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What an Ola driver taught Yogendra Yadav about Modi and MCD Elections 2017

BJP has zoomed ahead in MCD polls by turning it into a popularity contest between Kejriwal and Modi

Delhi BJP President Manoj Tiwari addressing as senior leader Shyam Jaju looks on during a press conference releasing BJP ''Sankalp Patr'' manifesto for MCD elections in New Delhi on Sunday. Photo: PTI
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Delhi BJP President Manoj Tiwari addressing as senior leader Shyam Jaju looks on during a press conference releasing BJP ''Sankalp Patr'' manifesto for MCD elections in New Delhi on Sunday. Photo: PTI

Yogendra Yadav | The Wire
I had my Ola wisdom on the eve of Delhi Municipal Council (MCD) elections. We had taken a taxi on our way back from the last informal meeting on the day before polling. As he dropped us, the driver asked us if I was from a political party as he vaguely recalled my face. It didn’t matter, I said, and asked him what he thought of the MCD election. It turned out that he was a traditional Congress voter who had for the first time shifted to the BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. However, he switched to Arvind