If you want your kid to become chowkidar, vote for Modi: Kejriwal

Arvind Kejriwal file PTI (File) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal | PTI

Taking a dig at the BJP's 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' campaign, AAP chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday that if people want their children to become watchmen, they should vote for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

And if they want good education, they should vote for the Aam Aadmi Party, Kejriwal said. Kejriwal, in a tweet in Hindi, said Modi wants the whole country to try to become chowkidars (watchmen).

"If people want their children to become chowkidar, they should vote for Modi, but if they want their child to get good education and become doctor, engineer or lawyer, they should vote for AAP," Kejriwal tweeted.

On Saturday, Modi had urged his supporters to take the Main Bhi Chowkidar (I, too, am watchman) pledge, saying he is not alone in the fight against graft and social evils. Since then, the BJP has stepped up its Main Bhi Chowkidar' campaign with the prime minister and other party leaders, including its president Amit Shah, prefixing the word 'chowkidar' to their names in their Twitter profiles as they sought people's support in the Lok Sabha elections.