AAP leader Kumar Vishwas challenges Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi to contest against him.
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AAP leader Kumar Vishwas has confirmed to contest Lok Sabha election from Amethi next year and challenged Modi to contest against him:
New Delhi: Kumar Vishwas, an Aam Aadmi Party leader whose name is doing the rounds as the candidate Arvind Kejriwal might field against Congress number 2 Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha elections, has dared the BJP to make it a three-cornered fight by fielding Narendra Modi.
"If Modi really wants to end Rahul Gandhi's reign in Amethi, let him contest from there. Or then field (BJP president) Rajnath Singh from there. Let Rahul Gandhi, Modi and me contest from Amethi and see who wins," Mr Vishwas, a 43-year-old poet said.
Mr Modi is the BJP's prime ministerial candidate and the general elections due by May are widely seen as a direct contest between him and Mr Gandhi, though the Congress has not formally named its vice president as its candidate for PM yet.
Mr Gandhi contests elections from Amethi, a Gandhi bastion, in Uttar Pradesh. After his party's spectacular debut in the Delhi elections, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal had announced that his year-old party would also contest the national elections and could field Mr Vishwas against the Congress leader.
BJP chief Rajnath Singh is the Lok Sabha MP from Ghaziabad, where Mr Kejriwal lives.According to 'ndtv'
On being questioned about the longevity of AAP's government, he said that the party is not worrying about how long its government will work.
Furthermore he said that while Congress' decisions are taken from 10 Janpath and BJP's decisions are taken from Nagpur, AAP's decisions are taken by general public.
Kumar could not attend his party's 'Jhadu Sandesh Yatra' in Amethi on Friday as he was busy with preparations for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's swearing-in ceremony in the capital on Saturday.Sources 'zeenews'