Arvind Kejriwal failed to make inroads in Gujarat!

New Delhi: Before the assembly elections in Gujarat, it seemed that Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party would cut some votes of the BJP as well, but it could not do so. On the contrary, in the fight between Arvind Kejriwal and Congress, BJP’s supporters became more united and BJP’s vote percentage went above 53 percent. In fact, Arvind Kejriwal played the game of Hindutva in the Gujarat elections. He and other leaders of his party did not speak anything on the release of the rapists of Bilkis Bano and on the contrary said that it is not their issue. Kejriwal took the bet of putting the picture of Ganesha and Lakshmi on the Indian currency i.e. Rupee in between the elections. But neither of the two bets worked for Kejriwal in Gujarat. His appeal to the pro-BJP Hindu voters did not work. That’s why BJP’s vote increased from 49 percent last time to 53 percent. This also proved that people are not yet ready to accept AAP. They have the option of BJP as a party and Narendra Modi and Amit Shah as Hindu leaders, so no one else can be accepted, at least in front of them. It is possible that Kejriwal’s appeal may have worked in other states outside Gujarat, but in Gujarat he could not cut BJP’s vote and by cutting more than 13 percent votes of Congress, he still could not achieve much.