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NEW DELHI: A day after joining BJP, Kiran Bedi on Friday said she was
ready to contest against Arvind Kejriwal, AAP chief and her former Team
Anna colleague, in the Delhi Assembly polls, if her party wants.
She rebutted AAP's criticism over changing her stand on not joining
politics, saying she was free to make her own choices and her "aversion"
was gone due to Modi's leadership.
"The constituency selection is always a decision of party. I will go by
their decision. If they want me to fight against him, I will do so.
Because they know better than I do.
They haven't brought me to lose, they have brought me to win," the
former IPS officer said when asked whether she is likely to be pitted
against Kejriwal in the upcoming polls.
The AAP had yesterday termed her joining BJP as "shocking".
"It is sad and shocking that Bedi who had been maintaining that she
will always remain apolitical and keep raising the issues of people has
joined the BJP. Our best wishes are with her," party leader Sanjay Singh
had said.
AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal had also taken a subtle dig at Bedi saying
that he had also tried to convince her to take a plunge into politics.
"I do not wish to go into the past. I am in present and looking towards
future. I have a right to make my own choices and nobody can question
that. I want to lead my life as per my own wish," Bedi today retorted.
Kejriwal and Bedi were part of the the core team of activist Anna
Hazare who had spearheaded a massive agitation to press for passage of
Jan Lokpal Bill in Parliament. The two had parted ways in 2012 after
Kejriwal's decision to float a political party.
"I am not here to win or loose. I am here to see that the party wins.
If I win I am excellent, if I don't win I still win. I have so much to
go back to," Bedi said today.
Bedi, however, didn't respond to queries whether her entry in BJP is likely to play a gamechanger.
"Time will tell. We need a stable government in Delhi. A year has passed and we have paid a huge price," she said.
Bedi, who had been hailing Modi and supporting BJP through her Twitter
posts since the start of campaign for Lok Sabha polls last year, said,
"The change of leadership made me change my mind. The way Narendra Modi
is changing the world around. The way NRIs are flocking into the country
to invest now and the way the nation's hopes have been revived, the
aversion has gone"
65-year-old Bedi was inducted into the BJP fold in the presence of
party President Amit Shah and Union ministers Arun Jaitley and Harsh
Vardhan at the party's headquarters yesterday.
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