Why Arvind Kejriwal promised abolishing property tax in Delhi

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has promised to waive property tax if the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is voted to power in the city’s three municipal corporations on April 23. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in power in the three municipalities in the national capital.

The poll promise is an attempt to woo the middle-class and rich voters, in the wake of the party’s growing unpopularity and its recent debacles in the Punjab and the Goa Assembly elections. The AAP vote bank in Delhi is concentrated among unauthorised colonies and the party wants to broaden it to replicate its success