Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday described AAP as 'Aawaidh Aamdaniwali Party', and alleged that the party did nothing but spread lies to get votes and indulged in corruption under Arvind Kejriwal's leadership during its 10-year rule in Delhi.
In a 'Super Sunday' campaign for the BJP ahead of the polls, party leaders including Lok Sabha MP Anurag Thakur, Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Lok Sabha MP Ravi Kishan among other senior leaders addressed 20 public meetings and conducted over 100 organizational meetings.
Addressing a public meeting in the Narela Assembly constituency, Shah accused Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of insulting Purvanchalis living in Delhi with their comments, besides alleging misgovernance in the capital under AAP's watch.
"Kejriwal only told lies to get votes. AAP means 'Awaidh Aamdaniwali Party' (party which makes illegal income). They fight elections in Punjab with Delhi's money, go to contest elections in Gujarat and also fight elections in Goa with Delhi's money," Shah said.
"He has not only created chaos but Arvind Kejriwal has also insulted the people from Purvanchal who have gone to every corner of the country and increased the honor of the country with their sweat. Poorvanchalis are called fake voters, so I want to ask that the brothers and sisters from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand do not have the right to vote in Delhi," he alleged.
The senior BJP leader accused Kejriwal of working to drive away the Purvanchal brothers and sisters from Delhi during the Corona period and said that Kejriwal used to say that they come with a ticket of Rs 500 and go after getting free treatment of Rs 5 lakh.
"I want to tell the people of Purvanchal that if BJP forms the government, we will ensure free treatment of Rs 10 lakh. The poor across the country are getting free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh under the Ayushman Yojana, but Kejriwal committed the sin of keeping the people of Delhi away from free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh," the Union Minister said.
Hitting out at the AAP chief for not cleaning Yamuna river, he said, "Kejriwal used to say that we will clean the Yamuna for Chhath Puja, but today it has been 10 years and I want to ask the Purvanchal brothers and sisters that can we take a dip in Yamuna while going for Chhath Puja, have the ghats been improved??"
"Being deceived by Kejriwal's promises, BJP state president took a dip in Yamuna and he fell ill and was admitted to hospital. Kejriwal did not take a dip but we made his cutout take a dip," he added.
Calling Kejriwal a 'liar', Shah added, "He protested with Anna in Anna Hazare's movement and he said that we are not political people and we will not form a political party, but he did. Then he says that we will not take the support of Congress but he did take the support."
Stating that governance in Delhi under Kejriwal's AAP worsened over the past 10 years, the home minister said, "AAP's misgovernance will come to an end on February 8, when the BJP will come to power. Kejriwal, your government is on its way out soon and the BJP is coming to the helm."
Addressing a rally, BJP MP Anurag Thakur also attacked Kejriwal over the recurring deterioration in the city's air quality, witnessed in the past many years. Taking a dig at him, Thakur said Kejriwal came to Delhi "coughing" from Haryana 11 years ago and has since left the city "gasping for breath."
"Eleven years ago, someone from Haryana came coughing into Delhi with a muffler wrapped around him. Now, that same person wants Z-plus security from two states," Thakur said.
"Neither Delhi's air is clean, nor its roads, nor its mountains of garbage, nor the Yamuna. This time, the AAP government will be cleaned out of Delhi too," he added, accusing Kejriwal of launching his political career as a corruption-crusader but indulging in the vice himself.
He also termed Kejriwal "anti-women" to allege "a man who can take a fake oath on his daughter's name cannot be trusted to work for your welfare."
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also addressed public gatherings in Mundka, Krishna Nagar, and Karawal Nagar in support of BJP candidates Gajendra Daral, Dr. Anil Goel, and Kapil Mishra. He stated that Arvind Kejriwal will deceive Delhi women just as he did in Punjab, but BJP will serve them like it does in Madhya Pradesh with the "Ladli Behna"
