Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has resigned, barely two days after he was granted bail in the liquor policy case. The move, branded a strategic resignation in Delhi politics, has had many talking, as Kejriwal seeks to project himself as a people’s fighter against corruption. Political analysts said that this resignation would give the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) better chances at elections, with Kejriwal most likely seeking a fresh mandate.
Timing seems to work in favor of this strategic resignation by Kejriwal after bail in the liquor policy case in the Delhi politics as elections are scheduled to be held this November in Maharashtra and Jharkhand. This resignation move, Kejriwal thinks, would garner public support seeing him as a leader who has been unfairly victimized by his opponents.
However, the decision has also created internal tussles for AAP in the appointment of an interim Chief Minister. The key challenge for AAP would be the leader who can carry out the party unity with the public mandate on the back of Kejriwal’s well-planned step of strategic resignation in Delhi politics.
Delhi CM resigns after bail in the liquor policy case: Who will lead Delhi Now?
Names like Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj, and Gopal Rai are currently in the fray, while even lesser-known persons, such as Kailash Gahlot and Imran Hussain, are not to be ruled out. Opposition parties BJP and Congress would cash in on AAP’s instability in these transition moments.
The critics call it a tactical retreat by Kejriwal. It is said that he had even tactically resigned in Delhi politics fearing that President’s Rule on the capital might come. One may say that if governance issues were the reason for such a decision, this could have impacted Kejriwal’s decision also. Kejriwal’s strategic resignation from Delhi politics has changed the city’s political complexion, rather than marking its end. How AAP navigates this change will define AAP’s future and Kejriwal’s chances of a better return.
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