Arvind Kejriwal to reach Varanasi today, likely to stay there till poll day

Varanasi – Aam Aadmi Party National Convenor Arvind Kerjiwal will leave for Varanasi by train on Monday and is expected to stay on till the polling day. Varanasi will go to polls during the last phase of elections on May 12.

Kejriwal is pitted against Bharatiya janata Party Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Congress leader Ajai Rai in Varanasi.

Meanwhile, the AAP has said that it is not going to take the support of Mukhtar Ansari’s Quami Ekta Dal for coming Lok Sabha polls in Varanasi. “Our party will not take any support from Ansari’s Quami Ekta Dal… There has been no interaction or any meetings of AAP leaders and QED leaders yet,” party leader Sanjay Singh said in a joint press conference with another AAP leader Manish Sisodia.

Stating that the date of party chief Arvind Kejriwal’s nomination from Varanasi is not yet finalised, Singh told reporters that he can file his nomination on April 23 or 24.