Sheila Dikshit-'The Woman' for Congress

SHEILA 'ON A SONG'

India's capital state Delhi experienced the height of pro-incumbency when Sheila Dikshit struck the throne for the third consecutive time.Congress has been in power in Delhi for ten long years from 1998.Though this performance is not considered a 'congress win'(congress style of winning in a large margin),Congress had its day at the end.Dikshit survived many controversies and has managed to come out in flying colours.The Demolition drive in different parts of the capital during her rule was thought  to be an anti-incumbency drive for her assembly elections 2008.She reacted to this by implementing the 'Bus Rapid Transistor' which turned out to be a boomerang  as the new plan became a liability for the traffic.Sheila was criticized for her inadequate planning and improper implementation that still contribute to the gridlocks of traffic in central parts of Delhi.

During the run-up to the Elections :

During the run-up to the elections,the arch rivals of Congress concentrated on two major issues for understating the government of Dikshit.The first one was the terror attacks Delhi witnessed on September 13.The second issue was the Inflation which erupted during her period and her inability to control it.BJP had two solid points to chop off the congress authority in this election.On the other side of the coin,Sheila Dikshit focused on developmental issues in her campaigning.Surprisingly,The Bhagidhari scheme(citizen-government partnership scheme) became the invaluable credit for her though she was criticized for using the government's public machinery.The bold step of privatizing power added another feather to her hat which clicked in the campaigning process.The increased number of schools and her assurance for a large scale power production by 2012,strengthened her roots eroding the BJP's dreams.

The Mumbai terror impact:

Just three days before the Delhi elections,the country's financial capital Mumbai was into a terrorist attack costing many deaths and injuries.Apparently,the Congress government's public-security functionality became a big question mark at that moment.But nothing seemed to affect Shiela's winning spree.The terror attack became a global issue as it was a Pakistani plot and had far-off impacts on the Delhi elections.

Margin of victory:

Dikshit retained her seat as a legislator with 39,747 votes in the New Delhi constituency and defeated the BJP’s Vijay Jolly by a margin of 14,078 votes.She minced off all her controversies which is clearly depicted in the stats.

On October 24 in an interview Dikshit said“We would like to think there is pro-incumbency (in Delhi). People feel that this is a government that has performed for the past 10 years.”These words appear to be the fact and fate of Delhi's political era now.Incumbency is a matter of concern for BJP to establish its institution in Delhi and issues must be dealt from scratch.The Intra-party conflict was just a conflict and never a concern for Congress which is exactly the opposite down in Tamil Nadu where conflict causes an alternate governance in every assembly election(AIADMK and DMK)

The lady of high caliber,is evolving as a great Indian leader who never gives up and this portrays the rapid narrowing down of gender bias in our country.