Ramesh Bidhuri, the former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP who is contesting against Delhi Chief Minister Atishi from Kalkaji, claimed that his party is steadily gaining ground in the Delhi Assembly Elections and will win anywhere between 46 and 52 seats in the 70-member Assembly. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal earlier had claimed that the BJP has decided to field Ramesh Bidhuri as its chief ministerial candidate for the Delhi Assembly Elections. Speaking exclusively to India TV on this, Bidhuri responded, "We have a system in place in BJP; no one takes random decisions like in Congress and AAP."
Bidhuri, a former three-term MLA and two-term Lok Sabha member, alleged that AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal speaks lies on every issue, be it water or electricity, and now stands exposed.
"In the name of surcharges, electricity rates in Delhi have become the most expensive in the country. People are forced to buy bottled water because clean drinking water is not available," he said. He alleged that there was a lack of infrastructural development in the city, there were no new roads or flyovers, and the existing roads lay in poor condition.
Bidhuri accused Kejriwal of indulging in a sustained "misinformation campaign" against him and warned the Delhi residents against falling into the 'trap' of 'AAPda'.
On Atishi's claims
Ramesh Bidhuri described Atishi as an "accidental CM" who got the post due to the arrest of Kejriwal and his confidant Manish Sisodia, a former Deputy Chief Minister.
"She, as the CM, has nothing to show in her report card," said Ramesh Bidhuri while again targeting Delhi Chief Minister Atishi. Bidhuri is contesting against Atishi from the Kalkaji Assembly seat. On his statement saying she (Atishi) was running around like a "hirni" in the streets of the constituency ahead of Assembly polls after doing little for the people for years, Bidhuri said, "I only responded in the same language as they talk about BJP's leaders like Hema Malini." He added, "I am a man from a village; it is my style to speak."