Between Arvind Kejriwal & Sheila Dixit in Delhi, will BJP just be a storm in tea-cup this December 4?
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Those familiar with power corridors will probably know how
much pivotal, colossal of power, a sort of nucleus, Delhi is to the supposed
yet-to-be superpower; that is India. And that nucleus of a powerhouse is
scheduled to go for votes this winter on December 4 and unlike two parties that
sweat here over and over again each time capital went to vote, this time people
will have another in their kitty to chose from - Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP) for the first time after its launch last October goes to poll this
December. With that people will have three different choices or is it just two
with BJP misreading writings on a wall? Time only will tell what!
For those who keep a tab on record books, this time you will not be disappointed either way! If India's grand old party - Congress cracks the Delhi juggernaut, CM Sheila Dixit would rewrite congress' record books with her record fourth term, if new entrant Arvind Kejriwal's AAP borne out of the womb of anti-corruption movement led by Gandhian Anna Hazare wins it than nation would have to dust its record books and for BJP, a win (although bleak it looks for now) will mean a lot keeping an eye on general elections of 2014 for it will then dethrone a party that called shots in Delhi for more than a decade now. Whosoever may win it but unarguably AAP holds the key, it in a way could make or break equations this December. Pinching all speculations to ground Kejriwal had made it clear - He would prefer sitting in opposition rather aligning with Congress or BJP. He is simply echoing his voters' perception who will vote AAP as an alternative to BJP & Congress and not mere as some new political newcomer on horizon. Besides all this Time only will tell where fortunes of India and it's nucleus will travel after votes get sealed on December 4!
Arvind Kejriwal is novice to political humdrums but his mentor Yogendra Yadav is not. Political scientist Yadav is an institution of Indian polity in itself; he precisely is the brain behind those successful surveys that predicted us election results long before people went to actual polls. Yogendra Yadav is not just the founding member of AAP but the man who drafted its constitution and also Kejriwal's chief strategist over a while. He knows pretty precise mood of nation and could well logically de-puzzle the puzzle that is India when it comes to elections. People dream of a honest alternative everywhere around the world to rule & make laws for them. Who will not want to replace 'dishonest' with 'honest'? "Even Congress and BJP know we are honest," said Kejriwal in an interview to a prominent news channel. May be that's the reason why both parties have restrained themselves of commenting on AAP.
The recent rally of BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi had attracted huge crowds but even that magic of his had failed to divert focus from Aam Aadmi Party. May be that's why it wouldn't be wrong to say, the real fight in Delhi this winter will be fought between Arvind's AAP and Sheila's Congress. BJP is mere an storm in a tea-cup. It's not any strong force to reckon with. Opinion polls too predict chances of Congress or AAP or hung assembly but nowhere BJP is seen slicing the Delhi cake. Meanwhile BJP if in anyway wants to sound jingle-bells again at centre this 2014 then it must necessarily save its face from defeats and defeat from wannabe new entrants are absolute no-no when it's beating drums for 2014 so vigorously. BJP has tasted victory in some parts by zeroing itself on anti-incumbency votes and has tried hard to appear honest before scam tainted Congress but AAP is an altogether different kind of rival to deal with. It has come straight out of the womb of anti-corruption crusade. Even the harsh critics of Kejriwal and Anna Movement will probably say they are honest equal to none on Delhi's political humdrums. Their approach to politics, election, ruling are all new, innovative and very much straight forward leaving no room for ambiguity to breed in. Rooted in Gandhian principles theirs is an ideology every you and I will want to identify with. We had only heard of 'people's government' but Kejriwal's Party wishes to take us on a ride of it. For the first time Delhi will have choice to vote over plausible work to be done in their respective constituencies and not of whole Delhi as it was before. Constituency based manifestos, door-to-door campaigning are few of many changes voters of Delhi will rely on before going to polling booth.
Desperate for a win, BJP had already started repeating AAP's door-to-door campaigning and one-to-one manifesto's and had even echoed Arvind's words of passing Lokpal bill. But people of Delhi know it better who really mean what. Kejriwal has said his party will form government and will pass Jan-Lokpal at the end of December and not from Delhi's assembly Bhavan from where usually all bills are passed but from Ramlila ground from where it all had begun for Kejriwal and his appetite for change. Many may have doubts over his formation of government but nobody could call his promise of passing Janlokpal hollow. For all of us rest out of Delhi, Time only will tell what Delhiites would choose - people whose promises mean hollow each time or the ones who stand by their words!
BJP must read what is written upon cucumber leaf and decide wisely, for its fight between Arvind Kejriwal and Sheila Dixit. BJP should remember what Rahul Gandhi had done to save Congress' of nation's ire when his party tried to pass ordinance which aimed to nullify Supreme Court order to sake convicted MPs. Little backing off is okay in the face of greater damage that was on the way. BJP can't afford to lose at this stage when it has already taken its ammunition out in open. It must take moral high ground and spread red-carpet for AAP while it knows it can't hug Congress, not in any case.
Much water has flowed under the bridge since Atal-Advani's rule which some call 'golden-era' of BJP. People of today or the first time voters (You know how huge their number is!) BJP more as an opposition party than ruling coalition giant of those days! BJP must brush their memory or serve them with new exemplary examples of open-heartedness, liberal thoughts, should in a way put nation first - The India First - as they call it and shake hands with Aam Aadmi.
Their moves will make no big difference to AAP, for milk requires no additional whitener to prove the same!
And remember, Time rolls on its own and waits for none, and, it only will tell whose side will it roll this December 4 and will rewrite history on whose name!
For those who keep a tab on record books, this time you will not be disappointed either way! If India's grand old party - Congress cracks the Delhi juggernaut, CM Sheila Dixit would rewrite congress' record books with her record fourth term, if new entrant Arvind Kejriwal's AAP borne out of the womb of anti-corruption movement led by Gandhian Anna Hazare wins it than nation would have to dust its record books and for BJP, a win (although bleak it looks for now) will mean a lot keeping an eye on general elections of 2014 for it will then dethrone a party that called shots in Delhi for more than a decade now. Whosoever may win it but unarguably AAP holds the key, it in a way could make or break equations this December. Pinching all speculations to ground Kejriwal had made it clear - He would prefer sitting in opposition rather aligning with Congress or BJP. He is simply echoing his voters' perception who will vote AAP as an alternative to BJP & Congress and not mere as some new political newcomer on horizon. Besides all this Time only will tell where fortunes of India and it's nucleus will travel after votes get sealed on December 4!
Arvind Kejriwal is novice to political humdrums but his mentor Yogendra Yadav is not. Political scientist Yadav is an institution of Indian polity in itself; he precisely is the brain behind those successful surveys that predicted us election results long before people went to actual polls. Yogendra Yadav is not just the founding member of AAP but the man who drafted its constitution and also Kejriwal's chief strategist over a while. He knows pretty precise mood of nation and could well logically de-puzzle the puzzle that is India when it comes to elections. People dream of a honest alternative everywhere around the world to rule & make laws for them. Who will not want to replace 'dishonest' with 'honest'? "Even Congress and BJP know we are honest," said Kejriwal in an interview to a prominent news channel. May be that's the reason why both parties have restrained themselves of commenting on AAP.
The recent rally of BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi had attracted huge crowds but even that magic of his had failed to divert focus from Aam Aadmi Party. May be that's why it wouldn't be wrong to say, the real fight in Delhi this winter will be fought between Arvind's AAP and Sheila's Congress. BJP is mere an storm in a tea-cup. It's not any strong force to reckon with. Opinion polls too predict chances of Congress or AAP or hung assembly but nowhere BJP is seen slicing the Delhi cake. Meanwhile BJP if in anyway wants to sound jingle-bells again at centre this 2014 then it must necessarily save its face from defeats and defeat from wannabe new entrants are absolute no-no when it's beating drums for 2014 so vigorously. BJP has tasted victory in some parts by zeroing itself on anti-incumbency votes and has tried hard to appear honest before scam tainted Congress but AAP is an altogether different kind of rival to deal with. It has come straight out of the womb of anti-corruption crusade. Even the harsh critics of Kejriwal and Anna Movement will probably say they are honest equal to none on Delhi's political humdrums. Their approach to politics, election, ruling are all new, innovative and very much straight forward leaving no room for ambiguity to breed in. Rooted in Gandhian principles theirs is an ideology every you and I will want to identify with. We had only heard of 'people's government' but Kejriwal's Party wishes to take us on a ride of it. For the first time Delhi will have choice to vote over plausible work to be done in their respective constituencies and not of whole Delhi as it was before. Constituency based manifestos, door-to-door campaigning are few of many changes voters of Delhi will rely on before going to polling booth.
Desperate for a win, BJP had already started repeating AAP's door-to-door campaigning and one-to-one manifesto's and had even echoed Arvind's words of passing Lokpal bill. But people of Delhi know it better who really mean what. Kejriwal has said his party will form government and will pass Jan-Lokpal at the end of December and not from Delhi's assembly Bhavan from where usually all bills are passed but from Ramlila ground from where it all had begun for Kejriwal and his appetite for change. Many may have doubts over his formation of government but nobody could call his promise of passing Janlokpal hollow. For all of us rest out of Delhi, Time only will tell what Delhiites would choose - people whose promises mean hollow each time or the ones who stand by their words!
BJP must read what is written upon cucumber leaf and decide wisely, for its fight between Arvind Kejriwal and Sheila Dixit. BJP should remember what Rahul Gandhi had done to save Congress' of nation's ire when his party tried to pass ordinance which aimed to nullify Supreme Court order to sake convicted MPs. Little backing off is okay in the face of greater damage that was on the way. BJP can't afford to lose at this stage when it has already taken its ammunition out in open. It must take moral high ground and spread red-carpet for AAP while it knows it can't hug Congress, not in any case.
Much water has flowed under the bridge since Atal-Advani's rule which some call 'golden-era' of BJP. People of today or the first time voters (You know how huge their number is!) BJP more as an opposition party than ruling coalition giant of those days! BJP must brush their memory or serve them with new exemplary examples of open-heartedness, liberal thoughts, should in a way put nation first - The India First - as they call it and shake hands with Aam Aadmi.
Their moves will make no big difference to AAP, for milk requires no additional whitener to prove the same!
And remember, Time rolls on its own and waits for none, and, it only will tell whose side will it roll this December 4 and will rewrite history on whose name!
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