New Delhi: Sheila Dikshit who ruled uninterruptedly for 15 years in Delhi not only lost by 22,000 votes to Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal, but her party Congress faced the most shameful rout in recent history. The Congress Hand symbol was simply brushed aside by AAP's Broom symbol.
Sheila Dikshit failed to gauge the anger among the people, forced to buy tomatoes at Rs 70 a kg, onions at Rs 80 a kg, and potatoes at Rs 40 a kg. That was the limit, and the voter of Delhi made up its mind. "The angry" voted for the BJP and "the very angry" voted for AAP.
Today's rout at the hustings could well lead to Sheila Dikshit's exit from Delhi politics. The 75-year-old lady who gracefully ruled the city state for 15 years, had everything going wrong for her.
First, the Dec 16 gangrape, which resulted in the young generation converging at India Gate and marching up to Rashtrapati Bhavan to express its anger.
Though Sheila Dikshit rightly tried to save her skin by putting the onus of law and order on Delhi Police which functions under the Centre, the public anger did not abate.
Soon after, prices of vegetables like onion, tomatoes and potatoes began to raise, and still continue to be in the higher range.
