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Finally, there is a change in dispensation in the city state of Delhi, this time citizens of capital city decided to go for Bhartiya Janta Party both at centre as well in state.
It is a vote not too much for BJP but more against AAP, the reasons are like these.
- Anti Incumbency of 12 years
- Lack or total neglect of civic amenities like cleaniness,garbage management ,roads,air pollution et.al.
- No progress in Yamuna cleanliness project even after funds given by central government
- A liquor scam and a palace like chief minister’s residence
Although it has done enough welfarism in water and electricity bill for the strata that deserves that thing and one can give benefit of doubt in the field of Education and health although it is not at all easy task to bring changes in these verticals of governance.
But it was started really as a party which is going to give Alternative Politics and not yet another political alternative and if its founder deviated from it for its own comfort and convenience and the supposedly liquor scam than it is a big question mark.
One cannot run the government just on false claims and propaganda all the time.
The Modi has changed the political landscape for ever in 2014 and one of the aspects of it is to publicised government schemes and work and Mr. Arvind Kejriwal is one chief minister who has perfectly picked it up from Modi’s leaf compared to other state chief ministers.
Why to run government from jail and doing all kind of act, it is a moral torpidity, this also did not go well with Delhi citizens but still the party is having hold as 22 Legislatures is not a small number and the welfarism worked in a stratum for which it was meant.
Also, what is their ideology they should have taken proper stance in issues like CAA protest, Delhi Riots of 2020.To run a political party without having core belief system is going to be truly tested in times of calling.
One cannot be anarchist all the time and now it is a movement of crisis for AAP and its founder Arvind Kejriwal to really challenge himself and come out of this difficult time in their existence till date.
I am not saying the party is going to crumble and wither away as political group does not disintegrate so easily and still, they have a voter base of 43 to 44% which is substantial.
It is good that Delhi citizens have decided to go for BJP as LG became de facto chief of Delhi because of NCT act earlier as well as after amendments (Not sure it is one or two changes brought by Modi Government in the said act).
Even if low level officers and clerical staff is not ready to listen to the instructions of ministers than how you are going to run the administration and that is what happened in the later half of second term.
Now there is a same party at both the level so the BJP led Delhi city state government has their tasks really cut out and they must deliver not only the promised well fare schemes but on civic amenities like garbage management, roads, air pollution and above all Yamuna.
All the best to them.
REFRENCES:
- The “MOJO”
- The “HW” News Channel
- Various interviews of Yogendra Yadav on different platforms like BBC Hindi, Satya Hindi et.al.
- The Print
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