In Delhi elections “Punjab factor” is causing headache for Kejriwal
4 min readRaveesh Benjamin
New Delhi : This time in the Delhi assembly elections, the Punjab factor is causing trouble for Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party. The reason for this is that Punjab is a full-fledged state. Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party take full advantage of Delhi being a union territory. The Aam Aadmi Party claims all the good work as its own. Whereas the blame for all its failures is put on the LG or the central government. Arvind Kejriwal holds the central government responsible for all the problems of Delhi under a special strategy. This is the reason why he always wants to be shown in the role of a warrior. Till the time the Aam Aadmi Party government was not formed in Punjab, this blame game of Arvind Kejriwal was going on successfully, but as soon as the Bhagwant Mann government was formed in Punjab, problems arose for Arvind Kejriwal because the Punjab government cannot hold the central government responsible for its failure like Delhi. When the Aam Aadmi Party blames Union Home Minister Amit Shah and his ministry for the law and order in Delhi, the BJP presents the statistics of the law and order of Punjab. The beneficiary schemes which the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi boasts about, the same beneficiary schemes are not being implemented in Punjab.
Aam Aadmi Party had announced to give 1100 rupees per month to the women of Punjab under the Direct Benefit Scheme at the time of elections. Despite more than 2 years, the Aam Aadmi Party government of Punjab is not able to fulfill this promise. The model of Mohalla Clinic and School has also failed in Punjab. Arvind Kejriwal gets the benefit of GST collection in Delhi because after Mumbai, Delhi is also considered the industrial capital of the country. The GST collection here is considered equivalent to that of a big state. Obviously, the Kejriwal government gets thousands of crores of rupees without doing anything. Apart from this, since Delhi is the national capital, the infrastructure projects of the Central Government also keep running continuously, which also benefits the Aam Aadmi Party. Being an excellent communicator, Arvind Kejriwal gets the credit for all the central schemes. Apart from this, Aam Aadmi Party is the only party in the country that knows how to exploit the social media platform to the maximum. Obviously, the facility that Kejriwal had till the Aam Aadmi Party government was not formed in Punjab has now ended. Therefore, the Punjab factor is also having an impact in Delhi. A large number of Punjabis live in Delhi. Therefore, the failure of the Punjab government also affects the Punjabi voters of Delhi. This time, the anti-incumbency factor is also causing trouble for Arvind Kejriwal. Apart from this, his image of being a staunch honest person has been shattered. After a long time, the Congress is fighting the Delhi elections very seriously. The Delhi unit of Congress is perhaps the first unit in the country that has announced the maximum number of tickets before the election announcement. Ajay Maken, the national general secretary of the Congress and considered to be very close to Rahul Gandhi, even called Arvind Kejriwal a traitor. He called Arvind Kejriwal Farjiwal. It is clear that Arvind Kejriwal is facing a tougher challenge this time than he had to face in the previous elections.
This time, to counter the Arvind Kejriwal and Atishi Singh duo, BJP has put forward the duo of Sahib Singh Verma’s son Pravesh Verma and Sushma Swaraj’s daughter Bansuri Swaraj. Apart from this, Manoj Tiwari is also in the front. Delhi being the main media center of the country, even the smallest political activity here gets more headlines. Till now Arvind Kejriwal also got the benefit of his tremendous media management but now all his tricks have been exposed.
Discussion of Delhi elections all over the world
The assembly elections will be announced in the first week of January in Delhi. Therefore, the heat of Delhi elections is increasing day by day. Despite having an assembly of only 70 seats, there is curiosity about Delhi elections not only in the country but also in the world. The first reason for this is that Delhi is the capital of India and the second reason is that due to the Anna movement, Aam Aadmi Party has been getting international media headlines since its birth. Arvind Kejriwal is one of the selected opposition leaders of the country, who is invited to the famous universities of America and Europe. Being born out of the movement against corruption, Aam Aadmi Party and its leader Arvind Kejriwal have a global image. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi in India, only Arvind Kejriwal is considered to have an international image. Obviously, the eyes of the whole world are on the Delhi elections.