NEW DELHI:
At what is one of Delhi’s most high -profile polling stations, Nirman Bhawan, the divide between two distinct groups of voters was today starker than ever with a sharp pro-AAP undercurrent evident alongside BJP’s unflinching support base.
At this polling station in New Delhi constituency — which can be taken to be a barometer for the voting in Delhi — are registered voters such as Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Union Minister Maneka Gandhi as also a large number of slum residents.
The commoners here are essentially represented by the security guards and drivers and domestic helps of the high and mighty in the capital’s Lutyens’ zone.
Shortly after Sonia Gandhi left the booth saying “Whatever the people want will happen” to the battery of reporters, entered the diminutive Nitin Kumar.
Twenty four-year-old Kumar, who is employed as a driver, seemed supremely confident of his choice and was unhesitant about spelling it out. “Jhaadu”, he said.
He offered an elaborate explanation to back his choice.
“Forty nine days or not is not the issue. What matters is the quality of governance. He (Kejriwal) did work for us and I hope he does the same this time around as well,” he said.
But for Pawan Rai, a Government employee, voting for AAP was akin to inviting another phase of “instability” that would stall “development”.
“We voted for a developed Delhi, not for dharnas,” Rai said, in an obvious reference to Kejriwal’s sit-in demonstration during his short stint as chief minister. (AGENCIES)
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