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Delhi Polls: Chief Ministerial (CM) Faces

Delhi Polls: Chief Ministerial (CM) Faces By  Deepak Parvatiyar November 25, 2014 Who will be the next chief minister of Delhi? It is a matter of conjecture at present as the X factor is at play this time with none of the political parties barring the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), revealing any names, preferring to play their cards close to their chest. Arvind Kejriwal: Battling Narendra Modi Factor It would, indeed, be interesting that after having lost to Narendra Modi in the summer Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi, AAP’s CM candidate  Arvind Kejriwal  is again virtually pitted against Modi after the BJP refrained from projecting any CM candidate in Delhi and instead decided to contest on the plank of “good governance” of the Modi government at the Centre. This ploy had worked in Maharashtra and Haryana earlier and in Delhi too it is also likely to help the party keep a united face during elections. Kejriwal does seem fighting against the odds in the wake of prominent