Why AAP defeat in Delhi polls is a setback to Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar

While the AAP was ne'er a large unit to reckon with successful presumption of electoral basal successful Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) held anticipation successful Kejriwal. It had a beingness arsenic Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray, NCP (SP) main Sharad Pawar, and the AAP led by Arvind Kejriwal often came unneurotic done the INDIA bloc oregon different to antagonistic the BJP astatine the Centre and successful the state.

AAP’s Maharashtra link

In galore ways, Kejriwal’s transportation with Maharashtra had its origins successful the Indian Against Corruption crusade which gained momentum successful 2011-12, and was led by societal reformer Anna Hazare, a nonmigratory of Ralegaon successful Pune district.

At the rally held successful Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan, those who played important roles successful the combat against corruption and pressing for the Lokpal Bill included Arvind Kejriwal, Shanti Bhushan, Prashant Bhushan, Kiran Bedi, Medha Patkar, Swami Agnivesh, Col Devinder Sehrawat, Harsh Mandar et al. It was successful April 2011 erstwhile Hazare went connected a hunger onslaught demanding the Lokpal Bill.

Anna Hazare and Kejriwal, who shared the level and a origin 14 years ago, are nary longer connected the aforesaid page. In fact, Hazare had fixed a clarion telephone to ballot against the AAP successful the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections.

As the BJP marched to triumph pulling a hat-rick station Haryana, Maharashtra, and present Delhi, Hazare minced nary words to onslaught Kejriwal. Hazare said, “A person should ever beryllium selfless and upright. If you privation to elicit people’s enactment these are indispensable qualities.”

Lending a helping hand

In Kejriwal, who aft graduating from IIT Kharagpur joined the Indian Revenue Services and past took to politics, these determination parties saw a steadfast and committed person who dared to talk against the BJP’s cardinal leadership.

There are respective instances wherever Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray person joined hands to assistance the AAP and vice versa successful their governmental conflict against the BJP.

When the BJP done its ‘Operation Lotus’ divided the Shiv Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party, AAP leaders some astatine the Centre and Maharashtra were astatine the forefront of attacking the saffron party.

When the Centre promulgated an ordinance to make an authorization for the transportation and postings of Group A officers done legislation, Kejriwal visited Matoshree to conscionable Uddhav Thackeray to question his support, and besides met Pawar. He appealed to each non-BJP parties to travel guardant and protestation against the authorities arguing it was undermining the roles of elected authorities government.

When Kejriwal was arrested, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) pledged enactment and participated successful the protestation rally held successful Delhi. During the Lok Sabha and Maharashtra Assembly polls, Kejriwal participated successful the INDIA bloc rally held astatine Shivaji Park and BKC, respectively, past year.

The Delhi Assembly results person upset the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the NCP (SP) which judge Kejriwal had to combat a conflict connected galore fronts against the BJP.

Shiv Sena (UBT) person Sanjay Raut said, “The BJP seems to person replicated its Maharashtra signifier successful the Delhi Assembly elections. From subjecting AAP person Kejriwal to harassment done Central agencies, getting each their salient enactment leaders arrested and imprisoned to the bogus elector list,” said Raut, adding the saffron party’s look is to archetypal decorativeness the person who dares to emergence against Modi-Shah.

After the setback successful the Maharashtra Assembly polls, determination parties were hoping the AAP would withstand the BJP. Unfortunately, that has not happened arsenic Kejriwal’s enactment failed to clasp powerfulness aft 12 years of ruling successful Delhi.

With section bodies elections, including those of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, scheduled to beryllium held this year, Thackeray surely knows it’s not going to beryllium easy. The BMC polls volition successful each consciousness beryllium a do-or-die conflict for Thackeray who is struggling to reaffirm his governmental enactment and individuality of the enactment successful Mumbai and Maharashtra.

Senior BJP person Sudhir Mungantiwar said, “The BJP is connected a triumph spree. After the occurrence successful Haryana and Maharashtra, we person made it successful Delhi. And this intelligibly is an denotation that radical person spot successful the enactment and its enactment successful Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. We volition triumph Bihar Assembly polls too.”