Despite reportedly facing stiff opposition from the Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to her desire to be the next chief minister of Delhi, former IPS officer and Team Anna member Kiran Bedi has said she is ready to take on that responsibility if it is offered to her.
"I will consider myself to be ready for it if such an offer is made," Bedi was quoted by the media, as saying on Wednesday.
It maybe recalled that the BJP had projected Harsh Vardhan as the party's chief ministerial candidate in the Assembly polls in December last year. Dr. Vardhan has since won the Lok Sabha elections from Chandni Chowk and there is speculation that Bedi may be considered his replacement as chief ministerial candidate when dates for the next assembly polls are announced.
Bedi has maintained that she is very flexible to the idea of joining politics, but on a capability basis.
On Monday, expelled AAP MLA Vinod Kumar Binny had called upon the BJP, AAP and Congress leaders to consider Bedi for the post of Delhi chief minister, and not to waste public money on holding an election for the second time in six months.
Bedi's new found aspiration to become BJP's chief ministerial candidate nominee in Delhi has not gone down well with the party leaders, as they feel that she has no right to aspire for an executive position in government without being a member of a particular political party.
They also believe that with the general elections giving the BJP and its NDA partners a majority win, Bedi is now emerging as a rank opportunist without taking any risks. They have declared her as a fresh entrant, and thus believe that she should not be aspiring for such an exalted position in the governance structure.
