From the Urdu Press: ‘In Delhi battle of sops, BJP following Kejriwal playbook’, ‘Tejashwi elevation set to impact Bihar polls’

The editorial notes that the Congress has present made 2 guarantees to the residents of Delhi including 300 units of escaped power, LPG cylinders for Rs 500 and a escaped ration kit per period arsenic portion of its “price emergence alleviation scheme”. The Congress earlier pledged a monthly allowance of Rs 2,500 for women arsenic compared to the AAP’s Rs 2,100 and the BJP’s Rs 2,500.

“The Congress has levelled allegations of corruption against the AAP government. It points retired that portion Narendra Modi has taken complaint arsenic the Prime Minister for the 3rd consecutive time, AAP person Arvind Kejriwal became the Delhi Chief Minister 3 times. The Congress’s Sheila Dikshit had besides won the Delhi polls thrice. The expansive aged enactment says portion Modi and Kejriwal person lone made gangly promises, Delhi was really developed by the Dikshit authorities during her 15-year regularisation (from 1998 to 2013),” the editorial says. “The Congress has besides accused the BJP and the AAP of not lone undermining Dikshit’s bequest but besides turning the superior into a polluted city. It is different substance though that too development, corruption besides flourished successful Delhi during the Dikshit regime.”

Congress’s New Delhi campaigner Sandeep Dikshit campaigning up of the Delhi elections. (Photo: Sandeep Dikshit/ X)

The regular says the BJP has not been capable to contiguous its exemplary to the Delhi electorate. “Various payment schemes being promised by antithetic players are conscionable mirroring the AAP’s initiatives. When Kejriwal archetypal mooted the thought of giving escaped powerfulness to the Delhi people, some the Congress and the BJP had mocked him, calling it “impossible”. The Kejriwal dispensation has besides raised acquisition standards successful the authorities schools too mounting up mohalla clinics crossed Delhi,” the edit says, adding that the polls would beryllium a conflict of competitory payment politics.

SIASAT

Highlighting the RJD nationalist executive’s determination to elevate Tejashwi Yadav to a presumption astatine par with his begetter and enactment main Lalu Prasad up of the Bihar Assembly polls slated for October-November 2025, the Hyderabad-based Siasat, successful its January 20 leader, says the RJD has been making efforts to instrumentality to powerfulness successful the authorities for respective years. “Although the RJD was portion of a conjugation authorities led by JD(U) person Nitish Kumar doubly successful caller years, it was the second who switched backmost to the NDA fold some times,” it says.

In the 2020 Assembly polls, Tejashwi had spearheaded the Mahagathbandhan’s run and travel adjacent to beating the NDA but Nitish managed to prevention the day, says the editorial. “The RJD has started gearing up for the upcoming polls. Tejashwi met Congress person Rahul Gandhi successful Patna. Rahul besides made it wide that the Congress would combat the Bihar polls on with the RJD arsenic portion of the Mahagathbandhan oregon INDIA alliance,” it states.

The edit notes that during its important Saturday gathering the RJD nationalist enforcement made Tejashwi the de facto enactment president, entrusting him with virtually the aforesaid authorization arsenic vested with the ailing Lalu Prasad. “The RJD has fixed Tejashwi each the decision-making powers including the powerfulness to alteration the party’s sanction oregon its awesome and to prime its predetermination candidates. On his part, Tejashwi pledged helium would permission nary chromatic unturned to fulfil the large work the enactment has fixed him.”

The regular points retired that though Tejashwi had been calling the shots successful his enactment affairs for immoderate time, his apical presumption has present been formalised. “This assumes much value arsenic the determination has travel up of the Bihar polls. Tejashwi would present instrumentality the last telephone connected each poll-related matters ranging from seat-sharing with allies to organisation of enactment tickets,” it says. “Although the NDA had trounced the INDIA successful the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the Assembly polls would beryllium a antithetic shot game. This happened successful Maharashtra past twelvemonth itself. And, adjacent successful Bihar, aft getting routed successful the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the RJD bounced backmost successful the 2020 Assembly elections erstwhile Tejashwi virtually single-handedly steered its emergence arsenic the azygous largest enactment contempt its loss,” the edit says, adding that Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party would besides beryllium successful the fray this time. “Tejashwi is simply a young, energetic person who has an power implicit Bihar’s youth. He understands the nationalist pulse and is besides skilled successful holding negotiations with allies. The RJD’s bid to manus implicit its reins to Tejashwi is simply a affirmative play whose interaction volition beryllium seen successful the polls.”

ROZNAMA RASHTRIYA SAHARA

Commenting connected the warfare of words betwixt the Congress and BJP implicit RSS main Mohan Bhagwat’s remarks connected India’s Independence and Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s onslaught connected the Sangh Parivar, the New Delhi variation of Roznama Rashtriya Sahara, successful its January 16 editorial, points retired that portion speaking astatine the inauguration of the Congress’s caller office successful Delhi, Rahul alleged that the BJP and the RSS person captured each instauration successful the state and that his enactment was present “fighting the BJP, the RSS and the Indian State itself”. Hitting backmost astatine Rahul, BJP president J P Nadda charged that Rahul’s connection “exposed the Congress’s disfigured truth” that they privation to “undermine” the unity and integrity of the country, the regular says. “Nadda besides accused Rahul of having links with urban Naxals and anti-India elements who privation to defame the country.”

The editorial states that Rahul castigated the RSS main for his connection that India got “true Independence” connected January 22, 2024, erstwhile the consecration of the Ram Temple successful Ayodhya took place. Holding that Bhagwat’s remarks insulted India’s state movement, the radical of the state and the Constitution, Rahul said helium would person been charged with “treason” for it successful immoderate different country.

The regular says Rahul was making a critique of the Modi government’s policies and the Sangh Parivar from governmental and ideological lenses. By gunning for him, the BJP campy sought to “divert” attraction from the issues helium was flagging. “As regards Rahul’s linguistic aggression, leaders deploy hard-hitting words to sharpen their points. Even PM Modi has astatine times utilized assertive connection against his governmental opponents,” the edit says, adding that the questions raised by the LoP implicit the government’s functioning and the challenges posed to the Constitution reflected the “prevailing governmental reality”.