With reference to exit polls , Arvind Kejriwal predicted that he would be the next chief minister of Delhi, his main rival Kiran Bedi said she would wait till the announcement of results on Tuesday.
“I still feel the results will be in favour of BJP. I think we need to wait till February 10,” Ms Bedi said apologising for a hoarse voice. She recollected that the initials trends from exit polls took into account voting only till 3 pm on Saturday but many more people had voted later.
Ms Bedi again added that “I will take full responsibility for results of Delhi.”
Kiran Bedi, 65, a famous former police officer, joined the BJP and politics last month and within four days was named the party’s presumptive chief minister of Delhi.
BJP brought Kiran Bedi to counter Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Aadmi Party. These two were associatesof Team Anna during Gandhian activist Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption campaign in 2011.
Mr Kejriwal said Ms Bedi was “a very nice lady in the wrong party” and alleged that the BJP planned to use her as a scapegoat if it lost the Delhi election.
