MCD Election 2017: It will be difficult for Arvind Kejriwal to rule in the state, says BJP

Bharatiya Janata Party leader (BJP) Vijender Gupta and his party members, who came to cast their votes for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Sunday, asserted that with Prime Minister Narendra Modi ruling the nation, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will find it hard to rule the national capital again.

“I have done my best to win people’s hearts; it’s like a challenge for me to contest in the MCD polls. With Modi ruling the nation, it is going to be difficult for Arvind Kejriwal to rule in the state again,” said Gupta.

He further stated that all concerned matters relating the city will be looked into and worked on soon.

“As we have promised to look into all concerned matters relating the city and states, we will work on them soon,” said Gupta.

The polling is being conducted for 272 wards of three MCD civic bodies and over 2,500 candidates are in the fray.

After losing in this month’s assembly by-polls and the February elections in Punjab and Goa, the municipal polls will be an acid test for Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government in Delhi.

Kejriwal’s former party colleague Yogendra Yadav, who now leads the Swaraj India, wrote an open letter to the Chief …read more