HEMAL ASHAR hemal@ mid- day. com ARVIND Kejriwalu2019s Aam Aadmi Party ( AAP) scripted a tremendous win in the Delhi assembly elections on Tuesday, taking the capital with AAP- lomb.
The Bharatiya . anata Party ( B . P) spokesperson, Shaina NC said, u201c We truly respect the mandate of the people, this is a democracy and the people have spoken. Unfortunately the wrong narrative being spun that the B . P was only about communalism seems to have resonated with the people.u201d When asked about the winning gambit, Kejriwal concentrating on development while B . P had its eye on the anti- CAA protests at Shaheen Bagh, Shaina shot back, u201c Who created Shaheen Bagh? It is not the B . P who was giving the protesters R u0004 . . a day and feeding them biryani. In fact, it is the B . P who stepped in to ensure that law and order is maintained in the space,u201d said the Mumbai spokesperson, who was on the campaign trail with the B . P during the election run- up.
She added, u201c The CAA is not against any citizen, it is a check against infiltrators, we must be very clear about that. The AAP claimed they had opened u0004 . . schools, but, where are these schools? Where are the u0005 . colleges? Where are the . u0004 lakh cameras? Everything about AAP was free, free, free, but we can only hope that it now fulfils the aspirations of the people of Delhi.u201d Freebies explained Mumbaiu2019s Abhishek Bhat, an AAP volunteer, also on the campaign trail in recent weeks said, u201c We could afford to give certain basics free to people but there is no debt to the state government, our budget has swelled from R . . , . . . crore to R u00a1 . , . . . crore, which is mainly GST money. It shows there is consumption is Delhi, the economy is doing well, people are spending, people are buying.
Compare this to the BMC revenue that has gone down drastically in Mumbai.u201d Bhat said this particular populist model has worked.
u201c You give people good education, healthcare and very basic electricity, and you have a welfare model, which works a little like the Scandinavian model perhaps,u201d he finished.
Mumbai eye With political pundits asking why AAP could not replicate the Delhi model in Maharashtra, an elated Rueben Mascarenhas, . t. national secretary AAP from Mumbai said, u201c This win and model of governance has set a benchmark and is for others to follow. Right now we are limited to Delhi but we are contesting the Navi Mumbai elections next month and the BMC elections, too.u201d For Congress, u201c The time for introspection is over and it is time for drastic action,u201d said spokesperson Sanjay . ha. u201c We did reasonably well in Haryana, Maharashtra and . harkhand, but the meek surrender in Delhi is baffling. It does not do justice to Sheila Dikshitu2019s legacy of transforming Delhi. For us, besides organisational reforms, we need to sort out the leadership issue,u201d he said.
AAP- le of the Delhi eye It is party time for Arvind Kejriwal & Co. with the winners now aspiring to do a Delhi in the local Mumbai and Navi Mumbai elections u2018 We could afford to give certain basics free to people but there is no debt to the state government. Our budget has swelled from R 30,000 crore to R 60,000 crore, which is mainly GST money. Compare this to the BMC revenue that has gone down drasticallyu2019 Abhishek Bhat, AAP volunteer Aam Aadmi Party workers celebrate its success in Delhi Assembly polls, at the party office in Andheri. PIC/ PTI
