BJP's invincibility is beginning to crumble: Pak daily

February 11, 2015 12:31

The victory of the Aam Aadmi Party in the Delhi assembly elections serves as a repudiation of the BJP's "polarising" politics and the "aura of invincibility surrounding the BJP is beginning to crumble", a Pakistani daily said on Wednesday.

That the AAP "has now become more popular than ever shows not only how resonant the AAP's anti-corruption platform is, but is also a repudiation of the polarising BJP, which has divided the country (India) with its extreme brand of Hindu nationalism and neo-liberal economic policies", an editorial in the News International said on Wednesday.

It added: "For the BJP, the defeat in Delhi serves as a symbol of its governance failures since assuming power at the centre."

The editorial appeared a day after the AAP triumphed in the Delhi Assembly Election, garnering a staggering 67 of the 70 Assembly seats. The BJP got just three seats while the Congress failed to win even a single seat.

The daily said: "Ever since its landslide victory in the general elections last year, the BJP has been running on a platform of inevitability. It has presented itself as the only political party in India that can get things done..."

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