Key Points
Delhi will vote on May 25 and Punjab on June 1, the last date of Kejriwal's bail period..
Kejriwal's absence was felt more in Delhi, where the Congress and the AAP have come together to defeat the dominant BJP than in Punjab where the AAP has a popular senior leader in Bhagwant Mann to lead the party's election campaign...
"Our continued alliance with AAP is extremely humiliating given that the AAP has been associated with numerous scams in the past seven years," Basoya said.. Earlier, Delhi minister and AAP leader Raaj Kumar Anand, who is an MLA from the Patel Nagar constituency, resigned from the cabinet and party, stating that he does not want to be associated with a party "involved in corruption."..
Kejriwal will mobilise workers in constituencies where the AAP is contesting while trying to reduce friction in those where the Congress is contesting, though that might be a difficult task because the rebellion in the Congress ranks is mainly due to the alliance with Kejriwal's party...
While Delhi AAP candidates will surely gain from Kejriwal's presence during the campaign, his presence in Punjab may not benefit the party as much but might help it on seats where the AAP is in close contest with the Congress or the SAD...
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