Lok Sabha elections, the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate is certainly going to change the electoral math as various opposition leaders are supporting Kejriwal openly. The AAP is part of the INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) bloc of Opposition parties with a seat-sharing deal with the Congress in Delhi and a few other states but is contesting alone in Punjab. It has some presence in a few states such as Goa and Gujarat where it has campaigned on the ground in various previous elections and is trying to strengthen itself in Haryana.
Kejriwal's arrest will have an impact on poll prospects of the INDIA bloc in states where the AAP has influence.
The INDIA bloc of Opposition parties was off to a flying start last year as most parties put up a show of unity, convinced that an opposition alliance was the best weapon against the ruling BJP-led NDA. But it started developing cracks as the Lok Sabha elections drew nearer and parties began discussing seat-sharing arrangements.
West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC head Mamata Banerjee decided her party will contest the elections alone. Bihar CM and JDU leader Nitish Kumar, the man who had galvanised different opposition parties to stitch an alliance, himself left the INDIA bloc and joined hands with the BJP, and so did Jayant Chowdhury's RLD in Uttar Pradesh. In Kerala, the left front and Congress are fighting against each other and has not recahed any deal in West Bengal either.
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