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Kejriwal 3.0: The huge win doesn't mean bigger national role for him

A host of factors worked the magic for the incumbent AAP in the Capital; However, its top man is still a 'Delhi leader' much like Congress' Sheila Dikshit was.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal attending a rally in New Delhi. Photo: ANI
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal attending a rally in New Delhi. Photo: ANI

Sai Manish New Delhi
The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will be coming back to power for a third consecutive term -- its first was a short one of 49 days in 2013 and its second, a full term after its 2015 landslide win.  Among other factors, the BJP’s intensely negative campaign woven around national issues in the face of pressing matters confronting Delhi failed to impress voters. In many ways, this was a Jharkhand redux for the saffron party. The BJP is staring at defeat in several assembly constituencies it won during its clean sweep of Delhi in the general elections last

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