Interpreting the AAP Win in New Delhi While one should not consider the Delhi Assembly election result as a referendum on the performance of the Modi-led government at the Centre, this rout shows that despite the massive victories of the BJP since the general election, it still remains vulnerable in a direct contest The massive victory for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi does not merely indicate very strong electoral support for the AAP; it indicates the huge faith the people of Delhi have reposed in this new party and its relatively new leader, Arvind Kejriwal. The man who was labelled as a bhagoda , the man who was blamed for running away without delivering what he had promised to the people, has led the party not just to victory but to a stunning victory in Delhi. Hardly has there been an occasion in Indian politics when a party has registered such a massive victory. It was only in Sikkim, when the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) managed to win all the 32 ...