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Party leader and a state taunted the AAP chief, saying
minister in the Union cabi- one should not do anything
net, Upendra Kushwaha, is for which one has to tender
also not happy and he may an apology later on. He said
join the Mahagathbandhan. that making a mistake and
He is an avowed opponent tendering an apology is more
of Nitish Kumar and very or less the same thing. “Why
unlikely to join him in the should one do anything for
coming Lok Sabha polls. which one has to tender an
The social equations apology later on,” observed
forged by the BJP in two Anna Hazare.
populous states, UP and Kejriwal faces in all 33
Bihar, have started crum- defamation suits against him
bling. So, the saffron party in view of loose and unsub-
is back to its old card of stantiated allegations and his
Hindutva. Ram Navami ral-
lies have created tensions Kejriwal, an
in many parts of east and Kejriwal on sorry spree after
north India. The Hindu- anti-corruption
Muslim tension is bound
to accelerate in the coming tendering apology to Majithia crusader who
months because PNB bank had promised
scam and other scams are
eroding the support base The political fall of AAP losing credibility in Punjab and Kejriwal’s criticism to cleanse the
of BJP among middle class by social activist Anna Hazare could mean resurrection of Shiromani body politic,
• Exit problem The NDA is facing some but is splitting beans. The letter writ- and it has nothing except resorting Akali Dal, writes Charanjit ahuja
deep problems within. The exit of TDP is one ten to the party by BJP president to Hindutva. The issue of unemploy- had to eat his
Amit Shah has received a very harsh ment is also being raised by different own words
reply from Naidu. He has termed the organizations. he Delhi Chief Majithia in Drug racket” with upheaval in Punjab unit of
gress to bargain for more seats. It is letter as a “bundle of lies”. Other issues like so-called au- Minister and Na- a same sized photo of Bikram Aam Aadmi Party. AAP MP after making
likely that the party will get seven to The situation in Bihar is also not tonomy to 60 universities may also tional Convenor of Majithia referring to the news and Punjab party president unsubstantiated
eight seats in UP . Majority of seats better. The Hindustan Awami Party come up to the fore. Aam Aadmi Party, published on November 25, Bhagwant Mann resigned
are likely to go to the BSP and the SP. led by former chief minister and However, the response of the T Arvind Kejriwal, 2014 and March 11, 2015. The from his post as has his co- allegations
A sign of recovery has been spot- Nitish Kumar aide Jitan Ram Manjhi ruling BJP is not in tune with the recently tendered an uncon- apology read: “On verifica- president Aman Arora who
ted in the Left block as well. The has left the alliance. It has joined the country’s democratic traditions. The ditional apology to former tion it was found that Bikram found the sordid episode as against many
CPM’s failure in Tripura had made Mahagathbandhan led by RJD. The party has ensured that Parliament Punjab minister Bikram Majithia was not involved in a loss of face. The apology
them vulnerable to political irrel- party represents Musahar, the third should not discuss bank scams. The Singh Majithia. At a rally in any drug trade. The Tribune represents the serial dilution
evance caused. The party seems to largest block among Dalits. Lok Jan- government is in denial mode. It has Punjab, Kejriwal had levelled deeply regrets the damage of the party’s brand of politics
have taken up the challenge in the shakti Party leader Ramvilas Paswan done nothing to bring back fraud- allegations that Majithia was caused to Majithia’s esteem and consequent credibility close associates reportedly
right spirit. The Long March of farm- is feeling restless. The Lok Samata sters Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi involved in a drug racket. and prestige, and anguish of the party. It is a known fact advised to call an end to the
ers from Nasik to Mumbai sent rip- to India. On the other hand, the CBI Hurt because of unsubstanti- caused to his family and well- that AAP does face unsparing unnecessary cases and focus
ples through the sections of power is being used to hound political op- ated defamatory statements, wishers. An unconditional opponents and the leader- on governance. Opponents
and media which had started dis- Amit Shah is still ponents. Chandrababu Naidu’s son is Majithia filed a defamation apology is offered by The ship lacked nerve to face the felt that AAP was a threat to
missing the left. The All India Kisan the latest victim. Just a month ago, it suit against Kejriwal denying Tribune for the same.” consequences. them, but harping on false al-
Sabha, the peasant front of CPM led talking of poll- was Karti Chidambaram. Lalu’s fam- the allegations and claiming On the heels of the apol- After abjectly apologising legations led to 33 defamation
this march. The front has successful- mathematics. He ily has been a constant target. that they were fabricated. ogy by the newspaper came to Majithia, Kejriwal retracted cases against him, keeping
ly mobilized peasants of Rajasthan However, Amit Shah is still talking Earlier, senior Akali Dal an unconditional apology his allegations against Union him busy in in one or the
and forced the state government to is not ready to of poll-mathematics. He is not ready leader and sitting MLA, from the Delhi Chief Minister minister Nitin Gadkari and other case. His opponents felt
announce concessions. to accept the ground reality that the Majithia had won a media which made for a sorry sight. Congress leader Kapil Sibal’s that they had tamed him in a
On the other hand, the ruling al- accept the ground promises have not been fulfilled. battle when prominent After all, Arvind Kejriwal, an son, Akhil Sibal. Following cage. The political fall of AAP
liance is facing some deep problems reality that the “The BJP lost bypolls as the BSP English daily The Tribune pub- anti-corruption crusader the Delhi Chief Minister’s losing credibility in Punjab
within. The most important among and SP reached an alliance in the last lished an apology on its front who had promised to cleanse apology to a former Punjab would mean, resurrection of
them is the exit of Telugu Desam promises have not hour,” he says. page in a three column news the body politic, had to eat minister for accusing him of Shiromani Akali Dal.
Party (TDP) of Chandrababu Naidu. been fulfilled headlined “No evidence of his own words. Like a storm being part of the “drug trade”,
The party has not only made an exit letters@tehelka.com Involvement of Bikram Singh in a tea cup, it led to a major social activist Anna Hazare letters@tehelka.com

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