Delhi Congress president Devender Yadav made bold claims on Monday, alleging that former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, along with his team of ministers and AAP MLAs, are now looking to abandon their current constituencies and seek safer seats ahead of the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections.
According to Yadav, this shift in focus indicates that Kejriwal and his team have already accepted defeat, well before the election dates have even been announced.
Yadav pointed out that rumours have been circulating that many AAP MLAs have begun searching for safer constituencies, where they believe they will have a better chance of securing victory.
The Congress leader suggested that the feedback AAP has received from voters is so discouraging that Kejriwal himself has begun to realise that his party is on the brink of defeat.
In particular, Yadav claimed that Kejriwal is planning to abandon his current seat in New Delhi and instead look for another constituency where he believes he can secure a win.
According to him, the people in New Delhi have grown disillusioned with the AAP, and are determined to remove the party from power.
Yadav further suggested that during Kejriwal’s recent “padyatra”, he encountered widespread anger from the public, which, according to the Congress leader, further confirmed the lack of support for AAP.
Yadav described Kejriwal’s so-called padyatra as nothing more than an attempt to find a safer seat.
The Congress leader argued that the anger directed at the AAP, particularly in New Delhi, has left Kejriwal in a difficult position, unsure of where to turn as he faces the possibility of defeat in his home constituency.
Further supporting his claims, Yadav highlighted the recent announcement of AAP’s first list of 11 candidates for the upcoming elections, noting that six of these candidates were former members of other political parties.
This, he argued, was a clear indication that Kejriwal had little faith in the capabilities of his own sitting MLAs.
By denying these MLAs tickets and replacing them with political outsiders, Kejriwal was essentially admitting that his party’s own representatives had failed to deliver on the promises of development in their constituencies.
Yadav also pointed to the recent controversies surrounding several AAP MLAs, which, he said, reflected poorly on the party’s reputation.
For instance, the arrest of Naresh Balyan, the MLA from Uttam Nagar, on charges of extortion, and the two-year imprisonment of Naresh Yadav, another AAP MLA, for sacrilege charges in Punjab, were cited as examples of the party’s failures.
Yadav accused AAP legislators of engaging in criminal and corrupt activities rather than focusing on the development of their constituencies.
According to the Congress leader, this series of missteps has led to a growing sense of disillusionment among the public, leaving Kejriwal and his party in a position of desperation as they approach the upcoming elections.
The apparent shift towards finding “safe” seats, Yadav concluded, was a sign of Kejriwal’s recognition that the AAP’s grip on power in Delhi is weakening.
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