MCD Elections BJP has not been in power for two decades, yet it has occupied MCD for 15 years... how

 

New Delhi:  This time, with the release of the manifestos of political parties along with the list of candidates to take over the 250 wards of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the phase of civic body elections is now in full swing. It is likely to gain more momentum in the next few days. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) , which came second in the 2017 MCD elections , is trying its level best to oust the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) , which has been ruling the MCD for the last 15 years . On the other hand, Congress was once powerful in Delhi.Struggling to find his lost land. Significantly, Sheila Dixit had kept the CM chair of Delhi with her for 15 years, but since the 2013 assembly elections, the Congress is continuously losing its ground. In such a situation, in view of the preparations for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress is ready to exert its strength to make the MCD elections triangular in any way. Voting will be held for MCD on 4th December and counting of votes will be done on 7th December. The last three MCD election results have gone in favor of the BJP. Contrary to the fact that the saffron party has been out of power in Delhi for the last two decades. Let us understand that by what maths BJP has been doing the maths of MCD despite being out of power. 

Anti-incumbency wave against Sheila Dikshit in 2007
Congress veteran Sheila Dikshit had captured the power of Delhi in 1998. Five years later, in 2002, the Congress swept the 134-member municipal corporation elections. This was the first time that the Congress was in control of the civic body along with the power of Delhi. It is a different matter that in the next five years the picture changed and the BJP returned to the undivided MCD. In the 2007 MCD elections, the BJP had won 144 wards. 

An easy victory against the weak Congress in 2012,
Sheila Dixit's last term was marred by several allegations of corruption, which cost her dearly. In 2011, the Congress-UPA government divided the undivided MCD into three parts namely North Delhi, South Delhi and East Delhi Municipal Corporation. In the first election held after the MCD split, the BJP captured 138 out of 272 wards and restricted the Congress to 78 wards. This MCD election was seen as a semi-final of the 2013 Delhi Assembly elections, the results of which also came as expected and the Congress got a crushing defeat in those elections.

In 2017, BJP cut off the tickets of all councilors Facing
anti-incumbency wave and allegations of financial irregularities in MCD, BJP sidelined all its sitting councilors in 2017 MCD elections. This strategy paid off and BJP was not only successful in winning the MCD elections but also in increasing its strength in it. As compared to 138 in 2012, in the 2017 MCD elections, BJP got 181 councilors in MCD. Even the Aam Aadmi Party, which got a historic mandate by winning 67 out of 70 assembly seats in Delhi in 2015, had to be content with a second place. The Congress slipped to the third position in the last election. 

Will BJP's journey of victory continue in 2022 as well...
This time BJP has fielded 126 women for the MCD elections. Apart from this, bets have been played on three Muslims, seven Sikhs and nine former mayors. This is the first time that BJP adopted religious and caste equations in the selection of its candidates in any election. According to Harsh Malhotra, former mayor and general secretary of Delhi BJP, this time the candidates for the MCD elections are 23 Punjabi, 21 Vaish, 42 Brahmin, 34 Jat, 26 Purvanchali, 22 Rajboot, 17 Gurjar, 13 Jatav, 9 Valmiki, 9 Yadav, one Sindhi. And have chosen two from Uttarakhand. Apart from this, candidates from seven Sikh, three Muslim and one Jain community are also in the MCD election fray. That is, BJP is thinking of crossing the MCD election this time with religious, regional and caste arithmetic. 

News is originally taken from : https://www.newsnationtv.com/specials/explainer/mcd-elections-bjp-is-not-in-power-for-two-decades-how-ruling-mcd-since-last-three-terms-319442.html

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