The AAP leader said he did not find "even an atom of development" as claimed by Modi.
On the very first day of his four-day long unplanned tour, windshield of Kejriwal's car was damaged when BJP workers attacked his convoy in retaliation to the protests by AAP workers in front of BJP headquarters in Delhi.
Kejriwal also did not rule out an election face-off against Modi and said, "Let us see," about such a possibility.
Gujarat state AAP convenor Sukhdev Patel claimed that Kejriwal was detained, though the police denied it by saying that they had only "briefed" Kejriwal on the model code of conduct which came into force today after declaration of the poll schedule.
However, Kejriwal alleged that the police had acted after "orders from the top".
"We came to know in the morning itself that all District Superintendents of Police (DSPs) were instructed to stop Kejriwal under any circumstances. Modi also sent some people with black flags. We knew that they would resort to such tactics," Kejriwal said.
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