One is their holier-than-thou attitude which is behind their disinclination to sup with the devils of the other parties. This contemptuous outlook is also a characteristic of Anna who even described voters as bikau or purchasable, thereby tarring both the electors and the elected with the same brush. It is a matter of conjecture how long the AAP will keep itself lily-white after having entered the cesspool, as Amitabh Bachchan described politics after his brief dalliance with it.
The other disquieting factor about the AAP is its utopianism which has made it promise to slash electricity rates, provide 700 litres of free water and ensure that all decisions are taken in mohalla sabhas or local bodies which sounds highly democratic on paper but can be a recipe for indecision if not chaos in an argumentative society.
Like its politics which reflects a general desire to overhaul the system without much thought about its replacement, the AAP's economics is expectedly socialistic with its belief in state control. Hence, no privatization, no FDI in retail, no contract labour, higher taxes and so on. Perhaps a spell in power will cure the party of its romanticism. Otherwise, it will remain an admired but solitary phenomenon.
