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In Delhi AAP losing to BJP
Clearly buoyed by their experience at the Delhi Assembly election, the Aam Aadmi Party has fielded candidates across the country. Party chief Arvind Kejriwal himself is taking on Narendra Modi in Varanasi. However, if we go by the results of the Lokniti-CSDS pre-poll survey, it shows that AAP will not be able to exactly repeat history as even its hold on Delhi looks in bad shape.
The poll reveals that
47 percent of the respondents said that it was not the right decision by Kejriwal to resign as chief minister over the Janlokpal bill, while 30% said he did the right thing.
Meanwhile, the survey showed that in Delhi the biggest issue on the minds of people was price rise. Political scientist Sandeep Shastri during a debate on CNN-IBN said, "The tracker shows that the AAP is clearly losing ground and losing fast to the BJP".
The Delhi voter is in mood of the Lok Sabha elections. That factor is also propelling the way they are looking at the elections." Professor Dipankar Gupta was of the opinion that people were upset with the fact that Kejriwal resigned. "I was upset when Kejriwal resigned. People did not like he fact that he resigned but they think that the 49 days were of his government were chaos.
Economist Surjeet Bhalla said, "AAP's entry into politics has had a positive effect. However Kejriwal quitting was seen by everyone as a political move by a man in a hurry." After it was formed, AAP saw huge support for from the youth in Delhi. But the poll tracker shows that the youth base is moving away, and towards the BJP.
Swapan Dasgupta was of the opinion that AAP was rebuffed over Kejriwal's resignation as chief minister. "When it comes to political instincts Kejriwal was consistently wrong. He unilaterally went ahead with his resignation after his dharna at Rail Bhavan. He seems to have been rebuffed by voters of Delhi on this issue," said Dasgupta.
"When Kejriwal formed government in Delhi, he had an alliance with juggi jhopri colonies, and the RWAs and the gated colonies. They have jettisoned one for the other as both cannot go together," said Dasgupta. The polls survey shows, in terms of vote share, the
Congress is doing miserable with only
22%,
BJP has a whopping 40%
AAP
29%.
This is bad news for the Congress that had swept Delhi in 2009 with all 7 seats. Rajeeva Karandiker gave the seat shares. "It means 3-4 seats for BJP, 1-2 AAP and 0-1 for the Congress.
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