Published 11:25 IST, February 8th 2020
Parvesh Varma slams Kejriwal's 'speak to men' appeal to Delhi's women voters, then deletes
BJP's Parvesh Verma criticised Arvind Kejriwal for tweeting an appeal to women voters to "discuss" their contender of choice with their husbands
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BJP leader and Mehrauli candidate Parvesh Verma criticised Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for tweeting an appeal to women voters to "discuss" ir contender of choice with ir husbands. However, due to uncertain reasons, that tweet was later deleted.
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Kejriwal tweets appeal
In a Saturday morning tweet, Arvind Kejriwal said, "Special appeal to women voters – take responsibility of Delhi and country just like you do of your household. Please go out to vote and take your male family members too. Discuss with your husband who should be chosen to vote for."
Parvesh Verma takes him on, n deletes
In response, Parvesh Verma said, "Do you consider women illiterate and foolish eugh to discuss ir vote of choice with ir husbands? What era are you living in? You are a wonder! Women or men, Delhiites are smart."
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Delhi elections underway
Delhi began voting at 8 am on Saturday to elect a new government. contest is being pitted as a direct fight between ruling Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party and BJP. AAP is hoping to repeat a stellar performance it gave in 2015 by winning 67 of 70 Assembly seats. For BJP, it is a matter of prestige to win national capital following months of anti-government unrest directed at Centre over a host of issues. CM Arvind Kejriwal is contesting from New Delhi constituency against BJP's Sunil Yadav and Congress candidate Romesh Sabharwal.
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11:25 IST, February 8th 2020