Coming to the defence of Narendra Modi, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, on Monday, described the snooping allegation against him as totally false and a "dirty trick" by a "frustrated" Congress which will not affect the BJP.
Claiming that there was an anti-Congress wave in Delhi, she said the response to Rahul Gandhi's Sunday rally had proved this.
She also took a dig at Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Admi Party, saying it should now rename itself 'Ameer Admi Party' (rich man's party) after its members disclosed their assets and claimed the people will not vote for it.
With Congress stepping attack on Modi on the allegation of snooping on a woman in Gujarat in 2009, Swaraj, who was herself considered as an aspirant for the PM candidature, said, "This is a demonstration of dirty tricks of Congress.
"When Congress gets frustrated, it comes down to such things. This allegation is totally false. Congress will keep hatching such conspiracies in the coming days. BJP or its workers will not disturbed."
"They (Congress) make these things. First they search for these types of things and when they do not get it, they make it up. These allegations are also the same," Swaraj told reporters on the sidelines of a workers' meet at Kasturba nagar.
Taking a dig at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, the leader of opposition said that 'Sahebzada' has worked from the grassroot level and has not landed from a helicopter and added that there was a huge difference between 'Shehzada' and 'Sahebzada'. She said that people of Delhi are opposing Congress.
"What happened during Rahul Gandhi's rally yesterday in Delhi proves that people do not want Congress party. If people did not stop after repeated request by Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit, it proves that there is an anti-Congress wave going on Delhi," Swaraj said.
The BJP leader said that she was confident of party retaining two states of MP and Chhattisgarh.
"As far as BJP goes for the other four states where elections are being held, I can say with confidence that the two states in which BJP is ruling, we retain it and snatch Delhi and Rajasthan from Congress," she said. The Opposition leader said both the Centre and Dikshit government were responsible for the "harassment" faced by the people of Delhi.
"Both the governments are of Congress and it cannot shy away from its responsibility. Today in Delhi, there is a tremendous anti-Congress wave," she said. Taking a dig at the Aam Admi Party (AAP), she said that it is no longer a party of common people.
"When AAP members disclosed their assets, people are surprised. I think, they should be renamed as Ameer Admi Party. It is not an aam admi party (Common man's party) and people will not vote for them," Swaraj said.
She dismissed suggestions that AAP will benefit from the "anti-Congress wave" and that Delhi will witness a three-way fight.
"My political experience tells me that when people protest against a party and bring another party, they do not waste their vote. They choose only one party and that party is BJP," she added.
She regretted that her party has not given enough tickets to women. "I am sad as I have alway advocated that if we cannot give 33 per cent reservation to women, we should give at least 20 per cent to them. I am sad about this," the BJP leader said.
Commenting about the surveys, she said that they are all "media music" and it will not transfer into votes.
Swaraj said he will address three more public meetings in different parts of Delhi after which she will return to Madhya Pradesh and campaign there from November 19-22.
From November 26 to December 2, she will continuously address public meetings, she said.
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