Vote for Any Party or Candidate Who Can Defeat BJP: Kejriwal

Kejriwal was speaking at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on the occasion of the AAP’s fifth anniversary.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Image used for representational purposes.

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday asked people in Gujarat to vote for any party which they think can defeat the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in upcoming Assembly elections.

If somewhere the AAP is winning, then give your vote for AAP. If any other party is winning, give the vote to them. But defeat the BJP.

Arvind Kejriwal

Kejriwal was speaking at the Aam Aadmi Party's National Conference at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on the occasion of the AAP's fifth anniversary, which drew participation from 22 states.

“I request the people of Gujarat to give your vote to that candidate or party who can defeat the BJP,” the chief minister said.

He also accused the BJP of dividing India on Hindu-Muslim lines and said it had done in three years what Pakistan and its ISI could not do in 60 years.

“Pakistan’s biggest dream is to divide Hindustan on the lines of Hindus and Muslims. Those who're dividing the country on the lines of Hindus and Muslims are ISI agents,” the Aam Aadmi Party leader said at the party's National Conference here.

Under the veil of patriots, they’re anti-nationals. They want to weaken the country. This dream has been harboured by Pakistan. What Inter-Services Intelligence could not do in 60 years, the BJP has done in three years.

It was at Ramlila Maidan where the India Against Corruption movement led by Anna Hazare started, later giving birth to the AAP in 2012.

Party leaders including Delhi ministers Manish Sisodia and Gopal Rai as well as Bhagwant Mann, an MP from Punjab, spoke on the occasion.

Also present were a large number of AAP MLAs from Delhi and Punjab as well as AAP corporators from Delhi.

(With inputs from IANS.)

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