With discharge in excise case, Kejriwal is back to win lost turf and hearts
The Hindu
Kejriwal's court discharge boosts AAP's morale and reshapes electoral strategies ahead of key state elections.
The court order discharging Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal and 22 others in the Delhi excise policy case is, above all, a big morale boost for the volunteers and the leadership, according to multiple party leaders.
This will also be the party’s main message in election-bound Punjab, Gujarat, and Goa, States where the AAP national convener will continue to keep his focus, the leaders said.
After Mr. Kejriwal and the party lost the Delhi Assembly poll in February last year, the AAP chief has been spending most of his time in Punjab and almost disappeared from Delhi.
“It is clear from his first press briefing after the court verdict and the Jantar Mantar rally that Arvindji will be unsparing in his attacks against [Prime Minister Narendra] Modi and [Home Minister Amit] Shah and how their lust for power is destroying the country,” senior AAP leader Jasmine Shah said. He added that the discharge is a big morale boost.
Party leaders also said the corruption case was hurting AAP as it struck at the core of its identity of “being honest”.
“When we campaigned even outside Delhi, questions were being raised. People might not even know what the case is, but they know that Arvindji and others went to jail and thought that they must have done something wrong,” an AAP leader said.
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