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AAP had released posters of Kiran Bedi opposite Kejriwal terming Bedi as Opportunist and Kejriwal as Honest.
Updated : Mar 26, 2015, 03:45 PM IST
On Tuesday, BJP's Delhi CM nominee Kiran Bedi sent out a legal notice to AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal. AAP had used the former IPS's picture without her permission on auto rickshaws while campaigning for the upcoming Delhi elections.
Aam Aadmi Party plastered hundreds of auto-rickshaws with posters portraying Bedi as an "opportunist"(avsarvadi) and Kejriwal himself as "honest"(imaandaar). This did not go down well with the BJP, who three days later took a legal action against Kejriwal.
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra had then said, "It is highly ridiculous. People of Delhi know who is truly an opportunist,"
However, AAP had maintained that "opportunist" was a political term that "fits perfectly" on Bedi.
"Opportunist is a political term that fits perfectly on her. We are not calling her a Naxalite, anarchist, or bhagoda, that have been used against Kejriwal," AAP leader Sanjay Singh said earlier.
"Yes, she has sent a notice to Kejriwal. He has been asked to ensure that the posters are removed," Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) media convener Praveen Shankar Kapoor said.
AAP has used the similar strategy against BJP candidate Jagdish Mukhi in December 2014. The BJP had maintained then that elections will be fought under Modi's name and no CM candidate will be announced. But the Aam Aadmi Party released posters of comparing Kejriwal with Mukhi. Jagdish Mukhi had sent out a legal notice against Kejriwal in December last year too.