Ghaziabad, April 3 (IANS) AAP leader and candidate Shazia Ilmi, pitted against former Indian Army chief Gen V.K. Singh in the Lok Sabha polls, has accused the BJP of waging a "psychological campaign" against her party.
A former journalist, Ilmi said this was the reason why Gen Singh, Ghaziabad's Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, called the Aam Aadmi Party "anti-national".
This is also why BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi dubbed AAP founder leader Arvind Kejriwal a Pakistani agent, Ilmi told IANS in an interview here.
"It is the general's psychological campaign. Is the general claiming that he is the only patriot who has served the Indian Army?" she asked.
"In my opinion no retired officer would prefer to come to politics as disrespectfully as Gen V.K. Singh has barged in," she said.
Asked to respond to charges that the AAP had displayed a controversial map of India on its web site, Ilmi said: "(Modi) has also alleged Kejriwal is an agent of Pakistan. This is also their slander campaign.
"In fact the BJP is worried about the growing popularity of the AAP... The map displayed on the AAP web site is the same map displayed at the BJP web site."
Ilmi insisted that the AAP's main opponent in the Lok Sabha election was the BJP.
"That is why they are fabricating rumours against the AAP. They want to win the election hook or crook."
The other candidates in the fray in Ghaziabad are former actor Raj Babbar of the Congress, Mukul of the Bahujan Samaj Party and Sudhan Kumar of the Samajwadi Party.
The future of 7,000 Indian students pursuing medical education in Ukraine is in danger. All these
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal may consider the excise policy scam as a fraud, but the way
Voting for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections is taking place on Friday. In t
Preparations are on in full swing to electrify Dungurshahi in the Mayurbhanj district, the native
Ram Charan Gifts Gold Coins: SS Rajamouli's film 'RRR' is being liked a lot among the audience th
The troubles of Raj Kundra, husband of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, seem to be increasing. Re
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has written a letter to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena from j
'Kaanta Laga Girl' Shefali Jariwala died at the age of 42, reportedly due to a heart attack. Howe
Ranveer Allahbadia: Ranveer Allahbadia made an emotional post for himself, wrote- Life is a storm...
Ranveer Allahbadia on Monday night (April 14) took to his Instagram to share a post that grabbed
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai is in the headlines these days. She has been in the news for a lo