Votes of Dalits in Elections : All parties are keeping an eye on which side the Dalit vote will go in the Delhi elections. The elections held in the capital do not seem very caste-centric, but when it comes to Dalits, backward people, all parties try their best to woo them. It has tried to know the status of some such Dalit-dominated seats, it has been found that even if a good road is not built on the land, clean water is not coming, but still the atmosphere seems to be in favour of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Good schools, clean hospitals, the atmosphere in your favour?
A sanitation worker named Gulshan Kumar was very upset in Bijwasan seat, his area is struggling with severe shortage of water, the problem of traffic jam is also going on for a long time. But he’s still talking about voting for you. He says it is true that our MLA did not do much work. But I never thought that my children would study in such a good school. Now look at the hospitals, how clean they have become, all the medicines are available there. Those medicines are also being provided free of cost by the government.
Debate on the Constitution, defeat of BJP?
If we talk about the Deoli region, then the mention of saving the Constitution is sometimes heard in the Dalit community, but because the NDA candidate from there comes from their society, it seems that the BJP is also benefitting. Kamal Singh, a local, says the issue of the Constitution is important to us. BJP leaders keep saying wrong things about the Constitution, which has angered our community. But still our vote is going for NDA because their candidates belong to our society.
Now for information, let us tell that the NDA has given a chance to Chirag Paswan’s party candidate from Deoli. But there is also a feeling in the same area that the Aam Aadmi Party can be forgiven for its many failures. There is only one reason – the benefits of Kejriwal’s welfare schemes have reached them. The condition of the hospital and school has improved.
AAP MLA did not work, voted for Kejriwal
The atmosphere in the Shahbad-Mohammadpur area is also in favour of the Aam Aadmi Party as the benefit of free electricity has reached there, the condition of the hospital and school has improved. About this, Ashu Kumar, an artist who worked in the Jagratha band, said that when we used to study in school, the conditions were very bad, but now look. The truth is that if anyone can think of the poor, it is Kejriwal. Similarly, Asha, a female MCD employee, also admits that she is now saving a lot of money as she is getting a chance to travel by bus for free. He also believes that Kejriwal at least thinks about him.
Is BJP weak in Jatav society?
Asha even said that Kejriwal will not get Rs 2100 per month even once, but if the BJP comes, Modi will not give it at all. Now this is a perception that is seen in many areas of Delhi. The Aam Aadmi Party is also playing out on this narrative, emphasising that if the BJP comes to power, all free schemes will be stopped. Even in Tughlaqabad, people from the Jatav community are liking the BJP less and the Aam Aadmi Party more, some believe that Amit Shah does not respect the Constitution, someone complains that people do not know the BJP candidate properly. Whatever the reason, the weight of the Aam Aadmi Party seems to be heavy in many Dalit-dominated seats.
