New Delhi: As predicted by exit polls, trends have clearly shown that the Bharatiya Janata Party is set to win all the three bodies under the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). Even though Aam Aadmi party’s loss was on predicted, the numbers are humiliating for a party which had won 67 out of 70 seats in the 2015 Assembly polls. Here are 7 points explaining the MCD results:
1. BJP decided to start with a clean slate: The party was smart and agile in accepting that people were not very happy with its 10-year tenure in the MCD. BJP was able to sideline all the charges of inefficiency and corruption with this one masterstroke: No sitting councillor was given a ticket. This not only helped the party in beating anti-incumbency, but also brought in fresh faces, whom people were ready to give a chance. AAP and Congress, who had spent months planning campaign against old councillors, had to go back to the drawing board weeks before the polls.
3. AAP hobnobbing with Punjab and Goa: After AAP candidate suffered a humiliating defeat in the recent Rajouri Garden bypoll, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said that former Rajouri Garden MLA Jarnail Singh’s move to Punjab had angered the voters. It’s not just about one MLA. The entire party, particularly its face Arvind Kejriwal, was seen to desperate to venture out, forgetting his commitment to the voters of Delhi in 2015. Statements by some of the AAP leaders in Punjab, projecting Kejriwal as the CM candidate, further angered the voters in Delhi. This was seen as second betrayal by Kejriwal, who had abruptly resigned from the post of Delhi CM in 2014, just 49 days into the government.
4. AAP blaming Election Commission for defeat: Time and again, Kejriwal’s questioning of the Election Commission’s impartiality was seen as an insult to the institution which has earned people’s respect over the decades. AAP was also seen as a bitter loser, which was blaming the referee for its defeat. It also appeared as an arrogant party which was not ready to introspect on the reasons behind the rout in Punjab and Goa.
6. Constant chaos in AAP government: Instead of focusing on some of its popular schemes like mohalla clinics, regulation of fee in private schools, cut in power and water bills etc, the Kejriwal government wasted a lot of its time in fighting the Centre and the lieutenant governor, leading to constant transfers and blame game. As a result, governance suffered and there was a constant sense of chaos.
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