Happy to see AAP getting good no. of seats

So right. But they are not taking the mohim to its natuaral end and forming a government to administratively complete what they have said shold be done and they shall do. WHy are they waiting for a re election to get a majority vote ? more  

Newbie Aam Aadmi Party decides to fight Lok Sabha polls After carefully weighing the pros and cons, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday decided to take the plunge and contest the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. It's unlikely that it will contest from all 543 seats, but indications are the number of candidates will be substantial. At a brainstorming session here, the party core group decided to appoint a committee, headed by senior leaders Yogendra Yadav and Sanjay Singh, to draw up a roadmap for the polls. While there were fears that AAP's resources would be badly stretched in fighting these elections, especially if a re-poll for Delhi assembly is held simultaneously, the dominant view was that the party was on a roll and it should not lose this opportunity to stamp an all-India presence. As a first step, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said he would be happy if its campaign in Haryana was led by Ashok Khemka — the crusader IAS officer who exposed an alleged land scam involving Robert Vadra and has since faced the ire of the Haryana Congress government. When contacted, 48-year-old Khemka refused to comment. AAP is also reaching out to Nagpal, the officer who took on the sand mining mafia and was suspended by the UP government. Organization is not AAP's area of strength as it is a 14-month-old party which has been focused on Delhi. To fan out across the entire country in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls will indeed be a hard task. AAP leaders, however, recognize that there are times when an idea is bigger than organization. And its recent stellar performance in Delhi as well as the enthusiasm this has generated across the country will convince the voters that it is on to a big political idea. In the absence of a countrywide organization, AAP's line of appeal will be: It's time for all good men to come to the aid of the party. Hence, it is tapping Khemka and Nagpal. AAP insiders say its job will be easier if BJP forms a government in Delhi as that would spare it the additional task of preparing for the assembly re-election. BJP will be called by LG Najib Jung to explore the possibility of forming a government, but indications are the party will pass up the offer. AAP, however, is still keeping its fingers crossed. Though it has decided to fight the Lok Sabha polls, AAP's misgivings about fighting it and the Delhi re-polls at the same time are pretty serious. If both elections were to clash, Kejriwal confessed to TOI that one or both could be compromised. At the same time, he can't discount the favourable moment or the excitement among party volunteers. Kejriwal also said regional non-partisan people's movements for better governance like the Andhra Pradesh-based Lok Satta, led by Jayaprakash Narayan, should be invited to come under the AAP banner and contest the Lok Sabha election. "As of now, we do not intend contesting from all Lok Sabha seats," said Kejriwal. "The party already has a strong base in some states like Haryana and Maharashtra and we will focus on these areas. However, we have just formed a committee and will work out a more detailed plan in the next few weeks." He added that several 'big names' now want to be openly associated with the party. "Once we get their support, AAP will have a stronger base," he said. Party officials are also confident that if there is a re-election in Delhi, and it does not clash with the national elections, the party will emerge much stronger as the fight would then really be between BJP and AAP. "We received feedback from several people that they didn't vote for AAP because they didn't expect us to do this well. Our performance has inspired a lot of confidence among people and many more votes will be in our favour this time," said Kejriwal. In case of another election in Delhi, AAP intends to go ahead with the same list of candidates, with the exception of three or four candidates who were found to be weak. It will also focus more on Delhi's rural belt where its performance wasn't so good. "The Muslim voters too did not come out in our support the way we had expected. These are some areas where we need to pay attention when we discuss another election," said Kejriwal. Among the factors that Kejriwal said had hurt AAP was the sting operation that purported to show seven AAP candidates willing to accept cash donations in return for favours. "This was probably one of the reasons why Shazia Ilmi lost in RK Puram. The result came as quite a shock for the party," he said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Newbie-Aam-Aadmi-Party-decides-to-fight-Lok-Sabha-polls/articleshow/27198212.cms more  

AAP appears to have succeeded in waking up the awareness of Delhi residents to register what has not been right so far and what could be redressed, with the aim of making life of man-on-the-street free from corruption in day-to-day life. The recent Delhi election results, however, appear to indicate that the effort they put into their project was not enough for the AAP to take the Delhi administration in their hands. Much more will need to be done in Delhi itself, if the President takes over the Delhi administration until the next elections in three, four, five or six months. And THAT effort shall prove to be "decisive". Laurels have certainly been won by the AAP, but just sitting pretty on those laurels could hurt in the long run. Climb on the top few rungs of the ladder is the most difficult. Therefore, only after the peak has been reached, should one think of extending their area of activity into the neighbouring regions like Haryana and Rajasthan etc. There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.............. more  

I am sure AAP will do very well in 2014 Gen Elections.... more  

AAP to BAAP nikle. more