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AAP has turned citizens into consumers
THE WEEK India
|January 26, 2025
INTERVIEW SANDEEP DIKSHIT Congress leader
SANDEEP DIKSHIT is back on familiar territory. He had managed poll campaigns for his mother, Sheila Dikshit, in the New Delhi seat when she was chief minister representing the constituency in the assembly. He spoke to THE WEEK during his doorto-door campaign in RK Ashram Lane, sharing his views about the problems faced by voters in Delhi’s most developed locality. The Delhi electorate, he says, is missing the Sheila Dikshit days after 11 years of the Aam Aadmi Party rule.
Excerpts from the interview:
Q/ Why are you contesting from New Delhi after representing East Delhi in the Lok Sabha?
A/ I was looking at East Delhi, but the party decided I should fight from New Delhi, since I have an emotional connection with this constituency because of my mother. I was involved in organising her elections here twice, in 1998 and 2003. I know the pulse of the place, and I have been critiquing the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government, using facts and figures, to expose their bogus claims about development. The party felt I will be able to put up a formidable challenge to Kejriwal.
Q/ What are the top issues in this constituency?
Dit verhaal komt uit de January 26, 2025-editie van THE WEEK India.
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