Uttar Pradesh elections 2022: AAP open to alliance to keep BJP out of power, says Arvind Kejriwal

Lucknow, February 21: With the Assembly elections underway, Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said in case a situation arises in Uttar Pradesh that there was a hung Assembly then their party would enter into a post-poll alliance to keep incumbent BJP out of power in the state.

"If the hung Assembly takes place in Uttar Pradesh, we will go to the government and get all our guarantees fulfilled to keep the BJP out. So don't worry about the seats, vote for the AAP with great enthusiasm," Arvind Kejriwal urged people while addressing a rally in Lucknow. Also read | First tribal youth from Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar qualifies NEET 2022 Further, reacting to the allegation of 'AAP's links with separatist forces,' made by Hindi poet and former AAP leader Kumar Vishwas, Kejriwal said, "a poet from Ghaziabad had a dream that Kejriwal was a terrorist". "So remove Prime Minister Narendra Modi, agencies such as RAW, NIA, CBI, ED and keep that poet. He will tell who is a terrorist and who is not," he added. Quoting a dialogue from 'Sholay', a Bollywood film, Arvind Kejriwal said "At least 100 miles away when someone indulges in corruption, the mother says son sleep or else Kejriwal will come." "I am a terrorist who scares the corrupt," he added. Lashing out at opposition parties, Arvind Kejriwal said, "if the BJP and the Congress had worked in 70 years, they would have asked for votes in the name of work. Now they have to ask for votes by calling Arvind Kejriwal a terrorist." Also read | Covid-19: Classes 5, 8 board exams cancelled in Haryana for one year Taking on the BJP, the AAP leader cited Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech and said, "Yesterday, the PM said those who ride bicycle are terrorists". "This is an insult to bicycle riders. When you vote, tell them it's BJP (people) who are terrorists, not the ones who ride bicycles," Kejriwal said. Kejriwal is on a one-day visit to the capital city of Uttar Pradesh to seek support for party candidates in the ongoing seven-phase UP Assembly elections. Three of the seven phases of UP Assembly elections have been completed and the voting for the remaining phases will continue on February 23, February 27, March 3 and March 7. The counting of votes will take place on March 10. -PTC News