Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Delhi polls on the anvil - can Arvind Kejriwal rise like the Phoenix from the ashes


It is now official – New Delhi will go to the polls once again because neither the BJP nor the AAP has the numbers and, there were apprehensions that there would horse trading.
As per reports, Congress leader Haroon Yusuf had met Delhi LG Najeeb Jung and requested him to announce fresh elections in the capital because his party has been demanding elections from day one and also confirmed that Party's high-command holds the same opinion.
The suggestion put forth by Yusuf was to dissolve the Delhi assembly and hold elections along with assembly elections in J & K and Jharkhand that are scheduled for November-December 2014.
As far as the BJP is concerned, unlike the Parliamentary elections where the saffron brigade projected its leader as Narendra Modi in advance there would not be any face projected as such for Delhi. In fact, some quarters feel that the Modi magic may not have the desired effect to turn the voters around in Delhi which has been without any government for a long time.
Shiela Dixit had ruled Delhi for three terms for 15 years and does not want another stint. Congress MLA Arvinder Singh Lovely has indicated that the Congress party is not bereft of leaders and there would not be any problem to form a government. In fact, his party had been demanding repolls.
It may be noted that the Congress had fared miserably in recent polls and had faced a drubbing in the Lok Sabha elections apart from the recent Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly elections but, in Delhi it would be different. That is the opinion of Lovely. His logic is - Delhi has been without a government for a year, hence the question on anti-incumbency against Congress does not arise. The residents have already witnessed so many problems like price rise, inflation, and increase in water and power bills, security issue and would take a proper decision.
Incidentally, the AAP could have been in power but its leader Arvind Kejriwal had other ideas and, in the bargain, he lost his support base and inner party differences ended what would have been a bed of roses – in reality, it turned into a bed of thorns. The five mistakes that he made, as seen by others, have been summarized wonderfully through caricatures.

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