What led Delhi residents to choose the Aam Aadmi Party

Since the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won control of Delhi and dealt a significant blow to the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), whose supremo, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, appeared unstoppable until February 10, it has been a joyous week. The Indian National Congress, which ruled the city-state from 1998 to 2013 for three straight terms, was unable to win even one seat. Even Ajay Maken, who ran for the chief minister and contested the Sadar Bazar seat, placed in a distant third place with only over 16,000 votes.

AAP's success was astounding, but so was the sheer number of seats it managed to win—67 as opposed to the BJP's three and the Congress' zero. The rest of the social media, namely Twitter, had a field day. One tweet with the wording "Tata Nano has more seats than BJP" went viral (Nano is the smallest car in the country). A picture of Kiran Bedi and Arvind Kejriwal attracted a lot of attention on Facebook. The following panel featured Kejriwal's face and said: "Aunty se ja ke Kah do, ye party yu hi chalegi (inform aunty that the party will continue)," whereas Bedi's panel read "Aunty police bula legi" (Aunty will contact the police).

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It's hardly strange that leaders from the BJP and Congress have spent a great deal of time analyzing the defeat. Sheila Dixit, a three-time chief minister of Congress in Delhi, related Congress' defeat to Maken's management style. There are no "real" leaders in the venerable party, according to her son, Sandeep Dixit. Maken accused Sheila Dixit's past regime of having disgruntled voters. Similar to this, the BJP voiced its annoyance by excluding Bedi from the meeting to discuss the disastrous Delhi election results. On the other hand, Bedi made it apparent on the day of the results that the national party as a whole, not just her, had lost. Even after a week, the blame game is going on.

But the issue is moot: Are vote totals just relevant to election strategy? Does democracy just refer to "waves" and "triggers" before elections? The celebration and euphoria that surrounded Ramlila Maidan on February 14, the day Kejriwal and his Cabinet were sworn in, provided proof of the contrary. Only Kejriwal could stop Modi's chariot, according to a poster outside the stadium, signifying stopping the "march of communalism." On another occasion, a participant wore a trident with corn husks and a broom on top. Another visitor was overheard stating that she voted for AAP and that she feels that AAP can solve the water crisis and the high energy costs that are affecting her children's schooling.

All of this plus an assessment of the always-present fact that the two major parties' plans have received a thunderous "no" from the general public The Congress rule was flawed, despite the completion of multiple flyovers and the founding of numerous government schools. Even though Delhi had the highest median income per capita of all the states, the vast imbalance between the affluent and the poor forced the majority of residents to compete for basic amenities. Everyone is aware of the story of the lack of Antodaya cards for households living below the poverty line (BPL). Only 50% of qualified families received the cards needed to apply for food rations through the public distribution system (PDS).

Delhi State's BJP reign is now a distant memory. But nobody can deny that the new Central administration has fallen short of its commitments during the past nine months. There has been no commencement of a building project, no receipt of health insurance benefits, and no sign of low-income housing. In both rural and urban India, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has been enacted more frequently in upscale, clean regions than in impoverished neighborhoods. Cleaning up in these regions would require the government to start amending its sanitation and waste plans and policies, which it has not yet done.

Due to reports that a former BJP MLA endorsed the Trilokpuri riots in November 2014, it is conceivable that the BJP was betting on communal violence to carry it through. Muslims in Bawana, a neighborhood outside Delhi, reportedly received a request from a Mahapanchayat to alter their Muharram procession route in November 2014. Both a local BJP lawmaker and a local Congress councilman were present at the meeting.

AAP scored huge wins in Bawana and Trilokpuri. In Trilokpuri, Raju Dhingana of the AAP beat Kiran Vaidya of the BJP with a margin of 29,745. The final score for AAP in 2013 was 17,685. The BJP won Bawana in December 2013, but Ved Prakash of the AAP did so this time. In 2013, the BJP won by a 25,369 vote margin.

The point is that an approach to politics and racial animosity was rejected by voters in the 2015 Delhi Assembly elections. Democracy is an expansive idea. It includes a better idea of openness and ambitions. Numerous parties, including the major ones, need to reconsider their positions. They should think about what they have provided to the population of this country, or rather, what they have repeatedly failed to offer, rather than engaging in a blame game about particular individuals and the timing of the announcement of the chief ministerial candidate. For the entire week running up to the elections, the BJP ran replete adverts in all major Delhi newspapers.

To recommend that individuals vote just for candidates or distilled spirits is revolting. People want things to change because they are the ones affected by government policy. They would choose the alternate if they could. Sadly, there aren't many options.

Right now, we don't know how AAP will run things. It features figures like Somnath Bharti, who advocates hateful and conservative politics. Yet, voters chose a party that can provide them with a better life at a fair price. They too seek peace.

Aam Aadmi Party policies and programs

The claims are described as follows:

• Delhi Janlokpal bill and the Swaraj bill
• Complete Statehood for Delhi
• Electricity Bills to be halved
• Discom Portability and transformation of Delhi into a solar city
• Free water and water is a right of the people of Delhi
• Yamuna de-pollution drive
• Building 500 new Schools
• Building 20 new Colleges
• Regularization of Fees of Private Schools
• Free Wifi and E-Governance

Free Bus Services For Women Policy

As the AAP government plans to fulfill its pledge months before the state assembly in the national capital, women in Delhi will begin receiving free rides in public buses on Tuesday.

Under the idea, conductors would hand out pink tickets with a face value of Rs 10 to female customers so they may ride for free. Then, based on the number of such tickets sold, the government would compensate the carriers.

The Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System has about 3,700 DTC buses and 1,800 buses that operate under its clustering system (DIMTS).

Free Electricity, Water In Delhi

The free power campaign was initiated in 2019 by the Delhi government. In accordance with the program, individuals received a 100% subsidy for using fewer than 200 units and a 50% subsidy of up to Rs 800 for using up to 400 units in a month. The Delhi residents must now opt-in to the subsidy order to continue receiving electricity at subsidized prices as of October 1, 2022, according to a new voluntary subsidy program (VSS) announced by the state government. As a result, consumers will have to ask for power assistance; they won't be made accessible regularly.