Delhi Elections: Last chance for Rahul Gandhi?

Delhi Assembly is forced to go for re-elections within a gap of 14 months only and the then Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has to be blamed for it. He steps down from his post with silly reasons within 49 days of assuming charge of the Delhi government. Ever since, President’s Rule was imposed on Delhi and it will come to an end on February 15th.

So, the Chief Election Commissioner VS Samapth has announced the elections schedule for Delhi Assembly on Monday. Notification will be issued on January 14th, last date for filing nominations-January 21st, Scrutiny of nominations-January 22nd, Withdrawal of nominations-January 24th, Polling-February 7th, Counting of votes and Results declaration-February 10th.

There are total 70 seats in the Delhi Assembly. The main contest will be between BJP and AAP. Congress party led by its vice president Rahul Gandhi may as usually settle with third place. And again the war would be between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal. They both have already started crossing swords and spitting fire against each other in the public meetings.

Modi’s allegation is that Arvind Kejriwal is an anarchist, who doesn’t fit for the CM Post has proved it during his 49 days of ruling. Arvind Kejriwal claims that he has reduced the corruption in the Delhi government within a short period of 49 days, but BJP couldn’t do it even after 7 months ruling. Since, they both are known for their excellent communication skills, they may have to sweat a lot to win the elections. However, many survey reports are clearly indicating that BJP will come to power with an absolute majority, because people of Delhi do not want to make another experiment with Arvind Kejriwal again.

In fact, these elections should be considered as a last chance for Rahul Gandhi to prove his leadership qualities as he is expected to succeed his mother Sonia Gandhi as party president very soon. If, he could lead his party to victory in these elections, there may be no ‘banner- rising’ against him otherwise he has to give way to someone else to succeed his mother as the party president.