Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal dropped a political bombshell on Saturday as he claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has finalised its former MP Ramesh Bidhuri as its CM candidate for the impending Assembly elections and also dared him to engage in a public debate with him, the de-facto CM face of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Addressing a press conference in the capital, Kejriwal said, “Our sources tell us that the BJP has zeroed in the name of Ramesh Bidhuri for its Chief Ministerial candidate. The BJP’s Central Election Committee (CEC) met yesterday and finalised his name for the CM face. His name is likely to be announced in a day or two.”

Kejriwal said that the BJP was afraid of defeat and hence was dilly-dallying on the name of CM candidate.

“I have been the CM face of my party, since beginning. Why the BJP has not announced it yet,” he asked.

Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his ministers allegedly swindled over Rs 2,026 crore as the liquor excise policy lacked transparency and thrived on illegal decision-making to benefit some favoured licencees, said a Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report whose excerpts came into public domain on Saturday.

The document of the government's auditor that has exposed the liquor scam is named, "Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Performance Audit on Regulation and Supply of Liquor in Delhi."

The damning findings of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Girish Chandra Murmu, over the AAP government’s controversial liquor policy come as a big setback to the ruling AAP ahead of the February 5 Assembly elections, giving fresh ammunition to the Opposition BJP and the Congress who have dubbed the scam “Liquorgate”.