AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (File photo) AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (File photo)What propelled the Aam Aadmi Party to power in 2013 and then again in 2015 was the fact that their campaign was based on one single agenda – that the party, led by Arvind Kejriwal, was against corruption. The story the party weaved was that Kejriwal was incorruptible, allowing him incredible and almost unprecedented electoral success. Every accusation hurled at Kejriwal and his party, whether by rebel AAP leaders like Kapil Mishra or the BJP, is aimed at puncturing the very thing that made AAP so different from other political parties. In the absence of an ideological framework, such as the right-wing ideology of the BJP or the communist ideology of the Left Front, the AAP only has the mythology of Kejriwal and his incorruptibility. But if AAP is destroyed, with it goes the hope of a platform which is outside the BJP and the Congress.

Source: Indian Express May 16, 2017 14:33 UTC