It looks like Ahilesh is not confident as yet. He is a general who is not fighting but leading his army from the back with the right strategy. The results only will tell us, how far Akhilesh is right and went has gone wrong.
Opting to take the no-risk route, these chief ministerial candidates instead depend on the state’s upper house – the Vidhan Parishad – because the Constitution only requires one to become a member of either house within six months of occupying the hot seat.
When you observe at the developments ahead of the upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh shows that the chief ministerial candidates of all political parties have opted against contesting on assembly seats, much like generals who control and command their armies but do not fight on the front.
Besides Akhilesh and BSP supremo Mayawati, Jayant Chaudhary – the Rashtriya Lok Dal’s chief ministerial candidate – has also decided against taking a chance with the people’s mandate. Most of the leaders of the Political Parties have opted out of the MLA elections .
The BJP, for its part, has not named a CM candidate yet. One doesn’t even know if the party will pick its chief minister from polling candidates or bring in a completely new face after the die is cast.With chief ministerial candidates increasingly opting out of contesting in assembly elections, what was once an exception is now becoming the norm in Uttar Pradesh.
A case in point is Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, who has decided against stepping onto the electoral battlefield in favour of remaining “an MLC till 2018”.
The decision, observers believe, may be due to either a lack of confidence in winning or an overall change in perception about the importance once attached to seeking the direct mandate of the people.
Now that father and Netaji Mulayam has decided to step in for his son and campaign for the party shows that slowly things are falling in line for Akhilesh Yadav.
