Congress and BJP ready to pounce if AAP falters

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has got the established national parties in a tizzy after its unprecedented electoral success and both the Congress (which renders it outside support) and the Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP (the Opposition) have been keeping a close watch on every step taken by AAP, ready to tear to shreds every wrong move the fledgling government makes.

So when education minister Manish Sisodia announced they were in favour of 90 per cent reservation for Delhi students in Delhi University colleges which were fully funded by the state government, the Congress immediately declared that the decision revealed AAP's "anti-migrant mindset" and accused it of "harming Delhi's cosmopolitan character for narrow political gains". Ironically, this comes from a party that till not so long ago blamed migrants for every problem in the capital - from overcrowding to the rising crime graph - and started appeasing the migrant population only when they realised its potential as a vote bank.

The BJP, too, has been quick to hit out at AAP, lambasting it for fomenting "anarchy" by holding a "Janta darbar" to hear public grievances. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had promised to hear public woes every Saturday outside the Delhi Secretariat. BJP's Vijay Goel slammed the event saying, "The government is doing it for elections, not for the people." BJP stalwart from Bihar, Sushil Kumar Modi, tweeted, "As Dy CM for 7 yrs I used to hold JANTA DURBAR every week. Well organised, no chaos. AAP believes more in symbolism than content."