take on the Aam Aadmi Party of Arvind Kejriwal.BJP chief Amit Shah met top leaders, including union ministers, to draw up an aggressive plan for Delhi today.
The party expects to have hold 250 public meetings, four of them to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
It will also pose five questions to Arvind Kejriwal. Every day.
The first set of questions were sent Mr Kejriwal's way this evening by central ministers Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Nirmala Sitaraman.
They have asked him, Kejriwal-style:
1. In December 2013, Kejriwal said he will not take the Congress or BJP's support. He then took the Congress support to form government. Where was his morality then? Why did sacrifice his ethics to come to power?
2. Kejriwal had said that he would initiate a probe against Sheila Dikshit (of the Congress) when he comes to power. Why did he not do that? Why were documents against her not made public? Why was no case filed?
3. Kejriwal wants to be a common man, wants to stay away from the 'lal batti'. He said he would not keep security men. Then why did he take Z category security from the UP Police? Why did he take security from Delhi Police as well?
4. Why did Kejriwal's government ask for SUVs for official purposes? How have the comforts of life caught up with him that he is asking for SUVs?
5. He said he is against use of private jets. Why did he a use private jet? Why does he buy business class tickets when he travels, even when he goes for fund collection, he travels in business class?
The pitch of the BJP's campaign changed after party chief Amit Shah held a meeting with several ministers and MPs this morning to put in place an aggressive strategy for the next nine days before elections are held in Delhi. The pitched attack on Mr Kejriwal underscored the BJP's worry that its chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi has not been able to draw the kind of attention and crowds that Mr Kejriwal is.