What voters want

December 09, 2013 08:48

Apart from the stunning defeat of the Congress party in 3 of the 4 states, the spectacular debut of the Aam Aadmi Party that won 28 of Delhis 70 assembly seats will force political parties to relook their future strategies.

While barriers to entry remain high in Indian politics, a rank newcomer doing so well should get the BJP especially, given its urban bias, to think of the consequences of an AAP extending to more urban centres.

The other big lessons of the mini elections are that economic governance is at a premium and voters cant be won over by freebies alone.

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