NEW DELHI: The arrest of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal Thursday night time couldn’t have come at a worse time for the Aam Aadmi Occasion, which is already grappling with the absence of its high management from motion.
The celebration is eyeing at increasing its footprint throughout the nation and has tied up with the Congress to contest the Lok Sabha polls in opposition to the BJP in Delhi, Haryana and Gujarat.
Kejriwal is the fulcrum of the celebration’s Lok Sabha marketing campaign and its star campaigner. The celebration is already feeling the pinch of the absence of its senior leaders like Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain and Sanjay Singh.
Now the arrest of Kejriwal has landed the ruling celebration of Delhi within the doldrums.
On earlier events, every time this query rose, the celebration maintained a tricky stance saying it can combat it out, however there isn’t any denying the truth that AAP‘s suppose tank will not discover it straightforward to wriggle out of this downside.
The celebration’s marketing campaign in Delhi, the place it’s contesting on 4 seats and in Gujarat, the place it has fielded candidates on two seats, is centred round Kejriwal.
In Delhi, the celebration’s marketing campaign is titled, ‘Sansad Mein Bhi Kejriwal, Toh Dilli Hogi Aur Khush Haal’ whereas in Gujarat, it’s being run as ‘Gujarat Mein Bhi Kejriwal’.
In Punjab, whereas the marketing campaign is centred round state chief minister Bhagwant Mann, Kejriwal had been steadily travelling to the state, the place the AAP is contesting all of the 13 seats with out an alliance with Congress.
At a press convention on March 19, Delhi Cupboard minister Saurabh Bharadwaj had alleged that there was a conspiracy to arrest Kejriwal since his questions have been making the BJP uncomfortable.
Inevitably, a query arose, ‘If Kejriwal is arrested, how will the celebration’s Lok Sabha marketing campaign proceed in his absence?’
Earlier this week, Bharadwaj stated that “The face might be Arvind Kejriwal. He’s the one face that folks belief and love. The technique might be fashioned as soon as we attain that stage.”
Earlier than Kejriwal’s arrest, the celebration, someplace, in the back of its thoughts, was additionally hoping that he’s not arrested contemplating his mass enchantment and recognition, particularly among the many folks of Delhi.
“The BJP additionally has a concern that their plan to arrest Kejriwal may backfire. Kejriwal’s arrest may lead folks to revolt in opposition to the BJP within the polls,” a senior celebration chief had stated when Kejriwal was being issued a number of summonses by the ED in an excise coverage linked cash laundering case.
Not solely does Kejriwal’s arrest threaten to derail the celebration’s Lok Sabha marketing campaign, it might have lengthy standing repercussions on governance in Delhi and the Meeting polls subsequent 12 months.
For now, the celebration is sustaining a courageous face and saying, ‘Ladenge, Jeetenge’ however the fact is {that a} bumpy street within the coming days awaits the 12-year-old celebration.
The celebration is eyeing at increasing its footprint throughout the nation and has tied up with the Congress to contest the Lok Sabha polls in opposition to the BJP in Delhi, Haryana and Gujarat.
Kejriwal is the fulcrum of the celebration’s Lok Sabha marketing campaign and its star campaigner. The celebration is already feeling the pinch of the absence of its senior leaders like Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain and Sanjay Singh.
Now the arrest of Kejriwal has landed the ruling celebration of Delhi within the doldrums.
On earlier events, every time this query rose, the celebration maintained a tricky stance saying it can combat it out, however there isn’t any denying the truth that AAP‘s suppose tank will not discover it straightforward to wriggle out of this downside.
The celebration’s marketing campaign in Delhi, the place it’s contesting on 4 seats and in Gujarat, the place it has fielded candidates on two seats, is centred round Kejriwal.
In Delhi, the celebration’s marketing campaign is titled, ‘Sansad Mein Bhi Kejriwal, Toh Dilli Hogi Aur Khush Haal’ whereas in Gujarat, it’s being run as ‘Gujarat Mein Bhi Kejriwal’.
In Punjab, whereas the marketing campaign is centred round state chief minister Bhagwant Mann, Kejriwal had been steadily travelling to the state, the place the AAP is contesting all of the 13 seats with out an alliance with Congress.
At a press convention on March 19, Delhi Cupboard minister Saurabh Bharadwaj had alleged that there was a conspiracy to arrest Kejriwal since his questions have been making the BJP uncomfortable.
Inevitably, a query arose, ‘If Kejriwal is arrested, how will the celebration’s Lok Sabha marketing campaign proceed in his absence?’
Earlier this week, Bharadwaj stated that “The face might be Arvind Kejriwal. He’s the one face that folks belief and love. The technique might be fashioned as soon as we attain that stage.”
Earlier than Kejriwal’s arrest, the celebration, someplace, in the back of its thoughts, was additionally hoping that he’s not arrested contemplating his mass enchantment and recognition, particularly among the many folks of Delhi.
“The BJP additionally has a concern that their plan to arrest Kejriwal may backfire. Kejriwal’s arrest may lead folks to revolt in opposition to the BJP within the polls,” a senior celebration chief had stated when Kejriwal was being issued a number of summonses by the ED in an excise coverage linked cash laundering case.
Not solely does Kejriwal’s arrest threaten to derail the celebration’s Lok Sabha marketing campaign, it might have lengthy standing repercussions on governance in Delhi and the Meeting polls subsequent 12 months.
For now, the celebration is sustaining a courageous face and saying, ‘Ladenge, Jeetenge’ however the fact is {that a} bumpy street within the coming days awaits the 12-year-old celebration.
