Sheila dikshit: Assembly elections dates have been announced in Delhi. Votes will be cast for the assembly elections in Delhi on 5 February. And the election results will be announced on 8 February. Politics has become very fast in Delhi at this time. In this election, there will be a direct contest between three parties BJP, Congress and AAP. At such a time, people remembered the tenure of Sheila Dixit which changed the appearance of Delhi. In that election of 1998, the people of Delhi, fed up with inflation, were in such a reversal that the BJP has not yet been able to rise in Delhi. Sheila Dixit was made the Chief Minister after the Congress’s tremendous victory in that election. And then the ‘Sheela Yuga’ was initiated in the politics of Delhi.
Congress government formed under the leadership of Sheila Dixit
The 1998 Delhi assembly elections gave a new turn to Delhi politics. The Congress made a tremendous comeback by winning 52 out of 70 seats under the leadership of Sheila Dixit. The BJP, which won 49 seats in 1993, was reduced to just 15 seats. Sheila Dixit took over the new responsibility on the post of Chief Minister and started changing the face of Delhi. Under his leadership, the Congress also won the 2003 and 2008 assembly elections, but in 2013 the Congress defeat put an end to their 15 -year -long Chief Minister’s tenure.
Sheila Dixit’s journey
Sheila Dixit’s political journey was very interesting. He was born on 31 March 1938 in Kapurthala, a Punjabi Hindu Khatri family in Punjab. After getting education in Delhi, in 1962 he married IAS officer Vinod Dixit. IAS officer Vinod Dixit was a resident of Unnao. After such marriage, Sheila Dixit called the daughter -in -law of UP. Sheila Dixit’s father -in -law Uma Shankar Dixit was a former Union Minister and Governor. Influenced by the political atmosphere, Sheela entered politics in 1969.
Minister of State in Rajiv Gandhi government
In 1984, the Congress nominated him from Kannauj Lok Sabha seat. After winning the election, she became the Minister of State in the Rajiv Gandhi government. She lost this seat in 1989. In 1998, the Congress made him the Delhi Congress President and fielded Kirti Azad from Gol Market seat in the assembly elections. The Congress won a strong majority in the election and Sheila Dixit became the Chief Minister of Delhi.
Sheila Dixit changed Delhi’s picture
After becoming the Chief Minister, Sheila Dixit started a change in Delhi. CNG buses fleet, more than 70 flyover and infrastructure reforms were involved in their major functions. During his first and second term, there was a Vajpayee government at the center, but the Delhi vs. Center never had a dispute. He quietly gave a new appearance to Delhi.
