{"id":78821,"date":"2020-01-23T17:19:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T11:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=78821"},"modified":"2020-09-23T15:35:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T10:05:07","slug":"bjps-kapil-mishra-equates-delhi-polls-to-india-vs-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/delhi-elections\/bjps-kapil-mishra-equates-delhi-polls-to-india-vs-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"BJP&#8217;s Kapil Mishra likens Delhi polls to &#8220;India vs Pakistan&#8221; contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kapil Mishra, who joined the&nbsp;BJP last August and will fight the Delhi Assembly elections from the Model Town constituency, controversially compared the February 8 polls to an &#8220;India vs Pakistan&#8221; contest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;India vs Pakistan, 8 February, Delhi. India and Pakistan will compete on the streets of Delhi,&#8221; tweeted Kapil Mishra, a former minister in Arvind Kejriwal&#8217;s Delhi cabinet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">?????<br \/>\n??<br \/>\n????????<\/p>\n<p>8?? ????????<br \/>\n?????<\/p>\n<p>8 \u092b\u0930\u0935\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u0921\u093c\u0915\u094b\u0902 \u092a\u0930 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u0914\u0930 \u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u093e \u092e\u0941\u0915\u093e\u092c\u0932\u093e \u0939\u094b\u0917\u093e<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kapil Mishra (@KapilMishra_IND) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KapilMishra_IND\/status\/1220213605359992833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In another tweet, Mishra said protests like Shaheen Bagh were like mini-Pakistans in the city.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0940 \u090f\u0902\u091f\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0936\u093e\u0939\u0940\u0928 \u092c\u093e\u0917 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u094b \u091a\u0941\u0915\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0902<\/p>\n<p>\u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091b\u094b\u091f\u0947 \u091b\u094b\u091f\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u092c\u0928\u093e\u092f\u0947 \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902<\/p>\n<p>\u0936\u093e\u0939\u0940\u0928 \u092c\u093e\u0917, \u091a\u093e\u0902\u0926 \u092c\u093e\u0917, \u0907\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930\u0932\u094b\u0915 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u093e \u0915\u093e\u0928\u0942\u0928 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u092e\u093e\u0928\u093e \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u093e<\/p>\n<p>\u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0926\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0907\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u0921\u093c\u0915\u094b \u092a\u0930 \u0915\u092c\u094d\u091c\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0902 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jcq1PgzXb7\">https:\/\/t.co\/jcq1PgzXb7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kapil Mishra (@KapilMishra_IND) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KapilMishra_IND\/status\/1220237373532848128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mishra, who used to be a close aide of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had a bitter parting with both<a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/aap-declares-candidates-70-seats-delhi-elections\/\"> AAP and Kejriwal<\/a> after he publicly accused the Delhi CM of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/delhi-assembly-elections-2020-bjp-announces-list-candidates-57-constituencies\/\">BJP named him in its list of candidates<\/a> and he will be up against his former colleague and two-time AAP MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi.<\/p>\n<p>Voting for Delhi Assembly election 2020 will be held in a single phase on February 8 and the results will be declared on February 11. 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