Delhi civic polls 2012 analysis

Naresh Kumar Sagar

MCD Delhi polls 2012 is Vote against Congress
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Congress has lost because of its poor quality in distribution of seats and the candidates were busy collecting funds rather than maintaining the HRD with their workers and the BJP were supported with their frontal organizations helped their selective candidates. Many independents have won where the congress and BJP did not put up the rightful candidates. Congress needs to redo lots in maintaining relations with its dedicated workers but the arrogance of power assimilated in the dynastic leadership is cause of its downhill.Congress run faster with wheels of influence,affluence,barter-ship, experts of exchange.Most of Delhi polls candidates busy in collection rather than in their campaign gave workers lukewarm response.

Rank and file of BJP is united to some an extent but Congress rank and files is just papers work and is like paper tiger waiting for the affluent to enter the fray and make things at ease for all.Congress  second intent is to garner the fund and shares this too and the workers stand to wait for some messiah to come and look after.BJP veteran leader visit their workers and local leaders and encourage in their efforts to fight the election.BJP  faster in its wheels of influence,affluence,barter-ship, experts of exchange but with an image for the party thus weighs its candidates in many respect.

BJP victory came as a shock to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit of the Congress who has been ruling the capital for the last nearly 14 years uninterruptedly and trifurcated the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in a bid to weaken the saffron party's hold.BJP frontal org workers with middle class is always ready to help the party.

But the victory in the elections to the newly-created three municipal bodies was not as comprehensive in 2007 as BJP won only 138 out of 272 wards losing 26 seats from its earlier tally of 164 in 2007.

Congress tally went up from 64 to 78 seats their voters bank of youngsters have increaed.
 BJP captured North and East Corporations with a clear majority while it got 44, nine short of majority in the 104-member House in South Corporation.The party may hope to muster a majority with help from independents who have bagged 14 wards. In North Delhi Corporation, BJP romped home with 59 seats in the 104-member strong body while Congress lagged behind at 29.BSP won seven seats while RLD four, LJP one and independents four.

At the end of counting of votes, South Delhi Corporation remained a hung house with BJP emerging victorious in 44 wards while Congress bagged 30 seats. BSP won five, NCP five, INLD three, JD(U) one, RLD one besides 14 independents.

But the real shocker for Congress came in its stronghold East Delhi Corporation where BJP came up with an impressive victory, winning 35 out of 64 wards.

Congress was behind with 19 seats, INLD six, SP one and independents three. Congress was quick to downplay the defeat saying MCD polls should only be seen as civic polls while BJP attributed its victory to a country-wide wave against Congress which failed to contain price rise and rampant corruption.

Rattled by the defeat, Congress leaders spoke in different voices. While Dikshit's son and MP Sandeep Dikshit blamed it on price rise and scams like 2G, Union Minister Kapil Sibal neither national nor state issues had any impact on the results.

MCD polls: Modi hails BJP workers as party heads for victory

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi  lauded BJP workers for putting up a "wonderful" performance in the three municipal corporations of Delhi.

"Congratulations to fellow party workers and voters of Delhi for BJP's wonderful performance in MCD elections," Modi wrote on twitter.