Interacting with reporters at Kardhana village in Varanasi, Kejriwal, who announced his candidature against Modi yesterday, said, "He (Modi) should talk on issues and not get into bad mouthing. Such words do not suit a man who is a prime ministerial candidate."
Later, the AAP leader also tweeted hitting out at Modi saying, "He (Modi) will not respond on gas prices and false claims of Gujarat development. Why? He refuses to talk about farmer suicides in Gujarat...On his compulsions to keep corrupt people like Babubhai Bokharia and Puruahottam Solanki in his cabinet.
Addressing a rally in Jammu, Modi called Defence Minister A K Antony and Kejriwal "agents of Pakistan and enemy of India".
"Three AKs have emerged as a unique strength for Pakistan. One is AK-47 which has been used to cause bloodshed in Kashmir. The second is A K Antony, who informs Parliament that people wearing the dress of Pak army beheaded our soldiers while our Army says Pakistanis had come...
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