This Article is From Nov 18, 2013

AAP should be renamed 'Ameer Aadmi Party': Sushma Swaraj

AAP should be renamed 'Ameer Aadmi Party': Sushma Swaraj

She dismissed reports that AAP will benefit from the "anti-Congress wave".

New Delhi: Taking a dig at Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj today said it should now rename itself 'Ameer Admi Party' (rich man's party) after its members disclosed their assets.

"When AAP members disclosed their assets, people were surprised. I think they should be renamed as Ameer Admi Party. It is not an Aam Aadmi Party and people will not vote for them," Ms Swaraj said.

Ms Swaraj dismissed reports that AAP will benefit from the "anti-Congress wave" and that Delhi will witness a three-way fight.

She also defended the party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, describing the snooping allegation against him as totally false and a "dirty trick" by a "frustrated" Congress which will not affect the BJP.

"When Congress gets frustrated, it comes down to such things. This allegation is totally false. Congress will keep hatching such conspiracies in the coming days. BJP or its workers will not disturbed," the BJP leader said.

"They (Congress) make these things. First they search for these types of things and when they do not get it, they make it up. These allegations are also the same," she added.

Claiming that there was an anti-Congress wave in Delhi, she said the response to Rahul Gandhi's rally yesterday had proved this.

"What happened during Rahul Gandhi's rally yesterday in Delhi proves that people do not want Congress party. If people did not stop after repeated request by Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit, it proves that there is an anti-Congress wave going on Delhi," Ms Swaraj said.

Talking about Congress minister Manish Tewari's comments on Mr Modi, Ms Swaraj said that 'Sahebzada' has worked from the grass-root level and has not landed from a helicopter and added that there was a huge difference between 'Shehzada' and 'Sahebzada'.

The BJP leader said that she was confident of party retaining two states of MP and Chhattisgarh.

"As far as BJP goes for the other four states where elections are being held, I can say with confidence that the two states in which BJP is ruling, we retain it and snatch Delhi and Rajasthan from Congress," she said.

The Opposition leader said both the Centre and the Sheila Dikshit government were responsible for the "harassment" faced by the people of Delhi.

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