Kiran Bedi: Who's happy, who's not in Delhi BJP

Kiran Bedi's entry into the BJP has brought to the fore the sharp faultlines that exist within the party's state unit. After the public outbursts of Jagdish Mukhi and Manoj Tewari, BJP president Amit Shah has swung into damage control mode, ordering his troops to fall in line and back the party's decision. Here's a look at who stands where on the inclusion of Kiran Bedi.

Satish Upadhyay

Has not made his displeasure public but in private has been expressing disappointment with the inclusion of Kiran Bedi. Believes that the BJP brass took this decision too late, and if Bedi was to be brought into the party, this should have been done long before elections were announced in the capital. He thinks the party was running a "solid election campaign" that would have defeated the Aam Aadmi Party. He was hoping that he would have had a shot at being Delhi CM if he had successfully led the party in the polls, especially given the precedent that has been set of making the state party president the CM after the recent election results in Maharashtra and Haryana.

Dr Harshvardhan

Has been left out in the cold after being projected as CM candidate for the last Assembly elections. Getting shunted from the health ministry to science and technology was a body blow to Harshvardhan's position in the party pecking order. The party's brass took a dim view of Harshvardhan's leadership in the last campaign and also his performance as health minister. Bedi being brought in is a setback to his hopes of being CM, as he would have been the leading candidate if Bedi had not been included. Officially, the party is saying it did not want to send a minister and MP back to state politics. Harshvardhan did not attend yesterday's tea party at Bedi's home. Showed up late to find that she had already left.

Jagdish Mukhi

He has publicly stated that he was not consulted before the decision to include Bedi was taken. Believes that state leaders should have been kept in the loop. Feels the party leadership has been unfair to local leaders who have spent a lifetime building the party in the state. Ran an aborted attempt to project himself as CM by getting his supporters to put up hoardings announcing his candidacy for CM. He is clearly upset with the decision to project Bedi. Even though he has been a long standing Delhi BJP leader what went against him was that he had no traction among Delhi's influential middle class. The party leadership took a dim view of his self projection campaign. Arvind Kejriwal turned him into a laughing stock by running ads projecting the Delhi race as being a battle between Mukhi and him.

Meenakshi Lekhi

Thought of herself as a candidate who could appeal to Delhi's middle class. Her supporters even ran a Facebook campaign projecting Lekhi as CM. But Lekhi was never in serious contention for the post. Officially, the party says that MPs cannot be sent back to state politics.

Vijay Goel

Delighted that his opponents have been knocked out in the race to be Delhi CM. He was feeling ignored by the current state party leadership. He is now going out of his way to support Kiran Bedi's campaign. He declared Kiran Bedi the leader of the Delhi BJP on Twitter on the day she was brought into the party long before party gave any indication of her being the face of the party's campaign.

Sanjay Kaul

Gains the most from Kiran Bedi's inclusion. Bedi praised him in front of all the state unit leaders. A urbane leader with a strong NGO background, Kaul feels he hasn't got his due from the party so far. He has been by Bedi's side since her inclusion. He had tried to persuade Bedi to join politics six years ago but did not succeed in convincing her. He will be a key part of the Bedi dispensation.

Manoj Tiwari

He shot his mouth off against Bedi calling her a "thanedar" and not a "neta". He got a mouthful from the party leadership. After winning his MP elections, he was harbouring aspirations of being projected as CM with an eye on the "Poorvi" vote.

Udit Raj

Never had any real hope of becoming CM. He is a lateral entrant himself so cannot afford to oppose Bedi's inclusion.

Ashwini Upadhyay

Happy that instead of traditional BJP leaders, leaders with a background of activism will now get greater prominence. He was not centre stage in the scheme of things of the previous dispensation. He is now hoping to play a bigger role with Bedi in-charge.