Will fight Modi: Kejriwal

• ‘If we defeat Modi & Rahul, it will break up NDA and UPA’
• AAP chief faces egg and black ink attacks during road show in Varanasi

Varanasi: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal announced on Tuesday that he would take on BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in the parliamentary election from Varanasi and challenged him to a debate.

As he had said, he held a meeting, asked supporters if he should fight against Modi and even sought funds from the people for the big fight.

As he posed the question at a rally of AAP supporters waving scores of brooms, the crowds at the Beniyabagh ground responded with a roaring "yes." He then said he was accepting the challenge. Amid wild cheering and clapping, Kejriwal dubbed Modi's development agenda as a farce and said he had seen for himself the many holes when he visited Gujarat recently. He also challenged Modi for a public debate, saying the BJP star had the tendency to avoid the media and public debates.

Kejriwal said the prime ministerial candidates of the NDA and UPA needed to be defeated to bring about a change in the political system of the country. "If we defeat Modi and Rahul Gandhi then it will force the breaking up of the NDA and UPA," he said.