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AAP Cobvenor Arvind Kejriwal has reached Benares and he is expected to spend almost a month in the holy city.The polling in Varanasi will take place on May 12 while nomination filing would begin on April 17.
Kejriwal, who is accompanied by his family members, may visit Amethi between April 20-22, from where AAP candidate Kumar Vishwas is challenging Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi.
Before leaving for Varanasi Kejriwal feared that the attacks were going to become more dangerous in the coming days.
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Recently a Professor of Banaras Hindu University announced his plan to undertake a study of the behavior of voters to understand why such aggression among public leading to slapping incidents.“We are fighting against forces which are extremely powerful. We cannot fight them with money alone. We have taken on big business houses and political parties. They are not going to keep quiet. In the coming days, the attacks are going to be more dangerous. I have come to know that they will stay quiet during the elections, but once the elections are over, the real attacks will begin.”
- Arvind Kejriwal, AAP Convenor
"The exact reason will come out only after the study, but I think that Kejriwal is targeted frequently because public anger finds an easy way of expression. Such incident is not possible with leaders like Narendra Modi or Sonia Gandhi as they are highly guarded."
- Dr AP Singh, Deptt. of Psychology, BHU
