Kejriwal said it was an election that would change the "direction and fate of the country".
Addressing a public meeting after the roadshow that continued for over five hours, Kejriwal said, "This election is being fought by both Hindus and Muslims and BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate will suffer a defeat by a margin of two lakh votes following which BJP will be finished".
The AAP leader said that regional leaders like Mulayam Singh Yadav and Jayalalitha may try to form a government this time, but it will fall apart within one or two years.
Thereafter fresh polls will take place and AAP will get a clear mandate to form the government, he said.
Kejriwal's diatribe didn't spare media either for telecasting surveys showing huge win for Modi even before the elections.
He also sang out a poem at the public meeting seeking harmony and brotherhood among all, after hours of slogan- shouting by his supporters throughout the route.
While a large number of supporters from outside Varanasi were also part of the roadshow, it attracted locals in large numbers too and minority community accounted for a significant part of the crowd.
The roadshow also came across groups of BJP supporters numerous times, triggering slogan duels between two groups.
The city roadshow began at around 4 pm at Banaras Hindu University gate, incidentally the same venue from where Modi began his drive-through last evening and finally ended at about 9.30 pm. At Town Hall ground in busy Maidagin area, where he addressed a public meeting.
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