The winning of the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi Assembly election has proved three things which are at present affecting voters at large. Firstly, the voters of Delhi favoured the party which declared the name of his CM candidate. Secondly, the work done by the party has been appreciated. Thirdly, religious issues do not quite work in Delhi elections. Arvind Kejriwal has proved himself as a strong chief minister who worked for the welfare of the people in Delhi. On Sunday, February 16, Arvind Kejriwal has been sworn in as the chief minister of Delhi for the third successive time at Ramlila Maidan. All the six ministers in the previous government — Manish Sisodia, Satyendra Jain, Gopal Rai, Kailash Gahlot, Imran Hussain and Rajendra Gautam —have been retained. Big banners bearing messages like “Dhanyavad Dilli” along with Kejriwal’s image had been put up in and around Ramlilla Maidan for the swearing-in ceremony. The event was open to public but was devoid of the usual gathering of political heavyweights. The main attraction was around 50 common people from different walks of life who were dubbed ‘Delhi Ke Nirmata’ and their contribution to the development of the city during the last five years was acknowledged when they shared the stage with CM Kejriwal. Among those on the dais were students, doctors of Mohalla clinics, school teachers, bus marshals, farmers, businessmen, auto drivers, metro pilots and a few members of Delhi-based NGOs. After the swearing-in ceremony, Arving Kejriwal thanked the people of Delhi for supporting his development work. He said “Party affiliation never stopped me from working for anyone. No matter who you voted for, you are part of my family.”
AFTER DELHI ELECTIONS, BIHAR OPPOSITION MULLS OVER CM FACE
With assembly elections in Delhi over, the political focus is slowly shifting to Bihar. Some opposition leaders maintain that a new political equation will take shape in Bihar before the polls scheduled later this year. Although Congress had started preparation for the Bihar election and according to senior Congress leader of Bihar, the Congress will demand an equal number of seats from RJD. The total number of the assembly seats is 243. In the last assembly election, Congress had fought on 41 seats and JD(U), RJD fought on 101 each. However, after the election, JD(U) which won 71 seats left the alliance and joined hands with BJP. The Congress has identified 55 seats where it is in position to pose a tough challenge to ruling alliance JD(U) and BJP candidates. In 2015, the Congress had insisted on naming Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister candidate. However, things have changed since then. Now, the Congress is willing to accept RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav as the Chief Minister candidate, but the three other alliance partners – RLSP, HAM and VIP – want Sharad Yadav to be projected as the CM candidate of the alliance. After the Delhi elections, there’s palpable change in electoral politics in poll-bound states, and voters these days want to know the CM candidate in advance. According to senior Congress leaders, in case Tejashwi Yadav is made the chief ministerial face, the upper castes would once again vote for the JD(U)-BJP alliance. Congress has been pressing the opposition alliance to seriously think over the name of the projected CM candidate if they were eyeing the upper caste vote.
RIFT WITHIN MADHYA PRADESH CONGRESS GROWS WIDER
The differences within the Madhya Pradesh Congress is deepening day by day, as Chief Minister Kamal Nath is also holding the state Congress chief’s post along with the chief ministership. Already, AICC general secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia has threatened to take to the street if manifesto promises were not fulfilled by the Madhya Pradesh government, and his early departure from the coordination committee meeting further deepened the impression of rift. In fact, CM Kamal Nath virtually dared Scindia to do so, deepening the tug of war between the two senior leaders. However, the CM has now announced that Sonia Gandhi would soon decide the name of the state party chief.
MAHA VIKAS AGHADI ON SHAKY GROUNDS IN MAHARASHTRA
Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra is on the verge of collapse as the differences among the three alliance partner shave come out openly. Senior Congress leader and party’s Maharashtra in-charge Mallikarjun Kharge has expressed dissatisfaction over Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s decision to hand over the Elgar Parishad case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Similarly, NCP Chief Sharad Pawar has said that the “Centre’s decision directing the NIA to take over Elagar Parishad case was unfair, but the state government’s approval to that decision is more unfair”. Kharge has further expressed his reservation about the CM’s decision, saying: “This is not fair. We are partners and such things should be discussed. Uddhav Thackeray may have power, but one should use it judiciously. Our ministers are there, they will fight.”In addition to the Elgar Parishad case, CM Uddhav Thackeray has also given permission to start the much contested National Population Register (NPR), which experts are saying is basically the extremely controversial National Register of Citizens (NRC) in a different mask. While the Congress and NCP have opposed the NPR publicly, to have it get a go-ahead in Maharashtra has not gone down well with the alliance partners. According to BJP leaders, there will be mid-term polls soon in Maharashtra because of these differences in the ruling coalition government. BJP Maharashtra unit Chief Chandrakant Patil has declared in his state executive meeting that the three-party government would soon collapse due to internal differences, while in a rally Uddhav Thackeray launched a counter attack on BJP, in the presence of Sharad Pawar.
PRASHANT KISHOR HAD ASKED KEJRIWAL TO STAY AWAY FROM SHAHEEN BAGH
After the victory of AAP in Delhi assembly elections, I-PAC strategist Prashant Kishor thanked Delhiites for “protecting the soul of India”. In fact, it was Prashant Kishor who had advised Arvind Kejriwal not to make the mistake of taking up the anti-CAA/NRC campaign and told him against visiting Shaheen Bagh as well, even though Kejriwal was invited several times to address Shaheen Bagh protesters. Kishor also advised Kejriwal for not speaking against police brutality in Jamia Millia Islamia as Amit Shah would have used any AAP statement against CAA or Jamia Millia Islamia brutality to his advantage. Prashant Kishor is now busy creating a viable opposition political alliance for the assembly polls later this year in Bihar. (IPA)
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