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BJP in run to form govt in Delhi with Congress, AAP “rebels”, media report

June 17, 2014 | By Sikh Siyasat Bureau

New Delhi (June 17, 2014): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is reported to be considering the option of forming government in Delhi with the help of rebel MLA of Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

A report published in Hindustan Times claimed that several MLAs from the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party have sent feelers to the BJP, which recently formed the government at the Centre.

At present, the Delhi Legislative Assembly is in suspended animation and President’s rule has been imposed in the national capital owing to AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal resignation as CM on February 14. BJP sources have been reported as saying that the view within the party was to form a government in Delhi without going for fresh elections.

The report further claimed that if the BJP takes a call on forming the government in the capital, then the CM’s post could be given to either Badarpur MLA Rambir Singh Bidhuri or Janakpuri MLA Professor Jagadish Mukhi.

Also doing the rounds are names of former Delhi BJP chief Vijay Goel, who is now a Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan, and New Delhi MP Meenakshi Lekhi, reported Hindustan Times.

Dr Harsh Vardhan, who was the BJP’s CM candidate when polls were held late last year, is now a Union Minister.

Bidhuri, a former chief of the Nationalist Congress Party’s Delhi unit who crossed over to the BJP on the eve of the assembly elections, enjoys the support of about a dozen BJP legislators and has promised to rope in at least six Congress MLAs if needed. But party leaders doubt his ability to take along other factions within the party.

Mukhi is a non-controversial figure equally acceptable to all factions, but has his limitations when it comes to running such a government. The report with the reference of sources adds Goell has his backers in a section of the party and its ideological parent, the RSS, but faces equally strong opposition from powerful leaders in the central and Delhi units of the party. Lekhi is seen as a ‘fresh and urbane’ face of Delhi, but has no experience in State politics.

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Related Topics: Aam Aadmi Party, BJP, Delhi, India, Indian National Congress

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