The combined vote share of AAP and the Congress in this election was higher than the combined vote share of the BJP, LJP and JDU.

The Delhi election result is a big jolt not only to Arvind Kejriwal but also to the INDIA alliance. Kejriwal has lost a government, and along with that, he has also lost the sheen that had made him a powerful contender for the top job in the past after he had defeated Modi when he was seen to be un-defeatable. Delhi was Modi’s Waterloo, not once but twice. But in his third attempt, he succeeded in humbling his bête noire, his most dangerous competitor. Modi must be a happy man, but leaders of INDIA should be worried. And for the debacle, no one but the INDIA leaders should be blamed.

If AAP and Congress had contested together, then Modi would probably not have succeeded even in the third try. The combined vote share of AAP and the Congress in this election was higher than the combined vote share of the BJP, LJP and JDU. AAP managed to get 43.57% vote, whereas the Congress had 6.34%. Together, their vote share was 50.91%. Whereas the BJP and its allies had a vote share of 47.15%, 3.76% votes less than that of INDIA. I know that an election is not only a game of arithmetic but also of chemistry and social composition on the ground. If both AAP and the Congress had fought together, campaigned together, and had Rahul and Kejriwal attacked Modi and the BJP together, then the possibility of INDIA scraping through couldn’t have been ruled out, and the BJP would not have won after 27 years.

AAP has been accusing the Congress of having played in the hands of the BJP and indirectly blaming the party for its defeat. Both parties had contested........

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