Delhi model, Punjab's problems

AAP's political platform will face a new reality test

The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP’s) sweeping electoral victory in Punjab has set the stage for a new challenge to the secular programme of welfare delivery. The “Delhi model” of quality government schools, the network of “mohalla” or community clinics to provide free or low-cost basic health services to the poor, and the near-free supply of power and water helped AAP parry the formidable challenge of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to win another term in the Union Territory. AAP’s campaign in Punjab has mirrored this model. AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal’s response has promised Punjab 300 units of free electricity, 100