India, Feb. 9 -- Newly elected BJP MLA from New Delhi, Parvesh Verma, on Sunday, quoted Pakistani poet Habib Jalib to take a dig at AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal.

Verma, a former Lok Sabha MP, shared a 33-second video on social media quoting Jalib's couplet, Tum se pehle wo jo ek shakhs yaan takht-nasheen tha, usko bhi apne khuda hone pe itna he yakeen tha," translating to, "The one who sat on the throne earlier believed he was God." to mock Kejriwal for claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would not be able to defeat AAP in this lifetime.

The video, posted by Verma, begins with a clip of Kejriwal addressing a rally, where he said, "I want to challenge Modi ji, you cannot defeat us in Delhi in this lifetime. You will have ...