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In 2013, the delhi electorate surprised everyone and voted the newly formed aam aadmi party, led by ex-bureaucrat and social activist arvind kejriwal, into 28 seats out of 70. But following kejriwal’s resignation from the post of delhi’s chief minister just 49 days after he was sworn in, the aap was dismissed as inexperienced, unorganized, and incapable of delivering on its promise. And after its dismal performance in the 2014 general elections no one, not even the media, which had built up kejriwal and the aap in its early days, believed it had a second chance. Until february 2015. In winning 67 out of 70 seats in the 2015 delhi assembly elections, the aap and kejriwal, demonstrated how a party that has radically challenged the norms of indian politics can bounce back from defeat, trouncing all other contenders – including prime minister narendra modi’s bharatiya janata party. The aap campaign ticked all the right boxes with the promise of populism and a city-wide network of a