"Victory is so big, it is frightening," Arvind Kejriwal told party workers in a victory speech after the results of the 2015 Delhi assembly election that saw Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) win 67 out of the 70 seats. "Do not be arrogant," he warned his party workers. While the party lost five seats in 2020 Assembly polls, the triumph march had no stopping. Both Kejriwal and his party workers, though, soon became arrogant. In fact, the egotism of Kejriwal was soon visible after 2013 election when a new AAP got the second rank with 28 seats and came to the government with the support of the Congress from outside – the party it defeated. Kejriwal defeated the then chief minister Sheila Dikshit, who had become the face of development of Delhi. The Congress had been in power for 15 years and the Dikshit government is still rated as one of the best in Delhi since the National Capital Territory of Delhi acquired a legislative assembly and an elected government under Article 239AA ...
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