Political start-ups need Mamata’s courage, NTR’s charisma & Kejriwal’s smart thinking

This is the reasonwhy even withDelhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal jailed,Deputy CM Manish Sisodia alsoin prisonfor a year, and the partyfinding itself atacrossroads, the AAP is still deeply bothersome to the Narendra Modi-ledBharatiya Janata Party...

Kejriwal himself is only 55 years old, and others like Atishi Singh at 42 and Raghav Chadha at only 35 are even younger.Unlike the preponderance of seniors that rules Congress, AAPs attractiveness to the young makesit a potent challenger for the BJP in the future...

Third, AAP is not rooted in any region, which isboth its strength and weakness. In Bengal, the BJP is no match for a locally rooted party like the TMC, which can outdo the bohiragotos(outsiders)in language, culture, religion, and local connectivity..

But if AAP can steadily but surely build an organisation, decentralise authority and create a wide second rung, the party, with its clean politics, health and education plank,has great potential for an all-India appeal...

The most spectacular political start-up in Indiathe Telugu Desam Party formed in 1982 based on the charisma of its founder actor-turned-politician NT Rama Rao, won a huge victory in 1983 less than a year after its birth.However, theTDP has been unable to reinvent itself with the times..

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