New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) AAP ideologue Yogendra Yadav said the party's landslide win has shattered the "myth of invincibility" around Prime Minister Narendra Modi and opened up "political possibilities".
Speaking to NDTV news channel after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won 67 of the 70 seats, Yadav said Modi had turned the Delhi assembly election into a "referendum (on his government) and said the whole world is watching".
"He launched a personal attack on Arvind Kejriwal and now he cannot simply walk away and say it is a minor election," he said.
"Can't say if his (Modi's) popularity has waned, but the myth of invincibility has suddenly been shattered. The idea of a juggernaut that would roll on and on and on has been halted, temporarily, and opened up political possibilities," he said.
By political possibilities, Yadav said, "the complete sense of invincibility (around Modi) has been removed. Now I suspect that BJP leaders would be able to say a few things to the BJP, and the kind of pressure on the media would be relaxed a bit".
"I always believe that the way to take on Modi is not to take on the old tried and tested political formula," he added.
Asked about the AAP government having virtually no opposition in the assembly, he acknowledged that there was the "danger of hubris" (excessive pride or self-confidence).
He said the massive mandate has placed a "serious responsibility on the party. The people of Delhi have thrust a double responsibility on us. It is more than what we had dreamt. The people will expect more of us - to deliver on promises".
Stating that the huge mandate was "scary", he said it would give the AAP government the "responsibility of listening to voices of dissent, especially of the 32 percent who voted for the BJP and the others, and the responsibility of proving to be the carrier of an alternative politics".
President to honour Satyarthi, Gulzar at PU convocation
Chandigarh, March 11 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will honour six people from various fiel
Imran's minister gave accurate advice to deal with inflation, people got angry
Inflation is at its peak in all the countries of the world including Pakistan. To curb this, many
On Sunday 19 November, the final match of the World Cup 2023 was played between India and Austral
Chinese President Xi Jinping has not acted to help Moscow, despite strong ties with Russian Presi
While issuing a new national security policy, Pakistan has warned India and said that if India do
French President Emmanuel Macron met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky late on 8 Februa
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a two-day visit to Gujarat. He started it with a road show in
Anurag Kashyap started his career as a director in the year 2003 with the film 'Paanch'. From the
X Down: No website is not stalled in this way, is it a new planning of Elon Musk?
Elon Musk's social media platform X (formerly Twitter) has crashed. Since the morning of today i.
After the humiliating nine-wicket defeat against Australia in the Indore Test, Indian captain Roh
