Arvind Kejriwal has announced that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would like Kiran Bedi to run as the party's chief ministerial candidiate in Delhi.

Arvind Kejriwal has said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would like Kiran Bedi to run as the party's chief ministerial candidiate in Delhi.

"We would like Kiran Bedi ji to join AAP and be our CM candidate in Delhi", Arvind Kejriwal said, according to ANI.

According to a report in the Times of India, Kiran Bedi, a known BJP supporter, was asked earlier this month to stand against Kejriwal by the BJP. When contacted by the newspaper, Bedi neither confirmed nor denied the news. "I am not interested in electoral politics and I have maintained this all throughout," said Bedi.

Although @thekiranbedi insisted to keep away frm electoral politics, AK has shown a great gesture by inviting her as AAP Delhi CM candidate. — Dr. Kumar Vishvas (@DrKumarVishwas) August 26, 2013

Kejriwal and Bedi both belonged to the group that used to be known as Team Anna for their affiliation to activist Anna Hazare. But differences between the two started emerging after she gave a protest in August 2012 a skip, citing disagreements with Kejriwal. "I had informed the team my personal perspective that we ought to focus on the ruling party. Bracketing the Opposition right now when they are already attacking the ruling party will in fact benefit only the party in power," Bedi said at the time.

Later in November of last year, Bedi said that there were no ideological differences with Team Anna and Kejriwal, but merely one of method. "There are no differences with Kejriwal. He wanted take the electoral route and we wanted to take the non-electoral route. It is his feeling that it is time to take the electoral route," she said to reporters according to an Indian Express report.