Incumbent CM Kejriwal's Agenda in Delhi Elections 2020

With PM Modi, drawing first blood, started his campaigning in Delhi Elections 2020 by speaking on CAA-NRC and attacking AAP from Delhi's Ramlila Maidan. The fight is on between incumbent CM Kejriwal and PM Narendra Modi for Delhi. It seems incumbent CM Kejriwal choosing not to touch contentious issues like CAA-NRC, Article 370, instead choose to be on the safe side. Many surveys showing incumbent CM Kejriwal to be popular in Delhi. The plan seems to tone down on contentious issues and instead concentrate on work done in Delhi. In his close to 27 minutes speech, incumbent CM Kejriwal put the ball rolling for party campaigning in Delhi Assembly Elections 2020.

            launching  AAP's Achievement report (CM Kejriwal speech highlights)

Incumbent CM Kejriwal giving more importance to the achievements launched 'AAP ka report Card'  on Tuesday(12/24/2019) which emphasized its top 10 achievements in its 5-year rule. He in his speech-giving importance to its achievements in Education, Health, Women empowerment. He highlighted the work done on the Education field, how his government transformed government-run state schools to compete with private schools and put the check on admission fees of private schools. Definitely, a lot of work is done by AAP on the Education front and it was truly reflected in its report.

On the health and Electricity front, he spoke about how the health sector was transformed and no Electricity cut in his 5 years term. He spoke on women's safety and empowerment, how installing  CCTV's, free public transports for women doing good to women safety.    

Honesty was highlighted, how his government was given clean chit from CAG, Delhi police, Income tax department, CBI. Honesty was always a forte for AAP, they stormed the political arena with the word 'Honesty'.

 AAP's plans about striking on tanker mafia, water issues were highlighted. Further,  door- to- door campaigning,mohalla sabha's,Kejriwal's seven town halls follow.

All in all, incumbent CM Kejriwal being a ground level leader, it will not be easy to uproot him in Delhi Assembly Elections 2020.

PM(Prime Minister)Modi's name is not enough to win assembly elections: untold reality

It is the truth that PM Narendra Modi's stature is gigantic in Indian history. Very few Indian prime ministers(only Ex-PM  Jawaharlal Nehru)  have won consecutive elections (2014,2019), with this type of thumping majority(282 seats in 2014,303 seats in 2019). There is no denying that he is the charm personified. He had gained a good reputation in international circles, he has put India on the world map. His commitment to BJP is unquestionable, election after elections his campaigning really helping BJP to perform well. But why BJP is losing state after state?. It has lost 5 states in a year. Its time BJP to really introspect deeply, How long will they bank only on Modi's name to garner votes?. There is no denying that state issues are different and central issues are different. In all these state elections which BJP has lost, state leaders are performing very badly. They have to know, a collective effort is needed to win elections. Let's see insights into the BJP ex-CM performance in a lost state. 

                     Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019 (Ex-CM Raghubar Das)

He is known to be an arrogant, corrupt to the core leader. He is tarnishing Modi's image as a clean leader. In his tenure, he ruthlessly tried to suppress tribals, who have taught him a befitting lesson. He lost his own ( Jamshedpur (East)) seat to  BJP rebel Saryu Roy, who contested elections as an independent.BJP rebel Saryu Roy, known to be an honest person was not given the due importance.Ex-CM Raghubar Das untouched about the ground realities was taught a lesson.

Similarly, in states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh arrogance of state leaders is taking a toll on BJP's performance. In Haryana, CM Dushyant Chautala is also known to be very arrogant. Madhya Pradesh rocked with corruption scandals like Vyapam saw the end of charismatic ex-CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The fact is that all these five states helped BJP to win Lok Sabha 2019 elections.

I conclude, For how long BJP's state leaders will bask under Modi's name to cover-up their arrogance, non-performance. They have to put there hand up for BJP to perform better in Assembly elections.BJP's , Jharkhand Elections 2019 loss is a strategic blunder.

Phase 5 Jharkhand elections 2019

The battle for Jharkhand elections 2019  drawn to its climax on December 20, results will be out on December 23. The final phase of elections is for 16 constituencies they are Rajmahal,Boiro (ST),Barhait (ST),Litipara (ST),Pakur,Maheshpur (ST),Sikaripara (ST),Dumka (ST),Jama (ST),Jarmundi,Nala,Jamtara,Deoghar Sarath,Poreyahat,Godda,Mahagama, who will vote in the last phase on December 20. The BJP, Congress, JMM has up their ante for the one last time. All the top leaders including PM Modi, Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi whirlwind visits to Jharkhand continue. In an election rally at Barhait in Sahebganj district in Jharkhand PM Modi seen clearing the false air about Citizenship Amendment Act and attacking the Congress and its allies JMM and RJD, Left. Congress General Secretary, Priyanka Gandhi  Vadra in an elections rally at Pakur hit back at BJP, she says on the passage of Citizenship Amendment Bill as "India's tryst with bigotry".With the allegations and counter-allegations, the battle pitch seeing a stellar contest.

                                                     About Santhal Pargana

Santhal Pargana consists of Sixteen of the 18 constituencies across six districts such as Deoghar, Godda, Sahebganj, Pakur, Dumka, and Jamtara.In Jharkhand Elections 2014, Santhal Pargana was mainly a battle between BJP and JMM. With the high intensity of the campaign going on in Jharkhand for Santhal Pargana, the importance of the area is known. With JMM intensifying its campaigning focusing on land acquisition, to break tribal vote since incumbent CM Ragubar Das became infamous among tribals for land acquisition(Tenancy laws).BJP  banking on Hindu vote Consolidation by pitching the importance of the Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC. Most of the constituencies in phase 5 share borders with West Bengal and have there share of immigrants, hence mostly Hindus of this area will welcome CAA(Citizenship Amendment Act).it is said that JMM's previous CM Shibu Soren has a good hold in this region. The one who consolidates the most of Hindu and tribal votes will win Santhal Pargana.

SUPREME COURT’S ROLE IN ELECTIONS 2019:AMELIORATING POLITICS

Supreme court which is one of the 3 pillars on which democracy is reposing. In elections 2019, SC played its part well as a guardian of the Constitution and corrected the loopholes that our polity was going through in functioning, in 2019. The problem arises when the said constitutional functionaries fail to perform their functions in a just and fair manner.

One of the worries in Indian polity is the functioning of governors, speakers with there limited functional power's, there are mostly apolitical proxies. With the word 'apolitical proxies', I mean, they are slaves of there masters. Governors, speakers sing the song of the party they represent before becoming governor. Maybe its a flaw in our constitution, but our forefathers very foresightedly gave the power to the supreme court, as a watchdog of the constitution.

          The questionable functioning of governors, speakers In India in 2019

In the states in which questionable decisions are taken by governors, speakers are Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharastra. In Karnataka, former Karnataka assembly speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar to disqualify 17 rebel Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) legislators for defection was challenged in the supreme court. The former speaker K.R Ramesh Kumar having disqualified the MLA's due to defection (Disobaying party whip) tried to shun the disqualified MLA from contesting by-poll. But by SC coming into the schene, knowingly gave a decision in favor of people. Made the people decide the political future of disqualified MLA's.Showing the legislature, that people are supreme.

   In Maharashtra, the petition was filed by shiv-sena regarding the floor test, the SC requested the governor to perform floor test as soon as possible, with a pro-term speaker at the helm and to be telecasted live. The SC read the Maharastra situation well, the secretive practices were kept at bay and clear transparency was employed by SC. The petition filed to declare the formation of Maharashtra Government by the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance of Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party- Congress as 'unconstitutional' was struck down by calling "Political Morality is different from Constitutional Morality".Insightful and just clearing the quagmire in politics of Maharastra.

 Similarly in Jammu and Kashmir, also the governor's roles have a constitutional functionary has been questionable, which was further resolved by placing a president's rule.

I conclude, the unsung hero of 2019  is our Supreme Court which gave some excellent decisions which installed our faith in democracy.