"Lotus will bloom in Delhi": Bihar Deputy CM Samrat Chaudhary exudes confidence in BJP winning Delhi polls

Patna (Bihar) [India], January 29 (ANI): Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Samrat Chaudhary on Wednesday exuded confidence in his party winning the upcoming February 5 assembly polls.
Referring to the BJP's party symbol, the Bihar Deputy CM stated that the lotus will bloom in Delhi.
Chaudhary also accused former Delhi CM and national convenor of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of 'insulting' people from Purvanchal, a term used to refer to the residents of Bihar and eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh.
"This time the lotus will bloom in Delhi. The way Kejriwal insulted the people of Purvanchal and called them fake...the people there will take revenge. Also, Kejriwal has made a complete arrangement to provide liquor there, but the public will reject it," Chaudhary said.
The Delhi Assembly elections will take place in a single phase on February 5, with the counting of votes set for February 8. A total of 699 candidates are competing for the 70 assembly seats in Delhi.
Meanwhile, Congress' New Delhi candidate Sandeep Dikshit has launched a blistering attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and his opponent Arvind Kejriwal over his "poisoned water" remark and said that he has "gravely accused" another government of "genocide" without any proof.
Claiming that Kejriwal is 'lying,' Dikshit called for action on him from the Election Commission of India.
Speaking to ANI, Dikshit said, "Yesterday I wrote a letter to the Election Commission. He has gravely accused another government of genocide without any proof and is saying Delhi Jal Board engineers have prevented the poisons from getting mixed with the water. How they would have stopped only Arvind Kejriwal and his engineers know this... But when Jal Board CEO himself says no such thing has happened, it proves that Kejriwal is lying. EC should immediately take action on it..."
Sharpening his attacks, the Congress candidate said that everyone knows the level of corruption Kejriwal had committed in the liquor policy, claiming that if the police investigate him properly, he won't be able to come out of Tihar for the next 15-20 years. Dikshit questioned why the central government is not taking cognisance of the issue.
"Where was Arvind Kejriwal during the Delhi Riots?... Where was he hiding? Everyone knows the level of corruption in liquor policy... Punjab distilleries were getting orders. The Delhi government was having losses. They made liquor policy without any consultation and without telling anyone. They were giving contracts to contractors of South Indian companies who were earning crores. Everybody knows what had happened in the liquor scam. The people of Delhi need to realise what a corrupt man they chose as their CM 10 years ago... Why is the central government not taking any cognisance of it? If the police investigate him properly, I don't think he will be able to come out of Tihar for the next 15-20 years..." he said. (ANI)