Will the Aam Aadmi Party use the card of Ram in the forthcoming Delhi Assembly Election 2025 to attract voters and pay the BJP on its coin? Will the strategy of using religion and its symbols to turn the table on the saffron party and garner votes work this time? After the defeat of the BJP in Ayodhya and its adjoining seats and finishing the saffron party to 240 seats in the Lok Sabha Election 2014, why is the Arvind Kejriwal-led party so enamored with the premise of going saffron to get votes?
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Arvind Kejriwal: Inspired By Ram Rajya
These questions emerged on the day of Dussehra when the former Delhi Chief Minister invoked Ram. Delivering a lecture on the occasion of the holy Hindu festival he declared that taking inspiration from ‘Ram Rajya’, his party and Delhi government is performing good governance where rich and poor alike get the benefit.
Speaking on the occasion of Dussehra, the civil servant turned politician said, “Taking inspiration from the concept of ‘Ram Rajya’, we try to run our government in Delhi. Every child in Delhi, whether rich or poor, should get a good education. Every person, whether rich or poor, should get good treatment. Earlier there used to be long power cuts, now 24 hours free electricity is being provided…Today on this occasion, I wish all the Ram devotees present here a very happy Dussehra…”
