Delhi Elections 2020: Arvind Kejriwal "invited" Home Minister Amit Shah to debate him in public.
As his 1 pm "deadline" for the BJP to announce a chief ministerial candidate for Delhi ended, Arvind Kejriwal today "invited" Home Minister Amit Shah to debate him in public ahead of the Delhi election on Saturday.
"Debate is good, come, let us debate. Amit Shah said vote us, we will give you chief minister," the Delhi Chief Minister said.
"Delhi wants to know why they should vote for BJP," the Aam Aadmi Party chief added.
"They want to know from the country's Home Minister why he cannot get the Shaheen Bagh road opened, why do dirty politics? How is this son of Delhi a terrorist?"
Arvind Kejriwal challenged the ruling party to at least name "likely candidates" for chief minister? "Is Vijay Goes among them? Manoj Tiwari? Smriti Irani? Hardeep Puri?"
Yesterday, Mr Kejriwal had declared that if the BJP named a chief ministerial candidate for Delhi by 1 pm, he would debate with that person.
Mr Kejriwal said it was unacceptable for Amit Shah to demand a "blank cheque" from the people of Delhi.
The BJP's Delhi Chief Manoj Tiwari, asked who would be chief ministerial candidate, said it was the party's "strategy" not to name one before elections.
"We all will contest together and then after winning we will all decide who it will be," Mr Tiwari told NDTV.
In most elections, the BJP has sought votes in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, showcasing the party's achievements at the Centre, instead of highlighting local candidates.
Mr Kejriwal and AAP have repeatedly ridiculed the BJP for its lack of a Chief Ministerial candidate. The Chief Minister even tweeted a Happy New Year wish to the "7 Chief Minister candidates of Delhi BJP", with a large banner featuring Manoj Tiwari, Gautam Gambhir, Vijay Goel, Hardeep Singh Puri, Harsh Vardhan, Vijender Gupta and Parvesh Sahib Singh.