Letters: So long, AAP

This refers to the editorial "Back to the aam aadmi" (February 17). More than the Congress or the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), it was the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) that was stunned at its 28-seat windfall. It set the stage for the inexplicable events that followed. Given the arithmetic of the Assembly, no government could have lasted long. The Congress extended support to a minority government with no more reason than to spite the BJP. Instead of trying to form a government, the BJP was perhaps remiss in abdicating primary onus, hoping to expose Arvind Kejriwal's perceived weakness to govern. Given its tenuous electoral position and the suzerainty of the Centre over its legislative and police powers, governance came last for a doubly-handicapped AAP. Like cinema, fillers were used in abundance to prolong audience interest and in a final act it dramatically exited the stage with famous last words on Lok Pal. Though cynical, AAP turned out to be more astute than the other two parties in upending politics.

R Narayanan Ghaziabad

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