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Despite the win, Kejriwal might still quit as Delhi CM. Here’s why

  Vivek Sinha   February 12, 2015 Yes, this is a historic win. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its supremo Arvind Kejriwal have stunned everyone by their dazzling performance in the Delhi Assembly Elections, such that both BJP (Bhartiya Janata Party) and Congress—two national parties, are now decimated in the country’s capital. It’s not a common occurrence that a political party manages to win 67 seats in a 70 seat legislature. In the coming weeks and probably several months from now, this election victory will remain the talk of the town. Already political pundits and psephologists have taken upon themselves to explain about how BJP lost the plot for Delhi Assembly and why Modi’s charisma is on the wane or that the much touted ‘Modi wave’ has now hit the Kejri “wall”. Whichever way one looks at this election, nobody can deny the fact that these elections have indeed made a mockery of two national parties of India—the BJP and Congress. While Congress scored a perfect zero, BJP m...

Kejriwal, the stuntman of Indian politics

Vivek Sinha   Mister Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister (CM) aspirant of AAP (Aam Aadmi Party) is displeased at not being “invited” to watch the Republic Day Parade of India. He publicly expressed his annoyance saying he did not understand his exclusion from the list of VIP invitees and claimed that as ex-CM of Delhi he ought to have been invited to watch the Parade. Mr Kejriwal’s displeasure is more of a political stunt that has become quite routine over the last one year. It would be prudent to remember that last year when Mr Kejriwal was Delhi’s Chief Minster he made all possible efforts to disrupt the Republic Day Parade by sitting on a   dharna (demonstration) on the route of the Parade. He even went on to mock this same Parade when he stated that a bunch of VIPs (Very Important Persons) in designer clothes watch the military march and that the Parade is a slap on the face of a common man. In the interest and benefit of common man this Parade should be boycotte...