The AAP and BJP on Tuesday launched their theme songs for the forthcoming Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections. The AAP launched its theme song titled, 'Janta Ki Taiyyari Hai, Kejriwal Ki Baari Hai.' The party’s theme song has been sung by the AAP's Timarpur MLA Dilip Pandey while the BJP released its campaign song, titled 'BJP ka Matlab Sewa Hai', sung by Manoj Tiwari.
The “Kejriwal in MCD” slogan is resonating everywhere and this is reflected in the song, said Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia at the launch of the song.
"People are saying that we gave an opportunity to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and he ensured that we got good Government schools, hospitals, free bus rides for women in Delhi Transport Corporation buses and the Government has been working with honesty, said Sisodia.
"The BJP was given the opportunity to run the MCD and they gave garbage mountains and stray animals roaming the lanes. What was the advantage of giving BJP an opportunity in the MCD for 15 years?" Sisodia asked.
Sisodia, who convened a meeting of AAP candidates on Monday night, also told them, "You have to conduct a dress rehearsal for a padyatra in advance. Every step should be well coordinated. You should hold four-five public meetings every day."
On the other hand, the BJP's released its campaign song, highlighting the services performance of the Narendra Modi Government and party-governed corporations during Covid-19 and attacking the AAP on "pollution and corruption".
The song is sung by MP Manoj Tiwari and narrates the "reality of Delhi" and the BJP's "victory" for the MCD polls, the party's Delhi unit chief Adesh Gupta said at the launch event.
The song's opening line "BJP ka matlab sewa hai" is followed by how the Modi Government at the Centre "served people during the pandemic, providing them with food and saving them by coming out with vaccines".
It also mentioned the efforts of the erstwhile BJP-ruled municipal corporations to remove garbage collection points in residential areas and lowering the heights of landfill sites.
The song also narrates how the Modi government worked for Delhi' development, including expansion of the Metro network and construction of a tunnel near Pragati Maidan. Through the song, the BJP also accuses the Delhi Government of turning the Yamuna River into a "drain" and converting Delhi into a "gas chamber". It also claimed that had the three BJP-ruled municipal corporations not been there, the AAP Government would have opened liquor shops in every street.
Tiwari said the main theme of the song "Sewa hi Vichar, Nahi Khokhle Prachar" (service is ideology, not hollow publicity) is the view expressed by BJP President JP Nadda.
A famous Bhojpuri actor and singer, Tiwari said song, his 5,025th one, reflected the pain of Delhi.
Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, the Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly, said the song would help the BJP win 200 of the 250 wards.