With barely a few months left for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) campaign seems to have lost some steam in the hill state, with the party’s senior leadership focusing more on the contest with the BJP in Gujarat Is. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state.
After its stellar performance in the Punjab elections, AAP intensified its campaign in Himachal Pradesh with not only rallies of senior leaders but also packed roadshows by party supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. was. Blitzkrieg had led many to believe that the BJP could not only overtake the Congress as the main challenger, but could present a formidable challenge to the ruling Jai Ram Thakur government.
But after its senior leader and the then party in-charge for elections Satyendar Jain was arrested in a case of alleged corruption, the AAP has clearly gone on the back foot. Despite the AAP leadership insisting that the entire top brass is focusing on Himachal as well, subsequent events indicate that Gujarat ranks high on priority for this.
except Arvind KejriwalIn the party’s many election campaign tours, the party has diverted all its resources to the state. senior leader Raghav Chadha The one who was also in charge of the Punjab elections has been sent to Gujarat to coordinate the party’s campaign. In the bargain, the sheen of his Himachal campaign seems to be fading.
Barring a few road shows, in recent weeks, it is the local leadership that has been created to carry out the campaign. This comes at a time when both the BJP and the Congress have stepped up their campaigns. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Already held a few rallies with impressive turnout and Congress is also planning big rallies of star campaigners like Priyanka Gandhi.
“AAP had started well after the Punjab victory, but after some vicissitudes like arrest of Jain and registration of FIR against Manish Sisodia, they had slowed down. Moreover, the Gujarat elections appear to be far more important and prestigious for the party than the politically and strategically smaller Himachal Pradesh,” remarked an observer.
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