This Article is From Feb 04, 2015

In Kiran Bedi's Constituency, AAP's "Shakti Rally" Today

In Kiran Bedi's Constituency, AAP's 'Shakti Rally' Today

AAP's mega 'Shakti' rally in East Delhi's Krishna Nagar which is the constituency of Kiran Bedi, BJP's chief ministerial candidate

New Delhi:

Arvind Kejriwal takes his battle to the turf of Kiran Bedi, his main rival for the post of Delhi chief minister today, strategically focusing on women's security, the BJP leader's key agenda, and also featuring a former top cop to counter her USP.

Ms Bedi - who has made much of her experience as a former police officer in her campaign - has accorded top priority to security for women in Delhi on her list of promises.

In Krishna Nagar of East Delhi, known as a BJP bastion, the Aam Aadmi Party will "celebrate women of substance" with what it calls 'AAP ki Shakti' - a mega rally of the Aam Aurat (common women) this morning.

Mr Kejriwal won't be there. Women leaders of AAP like actor-activist Gul Panag and former corporate honcho Meera Sanyal will lead the rally. Also present will be Kanchan Bhattacharya, a former Uttarakhand Director General of Police, who had a television serial based on her life.

The AAP rally today is also strategically timed - Delhi votes in three days and campaigning ends tomorrow.

Mr Kejriwal will address three rallies in the city as all parties attempt to pack in more in the last few days.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has addressed three rallies in the last four days, will address one again today, this time in South Delhi's Ambedkar Nagar.

He arrived by chopper for Tuesday's rally in Rohini, where he ripped into Mr Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party, which is given the edge in Delhi by most opinion polls.

NDTV's poll of opinion polls shows that AAP has closed the gap with the BJP to negligible, and seems to have the momentum.

Analysts say AAP has made its gains at the cost of the Congress, which looks in the danger of winning even fewer seats than it did 13 months ago.

Its leader in Delhi, Ajay Maken, however, continues to insist that pre-poll assessments have been harsh on his party, which he says can surprise its rival in these elections.

In Mr Maken's constituency Sadar Bazar, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi will hold a roadshow today. Mr Gandhi will also address a rally in Jahangirpuri in north-west Delhi.

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