Sabarimala Tradition: Doubts and Answers.

There was chat between two brothers on the Sabarimala Issue on Facebook. one brother was an atheist while the other an theist. They had a very sensible debate on a very heated topic. I found it worth sharing so here it is... 


Me: Questions please!!!

Bro: Women have the right to enter the temple. And no one has a f**k in right to stop them.
Not even the god sitting inside.
No matter bleeding or normal, no God will ever treat his devotee untouchable!
All those bhakts (bhakts of Ayyappa) protesting for not letting women in are just fighting for nothing but anti 'women's rights'

Me: Temple is not a place of prayer... They are build for specific purposes...!
Temples are not places for social activities where everyone can claim a right...!
Temples are places where Beliefs are preserved!!!
Bleeding in Our Religion is never taken as impure... We have a temple of the bleeding Goddess called the Kamakhya Devi temple in Assam...!
300000 women believe in Ayyappa and they patiently waited outside the temple because the know the actual Tradition and hence are the true Devotees!!!
3 among the 2 women who tried to enter the temple were not Hindus... And the third was just doing her task assigned by her Company...!
Now where is the true Devotee here???

Bro:  Were those 300000 women supposed to be entering temple later ? Just clarify for me...

Me: Those Women have noted a sincere and nonviolent protest against the ones entering the temple!!!

Bro:  After the verdict....
Were women peacefully allowed inside?

Me: when it was clear that the situation was critical... Why were the 3 activists forced to enter with 100 policemen???
Is the 3 women's ego more imp than the critical situation!!!???

Bro: Those 3 women are idiot. Let's keep them aside. That's not my concern.
All I am asking is are those 300000 women who were waiting out,
allowed later into temple?

Me: If those women have the intention to enter the temple then would have joint the 3 activists!!!
But they didn't!!!
They respected the tradition and the Deity!!!

Bro: Tell me why women should not go inside temple?
It's not that 300000 woman didn't, that means they're right. They might be victims of misogyny too...
Maybe those 3 are standing for the right....which the 3 lakhs are ignorant about ! 
Why not women? What religion stops them?

Me: Constitution runs on Logic and Proofs!!!
Religion lives on Beliefs and faith!!!
It is the Belief that sees the Divine God in the Stone!!!
But logic will see stone as a stone!!!
That's the difference!!!

Bro: Why not let women pray to that stone?

Me: If u think it's a stone then where comes the question of praying???
Religion is beyond Logic!!!

Bro:   It's not about me here.....
Why disallow women...who have faith of God in that stone?

Me: Do u think anyone of the activists was a sincere devotee??
Can u defend even a single one???

Bro:  They were definitely devotees of woman rights. And maybe their success would have let to 300000 women finally worshiping Ayyappa again...
Our point of concern is not those 3 ladies.
Just a simple point. Why shouldn't women enter ? As simple as that..
Why not women?
Because if "tradition" or "religion" is all that you have ..
Then triple talaq too should have not been interrupted.
Give a solid base. Why not women inside?

I'm not expecting logic....
But people's reason for not allowing women. That might also be some faith mentioned in some religious texts. If written somewhere...show us that at least.
Not necessarily demanding logic from you. But a source of action.

Me: Nice Question!!!

Ayyappa is a Celibate Deity!!!
Who sat in penance in Sabarimala, abstained from sex and alcohol. It's the deity's will that anyone who followed the 41 day penance that he suffered along with all the other rules that I have noted in My_Blog_Sabarimala_Tradition then and then only he would give Darshan to the Devotee!!!
The penance that the true Devotee goes through is his own experience of life, that makes him closer to the deity.!!

Earlier when there were no modes of transport this ritual was started. The Terrain if u see is very difficult. Surrounded by the Tigers and the wild life's then!!!
In such a condition the devotee has to spend the 41 days of penance!!!
This u could say as test of the devotee!!!

But if see that a women in her fertile age has to suffers few days of pain in their menstruation cycle!!
Women have to face this condition even in the days of penance at least once!!!
This made the trekking of the women miserable and hence in-completion of the test of penance.
Keeping this in mind the then priests hence made a law or a rule to keep the fertile age women away from the trekking and so the penance. Once they complete this age they are free to visit!!!
That's why the traditional of waiting was installed in the women of the particular age group!!!

This is followed in respect to the Deity!!!
This is not a discrimination... It's a respect to the Deity!!!!
This does not exploit a women's life or an individual like the Triple Talaq!!!

In Triple Talaq the women is exploited!
Here it's not the case!!!
Even the Devasom Board accepted the entry of those women who completes the journey of penance!!!
But the point was over thrown by the SC!!!
Hindus have deep faith in the Ayyappa!!!
That's y the 300000 Hindu Women waited and the 3 activists
2 non Hindus and one a planted journalists created the scene to gain TRP!!


Bro:  So women are allowed after a certain age?

Me: It's not about who is allowed it's about what is the best for an Individual... Taking in account all the factors!!!

Bro:  Do all devotees need to go through that physical test of penance to enter and pray to Ayyappa?

Me: Yes... The penance is the core of the Tradition!!!

Bro: Are women allowed after fertile age?

Me: Yes... Women below 10 and above 50 are only involved in the penance!!

Bro: What if woman of age 30 comes and agrees to go through penance and that she can go through all of it.....will you let her ?

Me: who m I to let her... The point was put before the SC... but Lawyer Manu Singhvi denied it... And the SC too...

But it was only the Women who understood and knew the importance of Faith in Hindu Society... That's y the only Lady Judge gave her verdict against the dominating males....!

Bro: You means not literally you....
Anyone related to Sabarimala is what I meant to ask
Well... We don't completely know what arguments had been given in the court. Maybe there was a strong counter which led to 2 judges go otherwise.
Who knows!'

Me: I have read an article where I got this piece of info!!!

Me:Any questions bro???

And a long silence...!

Sabarimala Tradition

We all are aware of the Sabarimala Verdict by the SC. The Supreme Court has abolished the ban on Women between the age group of 10-50 which is their fertile years. Earlier the Kerala High Court had maintained the ban where the State Government itself supported this position in 1991. Now the issue has come up once again so we need to look into it from all the possible perspectives.

In this blog we would see what the actual tradition of the Sabarimala Shrine is! Later in other blogs we will discuss on other perspectives along with the issues related to the Shrine.

Ayyappa Swami is an Hindu Deity, a Representative of the God. He is a Naishtika Brahmachari deity which means a celibate deity. According to a story Swami Ayyappa decided to live the life of a celibate. He restrained himself from not only marriage but any sort of contact with the feminine gender. He lived his life in the penance and also abstained from any sort of distortion like alcohol, etc. In his respect his father build a temple which is today's Sabarimala temple, where the deity resided and spent his days of penance. He also resolved to solve the problems and questions of his devotees who successfully completes the 41 days of penance consisting of different difficult challenges and activities. This is somehow similar to the Pandharpur Vaari that is held in the Maharashtra. Let us see some of the important rules followed bu the devotees.

• The devotees are expected to dress-up like sadhus only in blue and black. 
• They are expected to fast partly, and eat only certain type of pure veg food.
• This is 18 miles long group trek, which consists of people without any caste or social discrimination. 
• There are men of all the ages joining the trek. 
• Young girls and older women also join. But the women between the fertility age group are advised not to trek for certain reasons which will be discussed in brief. 
• During the trek all the devotees call each other 'Swami'. 
• The devotees wear simple dress on the day of the pilgrimage up the hills and through the forest, many go barefoot, carry irumudi (a walking stick for regional Hindu yogis with two compartment little bag sometimes carried on head), wear Tulsi leaves and Rudraksha beads around their neck (symbolism for Vishnu and Shiva) while fellow Hindus gather along the trek path, cheering and helping them complete their journey
• They collect flowers from the western ghats to offer the deity. 
• Also they are needed to bathe in the Pambar river before they visit the actual Sabarimala temple.
• During the entire trek all the devotees are expected to restrain from any kind of violence, sex, and alcoholism. 
• All their mind should be focused only in the devotion for Ayyappa, which is the main motive.
• After the long trek there are 18 divine steps to the sanctum sanctorum of the Ayyappa Swamy Temple.
• Each step is a sacred one with a very deep meaning and understanding.
• Only the one's completing the 41 days trek are allowed to walk through these steps.

This all about the Sabarimala Shrine and its divine rituals. Now  let us see some important significance of the temple.

• The temple is not like the regular temple, it is opened only at few occasions throughout the year. Like during the Mandal Pooja, Makar Sankranti, Maha Vishnu Sankranti and the first 5 days of every Malayalam month.
• There are number of other temples of the same deity across the world. But rules for women to visit the shrine is only followed in this Temple only. The reason behind this is the temple being the first of its kind where all the rules for the devotees are followed very strictly by the Devasom and the Devotees. 
• Secondly, one of the main reason is the terrain where the temple is located. The rules were made during the time where there were no transport facilities. Also it could be difficult for the women in the fertile years to do 41 day long trekking.
• Third and important one is the belief that the deity is Naishtika Brahmachari. And every devotee who has faith in the deity and respect him will accept him as he is and respect his decision by not disturbing his celibacy. Its not a discrimination but a respect for the deity's decision to remain a celibate.
• The 18 sacred steps to the sanc tum sanctorum of the Shrine is divine in its own way. There are many stories related to the significance of the 18 steps. But According to one of them they say that the deity was the master of 18 weapons. Covering each step, the deity would leave each weapon on each step before entering into the Idol of the Sanctum Sanctorum.

This was all about the Tradition of the Sabarimala Shrine. In the Next blog we will cover the important issues and queries related to the Shrine and its tradition.

Navratri Special

MaaShakti

On this Festival of Navratri, lets give our first tribute to the first and the most deserving Women in our Life. She hardly receives any attention or rewards. So this is a small tribute to our Mothers!
Thank You Maa... Today, Whatever I am, Its just because of You...!

Adultery

CJI Dipak Misra retired last month. Before retiring he gave a series of  crucial decisions among which the Decision to scrap 497 was one of them. In the following we will be covering the major aspects of the law along with the advancement made in the law.

Marriage: When there is a couple who builds a consent within themselves and ties the knot of their committed relationship then it is generally called as a Marriage. We must note here that the consent is a very important aspect here. even if there is no consent from either side, the relationship collapses.

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OLD LAW

Adultery IPC 497 : When a person has a sexual intercourse with the wife of another man without the consent of that man is called as Adultery. The man who is involved in the adultery is guilty of the offence of adultery, who shall be imprisoned or fined or both under IPC 497. In this case the women was not considered as the abettor. Abettor means one who influences or convinces someone to commit the crime.

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In the earlier law there was a slight difference which showed discrimination between a man involved in the adultery and a woman involved in the adultery. As per the law, when a married man had an sexual intercourse with another women, without the consent of his wife, the law didn't applied there. This clearly discriminated between the man and the woman. Even the woman did not had the freedom. Whereas the woman involved in the adultery either married or bachelor cannot be charged under IPC 497. This shows that men had the freedom in adultery whereas the women did not.

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NEW LAW

When a PIL was filed in December 2017, to strike down the law, the Supreme Court accepted it. An argument was laid which stated the violence of article 14 and article 15 of the Constitution.

Article 14:- Equality before law The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth

Article 15:- The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them

Listening to the arguments of both the parties, the Supreme Court then decided to scrap down the law. There were few observations by the Judges.

• Under article 198, law gave only the husband the right to file a case against the man involved in the act of adultery.
• That concludes to a belief that the woman belong to her husband only.
• That does not gave the woman the freedom for her own thoughts and feelings, even if she voluntarily does a consented intercourse.

On 27th September 2018 a Five Judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India decided to scrap this IPC 497.

Now according to the new law if a married woman has a sexual intercourse with another man then the husband cannot file a case against the man involved in the adultery. But on the basis of adultery he can demand Divorce from his wife.

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Also, it is very important to note the changes. Equality before law with Gender Neutrality is taken care of by the Supreme Court of India.

• Now both the partners are free to have sexual intercourse with the person of their choice. 
• No legal action will be taken against the ones involved in the Adultery.
• But this wont mean Adultery is legal.
• Adultery still remains the base for Divorce.

While reading the judgement, Chief Justice Dipak Misra said, "it (adultery) cannot be a criminal offence," however it can be a ground for civil issues like divorce.

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Indian Air Force Day 2018 (IAF Day)

On 8th of October 1932, Indian Air Force was Established. So we celebrate 8th of October as the IAF Day. This is a small tribute to the Brave Forces of our Nation.

- Jai Hind!
- Jai Bharat!

Gandhi Jayanti 2018

This is a Small Tribute to the Father of Our Nation!!!

You must have shocked that what is the 4th one doing there. Don't get suprise it's just the latest one which completely relates us with the Modern India.

Since Independence India has undergone multiple advances and development. Similarly Computer has changed its shape from as large as the room to the hands. Today Mobile has become one of the most useful device which has replaced many things. This helped man to ease the tedious of the tedious jobs. But humans have taken it beyond a specific purpose. Today humans have become more dependent on mobiles.

Social Change: Due to Social Networking Sites a man can connect with a person with in any corner of the world. Truely we can say that Internet has shortened the distance between two people. But its not the whole scenario. If mobile is able to connect two corners of the world then it also has created distances with ur immediate neighbors as well. Today people are so engrossed in their own world that they hardly have any attention around themselves. Youth are more prone to this condition as they are more friendly with this technology. If we ask people of one generation earlier, they would tell how they used to build their relations only with vocal and real communications. Today it's getting lappsed. We as a human being must get aware of these things that we are humans first.

Man has made machine for comfort and not for peace and happiness.

Machines are to be used and humans are to be Loved.

There are many advantages of the Mobile too but at last machines are machines, they cannot replace a single man.

If Gandhiji would have been there today he would have unfortunately involved this 4th Monkey with the three!!!

Sikkim's First Airport Pakyong!!

Introduction

Pakyong Airport is the Greenfield Airport the State Capital Gangtok. It is India's 100th Operational Airport in India. It is approximately 4500 ft from the sea level. One of the 5 biggest Airports in India. First Greenfield Airport in the Northeast. Only Airport in the State. One of the tallest reinforced soil structures in the world.

Background of the Project

Sikkim was the only state which didn't have any operational Airport of its own. They either used the Bagdogra Airport, which is 124 Kms in the Neighbouring State of West Bengal or the Paro Airport in the Bhutan. So in 2008 the Cabinet Committee gave the approval for the development of the Pakyong Airport. The Foundation stone was laid by the then Civil Aviation Minister, Prafulla Patel.

The Airport was estimated to be complete till 2012. But due to the agitations from the local people this was halted till 2014. The local people demanded proper rehabilitation and security. Later in 2014 the AAI took initiative, discussed with the people and gave some part of the compensation. This helped in starting the work again. But in 2015 the villagers again protested and the project was again halted.  Later in 2015 the state Government signed a MOU with the AAI and promised to help the villagers in safe and securely shifting and rehabilitating. This helped the AAI to finally start it's work till the end of 2015. Due to this protests and the landslides upslope of the runway resulted in the Escalation of its cost from 309 Crore Rupees to 605 Crore Rupees.

On 24th September 2018, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 

Airport. And flights will start commencing from 4th of October between Guwahati and Kolkata.

Strategic Importance

Last year we saw some tensions going on regarding the Doklam region with China. Doklam is the region with 3 International Borders. And it is near to this Airport within 54kms. So this Airport might play an Important Strategic role in Future.

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Rafale Deal in Short!

Why we need Rafale Fighter Jets?

India has Pakistan to its west and China to its East. So when there is a war like condition India should have the potential to fight on both the fronts at the same time. To be able to fight on both fronts we need 42-45 squadrons of Fighter Jets and each squadron has 16-18 jets each. So the Indian Air Forces continuously demanded the Government to purchase new Fighter Jets to increase its potential. According to a report India has only 34 squadrons, out of which only 31 are in working condition. Also it is important to note that these squadrons contain 11 squadrons of Sukhoi 30 MKI. These are the latest fighter jets in our Air Force. Other jets in the Air Force are either getting upgraded or getting retired. Till 2020 It is expected that around 14 squadrons will get retired. So till 2020 Air Force will have total 20 plus 3 more squadrons of Sukhoi 30 MKI, which will be made and given to the Air Forces by HAL(Hindustan Aeronautics Limited) till 2020. So this total 23 Squadrons are around half the estimated potential. So the Indian Air Forces continuously forced the Government to purchase new Fighter Jets to increase its potential.

What is Rafale Deal?

In 2000 Government decided to purchase 126 Miraj 2000 Jets, but later this deal was changed. And they decided to purchased 126 MMRCA( Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft). In 2007 decided to purchase 126 MMRCA, for which Manmohan Singh announced a RFP (Request For Proposal). According to this proposal all the Air Craft Companies in the world had to explain their model with all its features in a PPT. This was well known around the world as the Indian-MMRCA tender. This deal was estimated around 1 Lakh 26 thousand Crore Rupees. It was renowned as the Mother of all Defense Deal in the World. All the Air Craft manufacturing Companies in the world gave their presentation in response to the RFP. A number of jets were assessed and in 2011 two Fighter gets were selected, one was the EuroFighter Typhoon and other was The Rafale of Dassault. In 2012 Finally Indian Government gave L1 bidder to Dassault Aviation. L1 bidder is the least bidder and finally conversation started with them on Rafale Deal. According to the deal India wanted 18 Jets to be delivered in the Flyover condition. And other 108 jets to be made in India by the Dassault in partnership with the HAL(Hindustan Aeronautics Limited). one most important point of the deal was that India wanted Dassault to take the quality control responsibility of the 108 jets to be made by the HAL. Talks were going on between Dassault and HAL. But nothing went okay as Dassault did not want to take the responsibility of the jets made by HAL in India. Also there were differences in the expenses of both the Companies. Due to this, the deal couldn't take place till 2014. 

In 2014 also the talks continued between Dassault and Modi Govt. In April 2015 PM Modi went to France and in a press conference he declared that India will purchase 36 Rafale Jets through France Government. So, on 30 July 2015 the MMRCA tender was finally withdrawn. And it was cleared that now the deal is not with the Dassault but with the France Government.

Why is there Controversy around this Deal?

As per the opposition there are various changes in the deal on which there are few allegations by the opposition on the Government. We will discuss these Allegations one by one.

1. Less number of Jets : As per the UPA there were 126 jets proposed whereas NDA's deal has only 36 jets to be delivered in the fly way condition. As per the Press conference from the Govt, they said that 36 jets will be received in fly way condition and others will be manufactured in India with the help if its offset partner. 

2. 2-3 times more pay to the Dassault: As per the opposition Modi Govt's estimated cost of the deal is 60,000 Crores which is thrice the estimated cost of the UPA's deal. Now Opposition demanded an answer on this increased cost. Govt says that as it is a Defense deal its cost and other details will not be made public.

3. Technological loss : As per the previous deal Dassault would have had made 108 jets with the partnership of HAL in India, and this would finally help HAL to learn some new Technology. But as per the new deal all the 36 jets will be coming to India in the fly way condition.

4. Financial favor to Reliance: Opposition claimed that the Modi Govt helped the Reliance Company by purchasing the jets at higher cost than the Earlier deal. Govt cleared its stand that India will get more things than before. Dassault took the responsibility that every year there would be minimum 75% jets in the working condition and it will make all the spare parts available till next 7 years.

France Govt Statement

5. Holande's Remark: One of the allegation is that the former President of the France said that," India proposed a service group and Dassault negotiated with the Ambani". He also said that," We did not have a choice" and " We did not have a say in this". In Defense of this The France Govt issued a statement saying that the Govt is in no manner involved in the choice of the Indian Industrial Partners and will be selected by the French Companies. The French Company has full freedom to choose their Indian Industrial Partner. Also the Dassault Aviation has also issued a clarification stating that they have decided to partner withe the India's Reliance Group.

Dassault's Statement

GUJARAT ELECTIONS 2017 : NUMBER MAGIC

GUJARAT ELECTIONS 2017 : NUMBER MAGIC 

Figure1 : Map of Gujarat Constituencies.

• Last week we all saw the tough battle of Gujarat Elections. Here we saw the BJP trying hard to save its 22 years of long ruled state. Still the people bestowed trust again with the party.
• Though it was said that there is a wave of anti-incumbency but still the young leaders like Hardik Patel, Jignesh Mevani and Alpesh Thakur made the battle like nail biting for the ruling party. Though the BJP came to power but this was among st their worst performance till date. And the Congress proclaimed it to be a Moral Victory to their side. 
• Now let me clear this fact that am not going to bore you all with how the whole campaign was, that we all know it.
• When I went through the numbers I found very interesting things that gave me an insight about how numbers have its own X-Factor than anything else in Politics. So lets start this with the Final Results.

GUJARAT ELECTION RESULTS 2017

Fig 2: Gujarat Election Results 2017

We can clearly see that BJP has total loss of 16 seats with increase in voting by 0.2%. While Congress increased its vote share by 2.5% but that made them to grab 16 seats.

As per the Campaign and the past local body Elections the vote share increase was expected to grow more as the Congress even claimed to uproot the BJP Rule and form Government. But its not so.

LEADS TABLE

Fig 3: Partywise Leads Table

Blue Zone 

• When we comment on the Organizational Roots of any Political Party its wideness can be seen from the scale of voting pattern. In the above table we have classified all the Winning margins within 10 different ranges. The margin of Victory defines the strong hold of the Organization in their constituency. Wider the range, more tough it becomes to challenge the Present one.
• In table 2 the blue zone can be defined as the safe zone for any political party which are tough for the competitors to win from. Similarly to loose such a strong zone is something like weak Political Performance. Also one Party always aims at strengthening its Blue Zone.
• If we neglect the 7th row of 10000-25000, BJP still has a strong hold in 45 constituencies which is about 50% of the majority to Form the Govt and 25% of the House. Whereas Congress has strong hold only in 11 constituencies.
• Now consider the Whole of the Blue Zone where BJP holds 73 seats which is just short of 19 seats to form the Government while Congress holds about 41 seats which is about 51 seats more to form the Government.

Benefits of Blue Zone:-

• It plays as a backup in tough games.

• Its a long and continuous process to build a strong and unbeatable constituency.

Yellow Zone

• The most interesting part of any Election where 40% of the battle is fought is the Yellow zone. Reasons is simple because its a tough game to retail a seat with less margin and you cannot predict it unless the game is very clear. The amount of such seats are more in any election and also they are the most deciding ones. They normally tend towards the one with the majority.
• We can see that this is the only zone where Congress have its best performance. It has gain about 45% of its seats in this zone with 36 seats. While the BJP won only 26 and saved its Mandate. That mean the overall 62 seats in the yellow zone are the reals king makers in the whole game.
• Yellow seats are crucial and equally losing because if the wave is against the Party then these are the first one to be loose in any election. Relaying on them is a great risk. 
• From this overall analysis we can say that Bjp has actually lost the game but its strong blue zone saved it from a big loss. So can conclude that in any election how strong you heat the campaign you can just affect 35-40% of the total seats, here 62/182, whereas its the Organizational base which is a firm backbone tho get through any Election.

SEATS SHUFFLE

Fig 4: Seats Shuffling.

• This is a very important factor in an Election. If we want to achieve more then its our first task to save and preserve more what we have with us and then to seek for other good ones that are good to win. 
• In this game BJP came out successful in retaining its 65-70% seats it won in 2012. Similar is the case with the Congress.
• But the real fight is seen in the snatching of seats. When BJP was able to snatch only 19 seats from the opponent and loosing 35 in return which comes to a total of 16 seats loss. 
• Similarly Congress gave a tough fight by snatching 36 seats with a loss of 20 which profited them with 16 seats overall.
• This is how the Whole game of numbers is which when we do the Analysis purely on the basis of Numbers.

To Conclude I would say that its was a Victory for Congress when it fought well in grabbing good seats from the BJP but still fail to form Government. Congress needs to strengthen its Organization and to do so it needs to have a Strong and Visionary Leader.

On the other hand it had been a great defeat for the Long Ruling BJP in the state but it won and all credit goes to the tight and deep Organizational Roots it had across the state that made it through the Election. BJP has just passed the exam but if it wants to further sustain then it needs to score and to score it needs to have some crucial Subjects very Efficiently.

Figure 5: Seats Shuffle from 2012 in 2017

MCD Election Results 2017:

MCD Election Results 2017: A lesson for The Aam Aadami Party.

 After the Long Election procedure the Delhi MCD Election Results were declared on 26th of April with BJP winning all the three Municipal Corporations by winning 181 out of 270 seat and defeating AAP with 48 seats and Congress with 30 seats.

MCD Elections are a perfect example of failure of party organization and connecting with voters at the ground level. If we go through the overview of each party we would find that it has again proved a big lesson for AAP party whereas in the success of BJP credit goes to the mistakes made by AAP.

Important Mistakes of AAP.

1. Political parties are not made only for winning elections, they are mentioned to win the hearts of voters. They need to take the work to the people. What's the reason of the party behind the MCD Election? Why MCD Elections were important to be won for AAP party? What have they done if they had won MCD Elections? Also how they are different then the BJP? Some of these questions are needed to be clear in the party throughout the campaign and within the party workers well.

2. Unfocussed Party Agenda: AAP party claims that MCD is the most corrupt organization. If we agree then it would have proved the most important issue in the campaign. But the party failed to fire the important issues. Thus was due to unfocussed party agenda. Rather the party was immersed in targeting the PM which was not the issue of the overall campaign.

3. Organizational Failure: AAP has done very good work in the State as compared to the previous government in the state. But still it failed to gain the confidence of the Delhities. It even failed to maintain its votes share in Delhi 52% and came down to 25%.
Party failed to connect to its own AAM AADMI and focused on its problems. Also the new schemes were failed to be taken to the people, all because of the failure of organization.

4. 67/70 overconfidence : Winning is an event and Success is a Journey. The party failed to recognize that it's not the winning that matters but the continuous work that runs the state. If u want to see what's the reality u need to be impartial while using the reality. Once u judge and infer something we need to accept the reality and take respective measure for the desired outcome. Party failed to recognize the mood of the people. Even thought recognised it failed to accept it as seen from the statement after the results.

5. Blaming EVM was a bad game: As soon as the results were declared the Party blamed the EVM for its defeat. First of all disrespecting EVM is disrespecting the people's mandate and similarly disrespecting the Democracy. And this is shameful. We must accept the results. If EVM were tampered now and don't believe in 181/270 mandate then we also don't believe the mandate 67/70.

6. Kejriwal=AAP & AAP=Kejriwal: It is found that the party is totally centralized on one man. If anyone disagrees he is dumped. The most laughable movement was when the Delhi said the National Chief of the party and the Delhi chief be himself. Means what a greedy man is he that he wants all the post and power in his hand only. The leader should be big hearted. And the organization should be expanding by decentralizing power within the associates.

7.Ignorance of its base: The party is emerged from a movement. It has some motive behind its formation and it's existence. It introduced a new style of politics which was accepted and supported by all the people. This is needed to be preserved and grown efficiently.

BJP's Victory

1. Strong LEADER: The main difference between AAP And BJP is the strong leadership. Modi in the centre affects the overall nerves of the party and the mood of the nation. Whenever there is crisis the people urge for leadership and the Leader must be always ready serve the leadership required. This and this only strengthens the confidence of the party. And the BJP has it.

2. Party Organization: The party is ever expanding daily. Not only in its bastion but also where it had nothing. This is only because of its strong party organization and its strong organizational leader Amit shah. Due to which despite its corruption charges in MCD it again gained it's hold.

3. Diluted Anti-incumbency: The very smart move played by Amit Shah is its decision to cut the tickets of all it's incumbent corporators and all the candidates were new and fresh. This helped in total dilution of anti incumbency of the BJP.

4. AAP's mistakes paved the BJP: All the above mistakes listed in the APP's section were like Googlies to the BJP.

CONGRESS: The only thing about Congress I would like to say is that it need to shift it's party president ship into the hands of a non-Gandhi person. It's the need and alarm for the Congress to survive. It's it will vanish even though it has enough to tackle the BJP.