BJP has pressed 'panic button': Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi Exuding confidence that his party will come to power in Delhi AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal today said the BJP has pressed the panic button and was now resorting to politics of poison to avoid a defeatFive days ahead of the voting to the 70member Delhi assembly Kejriwal predicted that Congress will not win even a single seat which will obviate the need for him to take that partys support as he had done in 2013 to form his shortlived 49day governmentThe significance of election in Delhi went far beyond its borders and that was why the BJP was fielding its big guns for the campaigning the former Delhi Chief Minister told PTI in an interviewThey have pressed the panic button and that is why you see all these big guns campaigning for the party he said and accused them of resorting to personal attacks against him his family and the community he belongs to This shows their BJPs desperation and frustration he saidReferring to an attack on a South Delhi church this morning he said this was in keeping with the pattern adopted by BJP in Uttar Pradesh where the electorate was polarised at the time of last years Lok Sabha elections and bypollsThis is what is the politics of BJP They will try to polarise the society We do politics of love and affection and they BJP do politics of poison he saidResponding to Prime Minister Narendra Modis argument that it would be good to have a BJP government in Delhi which will work in tandem with BJPled government at the Centre he said he would work with Modi in a constructive spirit if his party comes to powerOn his rival chief ministerial candidate BJPs Kiran Bedi with whom he worked closely during Anna Hazares antigraft agitation Kejriwal said if she becomes Chief Minister she will be like Manmohan Singh in the Congress party without a voice He also said that the former IPS officer was fit for police and not for Chief Ministers postKejriwal said he was sorry for Bedi as she has been gagged by the BJP Emphasising that it was lives of Delhiites who werefacing corruption high prices and issues of security which were at stake in this election the 46yearold bureaucratturned politician assured that like previous time his party will reduce power tariff by half and come down hard on briberyAsked whether he will again resort to dharna if he becomes Chief Minister Kejriwal said If need be I will do it againDepending on the requirement of the situation I will do anything discussion debate or struggle he saidOn the criticism that both he and Bedi used Hazares movement as political launchpad he said it was for people to see that one left chief ministership for Lokpal while the other one left Lokpal for chief ministership in an apparent dig at BediKejriwal said there has been a groundswell of support for AAP as people of Delhi want the party to be back at power to address their problems and grievancesWe are very confident of coming to power People of Delhi want us to serve them We have a clear roadmap to make Delhi a truly global city and ensure welfare of all sections of the society he saidAsked about number of leaders including Shazia Ilmi leaving the party Kejriwal said party has become stronger since the last elections as around 30000 new volunteers have joined it in the last few monthsThe former Chief Minister said if he comes to power then his government will order through probe into finances of the private power distribution companies and initiate reform in the power sectorHe said enhancing womens security and coming down hard on corruption will be his immediate priorities if he comes to power