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The Bharatiya Janata Party is desperate to form a government in Delhi, but its attempts to cobble together the requisite numbers keep hitting a roadblock. Pushed on the backfoot after the Aam Aadmi Party’s sting involving Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party vice-president Sher Singh Dagar, bitter party functionaries are now busy blaming the current mess on the undue interference by its senior leaders. Union ministers Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley are among those who are said to be keeping close tabs on developments on the ground from their offices.
Ms Swaraj has an old link with the capital — she served briefly as Delhi Chief Minister, and Mr Jaitley is familiar with politics in the capital since his student days at Delhi University. While BJP vice-president Prabhat Jha has a legitimate reason to monitor government formation as he is in-charge of Delhi, his predecessor and former party president Nitin Gadkari refuses to let go. Mr Gadkari apparently has not gotten over his brief stint as Delhi in-charge for last year’s Assembly polls, when he persuaded the party to project Harsh Vardhan as the party’s chief ministerial candidate.
In addition to the seniors, former chief of the BJP’s Delhi unit Vijay Goel, who was eased out to make place for Dr Vardhan, remains a player as he continues to nurse chief ministerial aspirations though he’s not in the race. Having taken over recently as Delhi BJP chief, Satish Upadhyaya is also said to be flexing his muscles. For the BJP, the Delhi imbroglio is turning out to be a classic case of too many cooks spoiling the broth.A clash of titans and young Turks | Deccan Chronicle
Ms Swaraj has an old link with the capital — she served briefly as Delhi Chief Minister, and Mr Jaitley is familiar with politics in the capital since his student days at Delhi University. While BJP vice-president Prabhat Jha has a legitimate reason to monitor government formation as he is in-charge of Delhi, his predecessor and former party president Nitin Gadkari refuses to let go. Mr Gadkari apparently has not gotten over his brief stint as Delhi in-charge for last year’s Assembly polls, when he persuaded the party to project Harsh Vardhan as the party’s chief ministerial candidate.
In addition to the seniors, former chief of the BJP’s Delhi unit Vijay Goel, who was eased out to make place for Dr Vardhan, remains a player as he continues to nurse chief ministerial aspirations though he’s not in the race. Having taken over recently as Delhi BJP chief, Satish Upadhyaya is also said to be flexing his muscles. For the BJP, the Delhi imbroglio is turning out to be a classic case of too many cooks spoiling the broth.A clash of titans and young Turks | Deccan Chronicle
