As it happened: Today is a day for gratitude, says Bedi

February 05, 2015 09:57 am | Updated September 23, 2017 12:50 pm IST

BJP chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi and party veteran Harsh Vardhan arrive for campaigning at Krishna Nagar in New Delhi on Thursday. Photo: Akanksha Jain

BJP chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi and party veteran Harsh Vardhan arrive for campaigning at Krishna Nagar in New Delhi on Thursday. Photo: Akanksha Jain

BJP president Amit Shah addressed an election rally at Madanpur Khadar in Delhi. Earlier in the day, BJP's chief-ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi campaigned in north-west Delhi's Mangolpuri and nearby areas, before holding one in her constituency, Krishna Nagar.

Our reporter Akanksha Jain gets us live updates

3:46 pm: Bedi's supporters take out a procession in Krishna Nagar

3:42 pm: Kiran Bedi tells her supporters at Krishna Nagar: "Dhanyawad, dhanyawad, dhanyawad. aaj ka din dhanyawad ka hai [Thank you, thank you, thank you. Today is a day for gratitude]."

3:16 pm: Kiran Bedi arrives at her home constituency of Krishna Nagar.

2:42 pm: Amit Shah tells voters them must decide between development or anarchy.

2:37 pm: Hitting out at AAP over the party's alleged funding scam, Shah says "I have never seen politics like this. They never do what they say". Rubbishing AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal's challenge to have his party probed, he says Kejriwal knows that no investigation on funding can happen before Feb. 7.

2:32 pm: BJP president hits out at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi over comments he made at a rally, hits out at former PM Manmohan Singh, saying no one found out when he went on foreign visits.

2:27 pm: Amit Shah touts programmes launched by Modi government, such as Jan Dhan Yojana, Make In India.

2:25 pm: Amit Shah: BJP government will resolve youth unemployment issue through schemes like Make In India.

2:23 pm: Amit Shah talks of reduction in petrol prices, says his party cut it 12 times in 8 months.

2:18 pm: BJP president Amit Shah addresses rally at Madanpur Khadar, says the choice before voters is between a party that does what it says and the other which does not.

11: 30 am: A former cop herself, Kiran Bedi promises better policing to check crime against women.

11: 00 am: Kiran Bedi reaches Nangloi Bus depot. Welcomed by a large crowd

Watch: Politics is my final surrender for people: Kiran Bedi

10: 15 am: "Will work for the upliftment of jhuggiwalas (slum-dwellers). I will teach and train them," says Bedi

09: 57 am: Kiran Bedi says she's contesting Delhi Elections due to sense of responsibility, not for personal gain

09: 55 am: For Kiran Bedi, "It is a great day with each feeling of expression from her campaign etched in mind"

09: 50 am: I love kids. I want to work for their bright future: Kiran Bedi

09: 47 am: I would have been throned if I were wring as a cop, but I got love during campaign

09: 45 am: After Modi, Bedi says she'll sleep a little lesser to serve the nation.

09: 15 am: Entry in politics is my final surrender to the public service, says Kiran Bedi before starting roadshow at Mangolpuri

08: 30 am: "We need to ensure Delhi does not go to polls again in few months," says Bedi

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