Congress upbeat mood in Delhi

Aam Admi Party (AAP) Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwali is trying to give the message among the Muslim voters that Congress is not very serious in ensuring the defeat of BJP in Delhi.He says that if Congress was serious, it would have responded positively to his call for alliance to fight together in Lok SAbha elections to ensure the defeat of BJP. He wants to impress up on the Muslims, SCs and other weaker sections of the society that his party APP is only able to defeat BJP. It is APP which has dented into the entire vote banks of Congress party and wiped it out in 2015 Delhi assembly. Naturally, there would be deep grudge among Congress leaders and workers against APP. One thing also matters here behind APP’s eagerness to strike alliance with the Congress is its failure in governing Delhi as it had promised to Delhiites. There has been no development of any worth in the last four years. Except free water and electricity to a limit, no benefit for Delhiites from the APP government is discernible. That why disillusionment of Delhiites with AAP govt. has developed. Presently, Congress has no presence in the Delhi assembly. But with the passing of time, Congress vote banks started returning to its fold which is reflective in the result of by-election and Delhi Municipal elections. It is only the Congress party whose percentage of vote has gone up while the percentage of votes for BJP and AAP both has gone down. It is also simple arithmetic that if the vote polled by APP and Congress are taken together, it is higher than what the BJP polled in 2014 Lok Sabha and 2015 assembly elections in Delhi. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is eager to strike alliance with the Congress. He blames that Congress appears to be arrogant. However, the newly appointed Delhi Congress Chief Sheila Dixit, who was Chief Minister of Delhi for 15 years in a row, says that Kejriwal has not met her. Sheila Dixit wants to fight alone and she does not appear to be in favour of alliance with APP. Sheila's predecessor Ajay Maken was also not in favour of any alliance with APP in Delhi. They are of the view that it was APP which wiped them out from Delhi. With the victory in MP, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, the Congress is in upbeat mood. The minority and other weaker sections of society have started coming back to Party. The resurgent Congress feels that if they fought unitedly, they would defeat BJP single-handedly. Though the aim of both Congress and AAP is to defeat the BJP, the Congress and the APP cannot do it on their own. So, it would be better for both to tie in alliance for fighting Lok Sabha elections. It is reported that AAP is ready to concede three Lok Sabha seats to Congress. But Congress intends to do some hard bargaining to get one more seat. It cannot be said that there would be no alliance between the two as the top leadership of the party is still to indicate its view on it.