AAP will defeat BJP in all 7 LS seats in city: Kejriwal

New Delhi: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal has reiterated that a vote for the Congress in the upcoming Lok Sabha election will mean victory of the BJP and asserted his party will “fulfil its duty” of defeating the ruling party at the Centre on all seven parliamentary seats in Delhi. Mr Kejriwal’s assertion has come amid a speculation that the AAP may ally with the Congress to challenge the BJP in parliamentary polls later this year.

Addressing a meeting of party office-bearers from South Delhi Lok Sabha seat on Thursday, the Delhi chief minister said, “AAP will fulfil its duty of defeating the BJP on all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi.” Mr Kejriwal asked the party men to explain the arithmetic of coming polls to voters.

In the last Lok Sabha election, (in Delhi) the BJP got 46 per cent votes and the AAP obtained 33 per cent and the Congress 15 per cent votes, he said.

“The surveys reveal BJP is going to loose 10 per cent of its vote share this time and you need to tell people that if these votes are polled by AAP, it will win all seven seats in Delhi by scoring 43 per cent votes. You have to explain to people that voting for Congress means victory of BJP,” Mr Kejriwal told AAP workers.

He asserted the Congress faced defeat in 2014 because of the unity of all and now is the time to remove the “autocracy” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah from the country.

The AAP chief will hold Lok Sabha constituency-wise meetings of Delhi workers till January 16.