After distancing itself from Shaheen Bagh, attacking Tablighi Jamaat, and calling for Rohingya deportation, did AAP expect Muslim voters to remain loyal?
Review - DEKHO
Looks like Kejriwal’s strategy of ‘silent surrender’ to BJP’s policies turn into a full-scale ‘Political Surrender’?
AAP may have topped the rural body polls overall, but the embarrassment on home turfs tells a sharper story. Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan lost in his own village, Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian failed at home, and MPs like Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer and Raj Kumar Chabbewal also saw defeats where their roots lie. Even as Aman Arora celebrates numbers, SAD quietly clawed back space and Congress stayed competitive on the ground. With 2027 not far away, the question becomes hard to ignore: If AAP’s biggest faces can’t persuade voters next door, what happens when the entire state is asked to vote again ?
AAP भले ही कुल मिलाकर ग्रामीण निकाय चुनावों में आगे रही हो, लेकिन अपने ही नेताओं के इलाकों में मिली हार एक ज़्यादा तीखी कहानी बयान करती है। विधानसभा स्पीकर कुलतार सिंह संधवां अपने गांव में हार गए, कृषि मंत्री गुरमीत सिंह खुड्डियां अपने क्षेत्र में उम्मीदवार नहीं जिता पाए और सांसद गुरमीत सिंह मीत हेयर व राज कुमार चब्बेवाल को भी अपने ही इलाकों में झटका लगा। इसी बीच अमन अरोड़ा आंकड़ों की जीत का जश्न मना रहे हैं, जबकि शिरोमणि अकाली दल चुपचाप ज़मीन वापस बना रहा है और कांग्रेस भी मुकाबले में टिकी हुई है। 2027 ज़्यादा दूर नहीं है, ऐसे में सवाल अनदेखा करना मुश्किल है: अगर AAP के बड़े चेहरे अपने पड़ोस के मतदाताओं को नहीं मना पा रहे, तो जब पूरा राज्य वोट देगा तब क्या होगा ?
Under Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, power no longer seems content with winning elections alone. It seeks permanence. From openly owning the RSS worldview in Parliament to tightening control over institutions, laws, and even election processes, the Modi–Shah model appears less about persuasion and more about domination. What was once sold as “strong leadership” increasingly looks like rule by command, where dissent is managed, institutions are bent, and democracy is reduced to a controlled exercise. Are Modi and Shah governing India or systematically redesigning it so that power never really changes hands ?
