AAP CM candidate conducted mega ‘Shakti’ rally this day in East Delhi’s Krishna Nagar which is the constituency of Kiran Bedi, BJP’s chief ministerial candidate.
Arvind Kejriwal focused mainly on women’s security, the BJP leader’s key agenda, and also featuring a former top cop to counter her USP.
Ms Bedi – who has made much of her experience as a former police officer in her campaign – has accorded top priority to security for women in Delhi on her list of promises.
In the absence of Kejriwal. Women leaders of AAP like actor-activist Gul Panag and former corporate honcho Meera Sanyal will lead the rally. Also present will be Kanchan Bhattacharya, a former Uttarakhand Director General of Police, who had a television serial based on her life.
The AAP rally today is also strategically timed – Delhi votes in three days and campaigning ends tomorrow.
Mr Kejriwal will address three rallies in the city as all parties attempt to pack in more in the last few days.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has addressed three rallies in the last four days, will address one again today, this time in South Delhi’s Ambedkar Nagar.
He arrived by chopper for Tuesday’s rally in Rohini, where he ripped into Mr Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party, which is given the edge in Delhi by most opinion polls.