Published 12:11 IST, January 21st 2020

BJP dithering? Party rethinking candidate fielded against Delhi CM Kejriwal: Sources

News agency ANI on Tuesday morning has quoted sources and said that BJP will replace its candidate Sunil Yadav against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

Reported by: Navashree Nandini
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Even as BJP on Monday anunced its Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha president Sunil Yadav as candidate against AAP chief and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, news ncy ANI on Tuesday morning has quoted sources and said y will replace him. While Congress has fielded former NSUI Delhi president Ramesh Sabharwal against him, sources say that BJP's move to replace candidate sparks yet ar speculation of a possible Maj Tiwari versus Kejriwal in national capital.

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Tiwari who is BJP's chief in Delhi was seen as a contender against Kejriwal. However, on Monday, Yadav filed his mination from New Delhi constituency on BJP's ticket. Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party has already touted Delhi polls as "Kejriwal vs who" and has criticised BJP and Congress for failing to anunce its chief ministerial face. BJP, on or hand, had anunced that saffron party will contest polls under leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

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Twitter campaign 

As heated campaign for Delhi polls bega.n, all parties have taken over to Twitter, in what seems to be a battle for I-T supremacy. trend started with AAP posting memes and parody highlighting achievements of CM Kejriwal in last five years. Soon after, Congress and BJP also joined ranks to criticise each or. However, it took a serious turn when AAP posted a parody of ir campaign song "L Raho Kejriwal" with visuals of Maj Tiwari dancing on it. This irked BJP and saffron party slapped a whopping 500 crore defamation tice on AAP. 

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12:11 IST, January 21st 2020