Increasing fan following of AAP makes Congress happy

Congress strategists find useful to support AAP.They will not withdraw its support from Kejriwal.

Arun Srivastava

Arun Jaitly accusing the AAP and Congress in a press conference

The Congress would be the happiest party to see increasing influences of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Reasons are simple. Performances and thoughts of clean politics floated by AAP have boggled the mind of commoners and especially to that of middle class. Media has been following team Kejriwal leaving Modi alone with his works and barbs. This gives some solace to Congress leadership which despite all efforts was not able to divert attention of people from Modi.  

Kejriwal and his team have found a new centre stage position in discussions of masses. Men and women have diverted their attention on the deeds of newbie party from Modi who had captured the imagination of youth across the nation in the starts of his campaign. Now every action of AAP, not Modi is under the scanners.  Political opponents as well as media are interestingly paying lot of time and focus on AAP.

Apparently Congress is also conscious of this truth. Party also understands the meaning of routs in the recent assembly election. So more or less it is satisfied with the position and attention which the AAP has been getting from media and public in general. The focus on AAP also diverts the attention of media from Modi who is going more bitter and critical against Congress vice president. The problem of party is that Rahul Gandhi is not able to match the rhetoric of Modi who has got many times more experience of politics of ground.   

Perhaps both the major national parties have understood the dynamics and static of present day politics. Both the parties are now imitating the direct to common people politics. BJP wants a comfortable numbers of seats while Congress needs a respectable defeat in 2014 election.

The BJP, which is the actual looser in Delhi’s battle, has been trying to corner AAP as well as Congress to clinch the lost field back. Arun Jaitly has waged a fierce attack on Congress and AAP to ignite their ego and to break the so called unholy and opportune alliance. In fact this very alliance or outside support has stopped the chariot of BJP to sweep the assembly elections held in five states recently.  But the grand old party of nation is very conscious in not letting its patience out. It seems that the Congress understands the intricacy of taking support back from AAP and the consequence there of.

Shakeel Ahmad

The Congress knows that if some how it able to stop Narendra Modi led BJP to come in power in centre in the next general election then some alternative arrangement will come to hold the power at centre. Off course if the predictions and calculations by pundits come true of not getting the power in third successive term by party.  In such circumstances party would never like to withdraw the support it has lend to AAP in Delhi assembly. This is the only and only reason why party is not showing any sign of annoyance or haughtiness despite being verbally attacked by Kejriwal.  How Congress has taken back its supports from governments in the past is known to every one who has a little knowledge of Indian politics.