Tuesday, May 17, 2016
APP and Cong upbeat over MCD victory
Despite the ruling Aam Aadmi Party fighting Municipal by-elections for the first
time, it kept its winning streak continuing, though not in the way it had recorded
in the last assembly elections. AAP won five seats out of 13 MCD seats in which
by - elections were held. Though MCD by-poll result is a setback for the ruling
BJP, it has proved to be a great moral booster for the Congress party, which won 4
seats. BJP won only three seats. With five seats in MCD by-polls, the APP has
anyhow maintained its top political rating in Delhi. But with the winning
independent councillor joining Congrerss Party after victory, it raised its number
to five too.
Congress Party impressively improved its position in the MCD by-polls with more
than 24 per cent of votes. Though BJP got many more percents of votes than APP and
Congress, it won only 3 in terms of seats. BJP has been ruling at the Centre. It
is also considered to be strong in Delhi. Despite that, its performance has not
been up to mark. It is also a wake-up call for Narendra Modi-led NDA govt at the
Centre that if it continued to pass time only by talking tall since it came to
power, fall in its popularity graph is bound to set in.
Delhi shows the mirror to all governments if they failed to deliver the promises
made to the people. Two years of Narendra Modi govt. at the Centre is about to
pass. It is going to complete its 2nd year in power on May 26, 2016. No
perceptible change for betterment on the ground in any field is felt. Rather, the
price rise shot up,industrial production fell, no new job created and economic
slowed down. When stomach is empty, no one is prepared to listen to grandstanding
speech by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. So, MCD by poll result is a warning for
the ruling BJP at the Centre to work and translate all programmes and policies
into action on the ground.
Though AAP has won five seats, its popularity graph is also falling. If it had
maintained its massive victory spree of assembly elections, it would have won all
the seats that went to by-polls. It is time for Congress to rejoice over its
victory in MCD by-polls after being wiped out from the city in the last assembly
elections. It has lot more to do to retrieve its pre-imminent position in Delhi,
which it ruled for 15 years in a row. The youthful leadership of Ajay Maken in
Delhi has helped the Congress party to revive. He also needs to have more
activities to improve party's position.
Municipal corporation is the smallest unit of administration in the city. As far
as transparency and efficiency in MCD are concerned, BJP has ruled it in the worst
way. The 13 wards, which went to the by-polls on Sunday are Quamruddin Nagar,
Shalimar Bagh (North), Ballimaran, Nawada, Vikas Nagar, Matiala, Nanakpura,
Munirka, Bhati, Tehkhand, Khichripur, Jhilmil and Wazirpur. The by-elections were
necessitated as 13 Councillors got elected to the Delhi Assembly in 2015.
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