AAP is hoping to make a mark in the state polls in Goa, Punjab and Uttarakhand. If that happens, then AAP will also be an opposition to the BJP nationally
The story was first published on February 13
Assembly Elections 2022 might answer this key question: Is there an alternative possible to the Congress-BJP duopoly in Indian politics? The clue to that will be the performance of Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party, which is hoping to make a mark in three out of five states. If the party scores big, elections 2022 could become AAP’s coming out party. If it doesn’t, it will show that politics remains searingly polarised between a hardline majoritarian BJP and a leftward-lurching Congress, with little space for anybody else.
Assembly Elections 2022 might answer this key question: Is there an alternative possible to the Congress-BJP duopoly in Indian politics? The clue to that will be the performance of Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party, which is hoping to make a mark in three out of five states. If the party scores big, elections 2022 could become AAP’s coming out party. If it doesn’t, it will show that politics remains searingly polarised between a hardline majoritarian BJP and a leftward-lurching Congress, with little space for anybody else.