LIVE: PM Narendra Modi calls Kiran Bedi experienced, determined, says Delhi needs stable govt

New Delhi: In a bid to woo voters in the national capital ahead of Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised a poll pitch in East Delhi on Saturday.

Here are the Live updates:
17:15: PM Modi concludes his speech.
17:10: Today when someone shakes hands with me and looks into my eyes, they don’t see Modi, but the reflection of the Indian populace, says Modi.
17:08: Why was there commotion over US President Barack Obama's visit? Had there been any shortcoming in Obama's visit, Opposition wouldn't have spared us. Today, the world is looking up to us, says Modi.
17:04: The country, that has a huge population of youth, can change the fate of the world. Today, eminent personalities from the world are keen on visiting India, says PM.
16:59: Yamuna can become pride of Delhi, but look at its condition. I've pledged to clean the river, says PM.

The Yamuna can become the pride of Delhi. But what is the condition of the Yamuna. All this can be changed: Narendra Modi in Delhi
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) January 31, 2015

16:57: Within three months, subsidy amount has been deposited in the accounts of nine crore families, says PM.
16:55: By the time we celebrate the 75th year of independent India, we will ensure that all slums are replaced by cemented houses, says PM.
16:53: Delhi has suffered due to water crisis even when Congress had its government in both Delhi and Haryana. BJP has formed government in Haryana now and we are sure to form government in Delhi. Water woes will be handled in an effective manner, says PM.
16:52: Delhi needs people who have an experience of running government. Kiran Bedi knows Delhi like back of her hand. She is strong and determined, says Modi.
16:50: It is easy to fool people once, but no one can be successful by duping people over and again, says PM
16:44: Those who gave you hopes a year back, have back-stabbed you. You must check the track record of the big-talkers around you. They have a record of losing their security deposit, says Modi.
16:41: As I'm staying in Delhi, I've become its citizen. Had Delhi not given us seven MPs, I would not have been sitting here, says Modi.
16:38: This election is not limited to who'll become MLA and who'll become CM, but will represent Delhi worldwide, says Modi.
16:37: PM Modi addressing the gathering. This time Krishna Nagar will give a new chief minister to Delhi, says Modi.

Arvind Kejriwal Challenges Kiran Bedi to Public Debate, She 'Accepts'

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal has challenged the BJP's Kiran Bedi to a public debate. Ms Bedi has accepted the challenge, but says she will debate him "on the floor of the assembly." 
Ajay Maken, who is leading the Congress' charge in Delhi, has said he is ready to debate them both, but neither Mr Kejriwal nor Ms Bedi has responded to his offer yet.  
Last night, the BJP acknowledged Arvind Kejriwal as the man to beat in Delhi, when it picked as its chief ministerial candidate not a seasoned party veteran but former top cop turned activist Kiran Bedi, who joined the party and also politics only four days ago. 
"Congrats 4 being nominated as BJP's CM candidate. I invite u 4 a public debate moderated by neutral person n telecast by all," Mr Kejriwal tweeted this morning. He later said that a two-hour long debate should be held before the elections at a location of Ms Bedi's choice. 
"Arvind only believes in debate, I believe in delivering. Debates will happen on floor of the Assembly," Ms Bedi shot back, saying she was accepting the challenge.
Later, Ajay Maken pitched in, saying, "Nothing like a debate among all three. We should have more than one debate. Let there be a debate, let people decide."
Ms Bedi and Mr Kejriwal are both officers who became activists and have joined politics pledging to clean the system. They were the closest advisers to Gandhian activist Anna Hazare during his campaign for more accountability and transparency through new anti-graft laws. They fell out over Mr Kejriwal's decision to launch a political party. 
Mr Kejriwal is holding a roadshow today at the end of which he will file his nomination papers from the New Delhi constituency that he wrested in the last elections from the Congress' Sheila Dikshit.
The BJP is fielding Nupur Sharma, a young lawyer and graduate from the London School of Economics against the AAP chief.  

Ms Bedi will contest from Krishnanagar, seen as a BJP safe seat.