Letters: AAP's dream

This refers to the editorial "The fruits of success" (December 10). If the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had got at least a simple majority in the Delhi Assembly, it could have legitimately formed a government. But it has emerged as only the second-largest party. The Bharatiya Janata Party, being the largest party, has the primary responsibility to try and form a government. So, it is unfair to expect the AAP to take the lead in government formation, especially since it will entail some ideological compromises. The AAP has already helped kick in a process of transforming politics in India that the other parties are forced to embrace in their own small or big, fast or slow ways. However, the AAP can wait for a clear mandate the next time around to actualise its other dream of transforming governance.

Kishor Kulkarni Mumbai

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