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Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who came out of jail on bail in the Delhi liquor case, will resign from his post on Tuesday evening. Before Kejriwal’s resignation, Atishi’s name has been chosen as the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party’s legislative party, after which she will now be crowned as the Chief Minister. In such a situation, by handing over the command of Delhi to Atishi, Kejriwal has played a master stroke for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections. In such a situation, it remains to be seen what will be the strategy of BJP and Congress now?
Atishi, who is going to become the Chief Minister, has traveled from MLA to minister and CM in a political career of five years. In 2019, she contested from the East Delhi Lok Sabha seat, but could not win. After this, Atishi became an MLA for the first time in 2020. Atishi has been working with the Aam Aadmi Party and the Kejriwal government for a long time and has also been an advisor to Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. After this, when Sisodia went to jail, she became a minister in his place and now she is going to sit on the Chief Minister’s chair. Kejriwal has not handed over the CM’s chair to Atishi just like that, but the choice has been made under a well-thought-out strategy, which is being considered a gamble to reap benefits in the assembly elections.
Gamble to woo women voters
By choosing Atishi as the Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal has played a gamble to woo women votes. Delhi has 46 percent women voters while 54 percent are men and third gender. If we look at the voting pattern of women in Delhi, they have been more than men. In such a situation, the Aam Aadmi Party has decided to make Atishi the CM and has posed a challenge to BJP and Congress by playing the gamble of women empowerment. In the changed political environment of Delhi, women voters are playing an important role in the victory and defeat in the elections.
Kejriwal government is kind to women
Kejriwal has been kind to women since coming to power in Delhi. The Kejriwal government had given the facility of free travel to women in Delhi in the year 2019. Free bus service facility is available in Noida-NCR, airport and DTC and cluster buses. About 40 percent of women in Delhi are taking advantage of this facility. Not only this, Kejriwal has also started ‘Mahila Mohalla Clinics’ in Delhi, in which women are being treated by women doctors. Now, by making a woman CM, a move has been made to appease half the population.
Political message to Punjabi society
By deciding to make Atishi the CM, Aam Aadmi Party has tried to give a political message to the Punjabi community of Delhi. Atishi comes from a Punjabi background. She is a Punjabi Rajput. Punjabi voters are considered very important and decisive in Delhi politics. BJP’s entire politics in Delhi has been based on Punjabi and Vaishya community. Kejriwal himself comes from the Vaishya community and after coming into politics, he has been successful in winning the trust of the Vaishya community. To maintain the trust of Punjabi votes, Kejriwal has made a move to make Atishi the CM in his place.
30 percent Punjabi community
About 30 percent of the population in Delhi belongs to the Punjabi community. Of these, more than 10 percent are Punjabi Khatris, 8 percent are Rajput-Jaats and 12 percent are Vaishyas. The Punjabi community decides the victory or defeat in Delhi’s Vikaspuri, Rajouri Garden, Chandni Chowk, Hari Nagar, Tilak Nagar, Janakpuri, Moti Nagar, Rajendra Nagar, Greater Kailash, Jagatpura, Gandhi Nagar, Model Town, Laxmi Nagar and Rohini assembly seats. At one time, Punjabi voters were considered the traditional vote bank of BJP.
A gamble to maintain trust
In Delhi, the trio of Madanlal Khurana, Vijay Kumar Malhotra and Kedarnath Sahni were considered the Punjabi faces of BJP. It was with the help of Punjabi voters that BJP was able to come to power in 1993. At present, BJP does not have any big face from the Punjabi community. In such a situation, Arvind Kejriwal may have handed over the reins of power to Atishi for some time, but it is being considered a gamble to maintain the trust of the Punjabi community through her.
Trump card of education model
Aatishi may have become an MLA in 2020 and then a minister and now she is going to sit on the chair of the Chief Minister, but she has been associated with the Aam Aadmi Party from the very beginning. Atishi’s role was important behind the revolutionary changes in the government schools of Delhi. Atishi was an advisor to Sisodia when he was the Education Minister. In such a situation, it is believed that on the suggestion of Atishi, Manish Sisodia made many changes in the education of Delhi and worked to improve the model of education in the government schools of Delhi.
Happiness curriculum was started in Delhi schools. This course is for the children of government schools of Delhi. The purpose of the happiness curriculum is to emotionally strengthen the children from nursery to 8th class. After this, she became an MLA from Kalkaji seat on the ticket of Aam Aadmi Party and took charge of many important departments while being a cabinet minister.
Became Kejriwal’s confidant
While working with Aam Aadmi Party, Atishi not only won the trust of Chief Minister Kejriwal but also emerged as a confidant. That is why Kejriwal chose Atishi’s name to make him CM in his place. Kejriwal has handed over the CM’s chair to her only till the upcoming elections. In such a situation, if the assembly election results go in favor of Aam Aadmi Party, Kejriwal himself will take over the reins of power. In such a situation, the party was looking for a trustworthy leader, who can work according to his wishes and cannot rebel after the elections. He has seen the attitude of Jitan Ram Manjhi in Bihar and Champai Soren in Jharkhand. That is why he has chosen Atishi after a lot of thought. Atishi has also stepped in the same direction.
Smart and aggressive face
It may have been five years since Atishi entered the pitch of politics, but she has emerged as the face of smart and aggressive politics. After Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh went to jail, Atishi was the only one seen fighting for Aam Aadmi Party from the streets to the House. Atishi puts forward her and the party’s point of view in a strong manner. In this way, Atishi did not let Kejriwal’s absence be felt. Now that Kejriwal is handing over the reins of power to her, the question will arise as to who will be the face of the opposition against Atishi. BJP and Congress do not have any female face against Atishi in Delhi. In this way, Atishi will now play openly as the Chief Minister and will also work to increase the tension for the opposition?
