The biggest failure of the BJP since 2014 is that it has failed to decode ‘Code Kejriwal’. Kejriwal has been the biggest headache for the Modi-led BJP. Modi wins every election, but Delhi assembly elections have been beyond his reach.
The last two attempts, the two most humiliating defeats, have tarnished Modi’s image as a leader who has won elections that once seemed to be very difficult for the party. He has snatched victories from the jaws of defeat. In the last ten years, Modi, with his new template of contesting elections, has turned the table on his opponents many times.
But Delhi has mysteriously been his Waterloo. In this context, can it even be asked if he will be the third time lucky? I am not very sure. ‘Code Kejriwal’ is still a great puzzle, and at a time when polling is only a week away, BJP is still struggling to find an answer to Kejriwal’s antics.
Kejriwal has been so artful with his craft that since having come out of jail, he has not let the BJP set a narrative. He lays the trap, and BJP willingly or unwillingly falls into that. Kejriwal has been vulnerable this time.
He was nervous when he came out of jail. He must have had sleepless nights with defeat staring at him. He knew he was facing the most difficult election in his decade-long career.
He was not only facing almost 11 years of anti-incumbency against his one government, but he was also aware that corruption charges had robbed him of his moral aura, and he was no longer treated like a ra.
