Prashant Kishore said on Arvind Kejriwal that: The Aam Aadmi Party, which won 67 out of 70 seats in the last two assembly elections in Delhi, has suffered a crushing defeat this time. Arvind Kejriwal’s party was reduced to just 22 seats in the recently concluded elections, while the Bharatiya Janata Party has gained power in Delhi after 27 years. Now Prashant Kishore, founder and election strategist of Jan Suraj on the defeat of Aam Aadmi Party, said that the Aam Aadmi Party has lost power in Delhi due to three mistakes. One of them was Arvind Kejriwal’s mistake.
Prashant Kishore said in an interview that the Aam Aadmi Party lost power in Delhi due to three mistakes related to governance, coalition and Arvind Kejriwal’s resignation. He said, ‘You have never been a cadre -based party. It is a party that has emerged from a movement and won by the public. It was a party operated by volunteers, your supporters become volunteers during the election. They are not your committed employee. He felt that you represent a new kind of political system, so he put his strength and won you.
Anti-power wave
Citing the reasons for the Aam Aadmi Party’s defeat, Prashant Kishore said, “Three-four things that are understanding from a distance.” One was an anti-incumbency wave due to lack of governance. During this tenure, the public did not see anything other than education. The governance system appeared at the lowest level, especially during the last monsoon when waterlogging occurred and the Mohalla clinic collapsed. The problem of pollution you made on Yamuna. Overall, there was no improvement in problems affecting people’s lives or some cases did not decrease. It must have had an impact.
India coalition
Prashant Kishore said that he suffered a double loss due to living with the ‘India’ alliance and sometimes away from it. ‘Thus, the Aam Aadmi Party, which came with the tag of a different type of party, gradually became weakened. Its condition was not clear, because its position for the public was unclear for both the part of the India alliance and not being there. Whether you are part of it or not, they contested together in Lok Sabha and separate elections in the assembly. A large section that was saying that Modi above and Kejriwal below, it has gone out of your hand, the class that wanted you to remain part of the India alliance to defeat Modi, has also become angry. Damage occurred on both sides.
Lack of clarity in all three major decisions
The election strategist said that he decided to resign at the wrong time, causing damage to both sides. PK described it as a big mistake. He said, ‘He made the third strategic mistake that when Kejriwal was accused of liquor scam, he should have resigned on a high moral ground before going to jail. It could have an advantage. People felt that these are political people who are setting such standards that if any allegations are made against me, I will resign. If you do not do this, you do not get moral highness. When you came out of jail, you resigned from your post and even the class who wanted Kejriwal to remain the Chief Minister under any circumstances. The three main decisions lacked clarity in relation to governance, political status and resignation.
