The Hugo Chavez of Delhi?

After the overwhelming victory of the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi's assembly election, where it won 67 out of 70 seats, the chattering ' experts ' are out in full force. Christian organisations, such as the BBC, call it a victory of an anti-corruption party over a Hindu nationalist party, although why it is a crime to be a patriot and a Hindu is inexplicable. Both Arvind Kejriwal of AAP and Kiran Bedi of the BJP came into politics through Anna Hazare's anti-corruption protests in 2011 but while Kejriwal bought his way out of the Inland Revenue Service with loans from friends, Kiran Bedi was a no-nonsense police officer who was not afraid of arresting politicians if they stepped out of line. Winning 67 out of 70 seats means that the AAP has no opposition in the assembly, which maybe a means to performing sterling service for the citizens of Delhi, or a long rope to hang itself. Contrary to what the self-appointed experts are saying AAP's victory is not only because of its promise to root out all corruption or a rejection of the policies of Mr Modi but mainly because of its promise of halving the price electricity, 700 liters of free water, building 500 new schools and 20 new colleges, free wi fi throughout Delhi, cheap loans to students and young entrepreneurs and justice for victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Nothing new in that. Mr Nitish Kumar won great praise for providing free bicycles to schoolgirls in Bihar and then went on to promise laptops and tablets. Ms Jayalalithaa promised free gold, mixers, goats, sheep and cows. But nobody can beat the Congress, which forgave Rs 700 billion loans to farmers, spent Rs 2.5 trillion on the NREGA scheme to bribe the rural poor and forced private schools to reserve 25% of seats for poor students. Trouble is, it is very easy to promise free goodies to win elections but then you have to pay for them. How does Mr Kejriwal propose to pay for 55,000 extra government employees that he has promised to recruit and then control corruption because government fellows are not going to be satisfied with their salaries are they? How is he going to bring justice for the Sikhs killed in riots 30 years ago? HKL Bhagat is dead and Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler are roaming free. It is hard to believe that most of the evidence has not been destroyed in all this time the Congress has been in power both in Delhi city and the center. Such an enormous margin of victory seems incredible. Did the Congress work for AAP, in which case it has cut its nose to spite the BJP? Did BJP fellows work against Ms Bedi as they worked against Gen Khanduri in Uttarakhand? India has always been beset with traitors so anything is possible. Perhaps Mr Kejriwal turn out to be the Hugo Chavez of Delhi. We shall find out shortly.