BJP picks Adesh Kumar Gupta to regain traditional voters, uniting the party

After assuming charge as president of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) Delhi Unit last Friday, Adesh Kumar Gupta outlined his priority: Strengthening the party among the residents of slums and unauthorised colonies. This crucial vote bank’s firm backing to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and earlier the Congress has kept the BJP out of the Delhi secretariat for over two decades.

Even for the most optimistic supporters, Gupta, 50, former mayor of North Delhi Municipal Corporation and sitting councillor, cannot promise a miracle. Fresh from an Assembly victory and with the Congress in perpetual decline, the AAP would be a stronger