NEW DELHI: AAP leaders have more and more turned to the epic Ramayana for analogies to explain their roles in Delhi’s politics, invoking legendary figures to focus on their loyalty and goal.
After a day full of symbolic gestures and declarations by new Delhi chief minister Atishi, Kailash Gahlot, newly appointed minister within the Atishi-led Delhi authorities, proclaimed himself because the “Hanuman” to former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Gahlot, who retained his positions because the minister for transport, residence, administrative reforms, and girls and youngster improvement, took cost on Tuesday and vowed to hold ahead Kejriwal’s unfinished work.
“It’s Tuesday right this moment, the day of Hanumanji, and I’ll work like Hanuman of Arvind Kejriwal and clear all his pending works. The AAP labored nicely underneath his management and tried to ascertain Ram Rajya,” Gahlot mentioned after taking cost.
Gahlot, the MLA from Najafgarh, expressed optimism concerning the celebration’s prospects within the upcoming Delhi meeting elections, that are slated for February. He voiced his confidence that Kejriwal would return to his function as chief minister.
“The folks of Delhi will bless us, and Kejriwal will once more sit on the chair of Delhi CM. Our CM was and shall be Arvind Kejriwal,” Gahlot added.
His statements observe a sequence of Ramayana-inspired analogies made by AAP leaders within the wake of Kejriwal’s resignation. A day earlier, Delhi’s new chief minister Atishi likened her present scenario to that of Lord Ram’s brother Bharat, who dominated Ayodhya throughout Ram’s 14-year exile. “I’ve the identical ache in my coronary heart as Bharat ji had,” Atishi remarked, including that she would function CM for the following 4 months with the hope that Kejriwal would return.
Atishi’s symbolic act of leaving Kejriwal’s chair empty in her workplace stirred controversy, with opposition events accusing her of disrespecting constitutional norms. The BJP and Congress sharply criticised the gesture, calling it a “grave insult” to the function of chief minister. Atishi defined that she had left the chair empty as a tribute to Kejriwal, likening her short-term management to Bharat’s symbolic rule, the place he positioned Lord Ram’s sandals on the throne.
Manish Sisodia, one other senior AAP chief, had earlier drawn parallels between his relationship with Kejriwal and that of Lord Ram and his brother Laxman from the Ramayana, reinforcing the celebration’s narrative of loyalty and devotion to their chief.
