This refers to the editorial, “So, back to the people” (November 5). The Aam Aadmi Party had created a real wave in the Assembly poll last year by winning 28 of Delhi's 70 seats. Since then, much water has flowed under the bridge. Despite the fact that the Congress has not yet recovered from the successive shocks in various elections including the lok Sabha poll and the AAP is in direct fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party, Mr Arvind Kejriwal's party is unlikely to hold its ground in Delhi.
Though the popularity of the AAP among the Muslims and the lower middle class appears to be intact, it has lost sympathy of the Delhi's middle class. It was a large section of the middle class which helped the AAP. Mr Kejriwal's untimely resignation as Chief Minister had sent a wrong message to the voters of Delhi. The AAP faces Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity, which ensured the BJP victory in Haryana and Maharashtra.