AAP's poll victory is emphatic but Delhi model needs massive rejig before Arvind Kejriwal can go full throttle with his national ambitions
FirstpostDelhi granting Arvind Kejriwal a successful third innings despite several mistakes and setbacks in his eight-year-long political career, have set off expectations that he might just be the dark knight of alternate politics in India. Delhi granting Arvind Kejriwal a third inning despite several mistakes and setbacks in his eight-year-long political career has set off expectations that he might just be the dark knight of alternate politics in India. Soon after winning handsomely in 2015, Kejriwal installed Manish Sisodia as the deputy chief minister of Delhi and set about the twin tasks of expanding AAP’s national base and framing himself as the “liberal” alternative to Modi, a Firstpost article points out. AAP Timeline Politics of freebies not easy outside Delhi For all the hype about the Aam Aadmi Party’s governance model, in the end, it was the freebies that got the party a thumping majority.