Beyond the dedicated AAP supporters however, ordinary TV-watching and news-consuming Indians seem mesmerised by high-decibel rhetoric the BJP manages to generate again and again in the national media. There is no other explanation for the bizarre phenomenon of differential reasoning applied to the BJP and the AAP. If the BJP’s demonetisation policy caused unbelievable hardship and has not yet yielded a single concrete result, people say give the government a chance, it’s intentions were good. If Kejriwal’s odd-even policy does not do as much as intended, but does show a noticeable improvement in air quality and huge improvement in traffic, the anti-AAP sentiment condemns it as a total failure. And then there is that sulky anti-AAP opinion of the former supporter – one that withdraws its support at the slightest sign of a flaw, since it was held to a higher standard than the BJP.
Sunalini Kumar, 'Who will get the hot roti in the Delhi assembly elections?', Kafila
