New delhi sources stated that with delhi assembly elections slated for next year, the poll bugle has been sounded in the national capital as union minister Hardeep Singh puri said that manoj tiwari will be the BJP’s chief ministerial candidate. Meanwhile senior bjp leader puri said the party will fight elections under the leadership of Tiwari, who is also the saffron party’s delhi chief. puri was quoted as saying by news agency “We are going to fight assembly elections under leadership of manoj tiwari and we will rest only after making him the chief minister".
Furthermore he later clarified in a tweet that he meant that the bjp would win with a huge mandate under Tiwari's leadership and the party has not announced any chief ministerial candidate. He replied to a question during a press conference "The party (BJP) has a well-defined leadership in Delhi. There are people who have grown up in the city. I have no such intentions (to run for the CM's post). I am happy where I am," he replied to a question during a press conference and the bjp had placed its bets on harsh vardhan during the 2013 assembly elections, while former IPS officer kiran bedi was its cm face in 2015.
Moreover puri also denounced the arvind kejriwal government in delhi for its "obstructionist irresponsible attitude on every issue pertaining to the welfare of the people in the national capital". puri said "We are not against offering benefits to citizens, but firmly believe that if DTC had a full fleet of 11,000 buses instead of just 4,000, the benefit to the citizens would have been more pronounced".
