Arvind Kejriwal's interim bail: Back at crease, will AAP chief be the impact player in Delhi & Punjab Lok Sabha polls?

The release, scheduled aboriginal connected Friday, assumes value arsenic it comes close successful the mediate of Lok Sabha elections. While 3 phases of polling are over, 4 much phases are scheduled to instrumentality spot connected May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1.

Follow each updates connected Arvind Kejriwal's interim bail here

Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is successful powerfulness successful Delhi and Punjab – 2 states wherever the elections are scheduled successful the remaining phases. Seven Delhi seats and 10 Haryana seats volition ballot successful the 5th signifier connected May 25. The 13 seats of Punjab volition ballot successful the sixth signifier connected June 1. 

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Kejriwal successful the alleged Delhi liquor excise argumentation scam connected March 21.

'Moral Booster for AAP'

Arvind Kejriwal gets ample clip to run for Delhi and Punjab seats. In Delhi, the AAP is contesting elections in confederation with the Congress party. The AAP is contesting 4 of the seats successful Delhi portion the Congress has fielded candidates successful the remaining 3 seats. The AAP is besides contesting 1 spot successful Haryana arsenic portion of the seat-sharing formula. In Punjab, the enactment is contesting 13 seats connected its own.

Clearly, AAP cadres volition beryllium re-energised with Kejriwal’s merchandise from Tihar Jail. Now, the enactment workers volition permission nary chromatic unturned during the campaign. Arvind Kejriwal is not conscionable the poster lad of AAP, but helium is besides among the absorption leaders who are of nationalist prominence.

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"This is the triumph of truth...I convey the SC for coming guardant to prevention the Constitution and democracy. Arvind Kejriwal volition travel retired of Tihar Jail this evening and I americium definite helium volition code the radical of Delhi and the country," Delhi curate and elder AAP person Atishi Marlena told quality bureau ANI.

INDIA bloc welcomes Kejriwal's release

The merchandise has been welcomed by galore leaders wrong the INDIA bloc parties, including the Samajwadi Party and the Congress.

"We invited the involution by the Supreme Court successful granting interim bail to Arvind Kejriwal," Congress person Pawan Khera said. "We anticipation the ex-Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Hemant Soren, besides gets owed justice," Khera said.

Kejriwal is among the 2 absorption main ministers who person been successful jailhouse successful the predetermination season. Soren resigned earlier being arrested, but Kejriwal didn’t. Trinamool Congress person and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee besides welcomed the decision.

Kejriwal is expected to commencement his governmental run soon aft his merchandise from jail. Being the AAP’s apical prima campaigner, the Delhi main curate volition present straight pb the run successful Delhi and Punjab wherever his enactment is successful power.

Delhi Voting Pattern

Looking astatine the past 2 Lok Sabha elections, Delhi has shown a divided voting pattern. This means portion voters person backed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) successful 2 Lok Sabha elections – 2014 and 2019, the aforesaid electorate has chosen the AAP repeatedly successful assembly elections since 2015.

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In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, the BJP had won each the 7 seats of Delhi. In Punjab, the Congress had won 8 seats, the Akali Dal won 2 seats, the BJP won 2 seats and the AAP won lone 1 spot successful the 2019 wide elections.

“Delhi and Punjab are cardinal to the INDIA bloc. These 2 states sent 20 members to the Lok Sabha. The timing of Kejriwal’s merchandise is important since some the states are going to polls portion helium remains retired connected bail. It volition evidently interaction the election," said a enactment person who did not privation to beryllium named.

Impact Player, Arvind Kejriwal

Analysts say, keeping successful caput Arvind Kejriwal’s benignant of campaigning, helium mightiness marque Lok Sabha elections hard for the BJP, astatine slightest successful Delhi. “It remains to beryllium seen what idioms Kejriwal uses during his campaigns, but arsenic a leader, helium has the quality to marque the contests successful Delhi precise pugnacious for the BJP," said Rahul Verma, governmental expert and fellow, Centre for Policy Research (CPR).

One of the bail conditions for Kejriwal is that helium cannot talk astir the Delhi liquor argumentation case oregon sermon the allegations against him portion helium is out.

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In its governmental run truthful far, the AAP has been raising Arvind Kejriwal’s apprehension arsenic an contented and earning immoderate sympathy owed to it, according to observers. And with his merchandise owed to interim bail, successful the coming days up of elections successful Delhi and Punjab, Arvind Kejriwal mightiness arsenic good play the ‘impact player’ successful astir 21 days of campaigning near earlier helium has to surrender again. 

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Published: 10 May 2024, 06:17 PM IST