Kejriwal new avatar may dent oppn gameplan

New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has reinvigorated the campaign for Delhi Assembly polls with a discernible shift from theatrics to hardcore politics on development issues.
The shift begun with the AAP slowly and steadily avoiding making contentious statements on protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), and strategically focusing on developmental challenges faced by the national capital.
Initially, one of its MLAs had gone on record expressing discontent over the law at a public meeting in the protest-hit Jamia area in South Delhi.
Primarily, Kejriwal has prioritized education, women safety, lighting up dark spots, concentre houses for slum dwellers, garbage and pollution — the issues that directly affect the common people.
With people-friendly measures, like subsidizing public utilities such as power and water and increasing the disposable income with every household, Kejriwal has donned a new hat of a development-oriented leader.
Kejriwal is also using constructive criticism to dent the opposition armory. He has stopped leveling sensational charges against opponents and started seeking their suggestions to make Delhi better.