Mufflerman Returns

By Vinod Varshney

Kejri Spell Overwhelms Modi Magic

February 10, 2015 will be marked in the annals of Delhi politics as historic, when a much-maligned and lampooned party won 67 of the 70 seats in the Delhi assembly belying all opinion surveys and exit polls. Delhi voters demonstrated to the world the vigour of Indian democracy when the fledgling Aam Admi Party without much funds or cadre strength trounced its highly resourceful rivals, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party. The AAP called it the victory of a new kind of open politics that should take roots and grow in the coming days. Many observers commented that it was the victory of truth over disgusting and malicious politics to edge out Arvind Kejriwal from the contest that took place in Delhi. The voters by their verdict have also told the BJP that its leaders including prime minister Narendra Modi and the party’s national president Amit Shah need to shed their arrogance, and work in the best interests of the common man.