Opinion | Corruption To Defection: Decoding BJP’s Bid To Checkmate Another Rival, Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP 

AAP supporters put up a poster to show solidarity with party supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is in judicial custody over allegations related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, in Delhi on April 12. ( Image Source :PTI )

In the chessboard of Indian politics before the 2024 general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched a calculated offensive against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), a party that rose to prominence on an anti-corruption plank.  The BJP’s strategy is not just a game of political one-upmanship but a studied move to paint the AAP, under the leadership of Arvind Kejriwal, as a party enmeshed in the very corruption it once vowed to eradicate.  The narrative, carefully