Few months ago, they were dismissed as chillar party, barsaati keede and many others. Prior to the polling day, a sting showed some senior party leaders taking cash. Now, the very people who derived sadistic pleasure deriding them are hiding in their own cocoons.
On the day of December 8, electoral  newbie achieved a Goliathesque-feat when they decimated the 15-year-old fortress of the Congress in Delhi. With the party workers doing a jhadu dance (broom is the party symbol), the bigwigs opposing them had no other option but to sit back and witness the celebrations of the aam aadmi. Emerging as the second largest party, Arvind Kejriwal’s party garnered 28 seats, next to BJP’s 31.
Joy Das,a journalist based in Delhi, says,” As compared to the previous elections, the present Assembly polls has seen a stupendous response from the youngsters which is quite good. I went to a concert organised by the Delhi Election Commission wherein leading celebrities asked the audience to vote in the polls.”
After the BJP decided to sit in opposition after managing just 31 seats, it is left to the AAP to form a government by taking Congress’ support. While political pundits continue to spend hours speculating the possibility of forming a government.
“According to my view, AAP’s refusal to form a government might lead to a decline in vote share if repolls areheld. Contrary to this, shoddy performer Congress stands a chanceto improve upon its seat tally from a paltry eight,” Anish Singh, a Delhi-based journalist opines.
However,  Neeraj Kishore differs from the view. “The people who voted for AAP this time, have been electing Congress to power since 15 years. Considering the debutanteparty’s ‘different’  outlook, they will probably not change their mind.”
According to my opinion, AAP’s refusal to form a government might deprive it  a chance of fulfilling its promise by providing a good governance. At a timewhen the party has decided to go national, a sushasan in Delhi will not only help it expand its base.
“Congress needs to learn a lot from the party whom they ridiculed since inception.   BJP might adopt a wait-and-watch stance,” Kishore said.
“Congress might go for a total revamp in Delhi, as announced by party vice president Rahul Gandhi who vowed to ‘transform’ the party,” Singh
said.

Since Kejriwal has sought a ten-day period from the Lieutenant Governor, I would ask the 45-year-old politician to go for the chance.