BRICK BY BRICK

In its local and state level endeavours, the AAP aims to achieve its national ambition

- BY SONI MISHRA

FROM GROUND ZERO to the home turf of the leader of the party it seeks to challenge-for the Aam Aadmi Party and Arvind Kejriwal, the electoral takeaways from the civic polls in Delhi and the assembly elections in Gujarat hold immense significance.

Just a day after the AAP dislodged the BJP from the municipal corporation of Delhi, ending a three term rule of the saffron party, it got reasons to celebrate in Gujarat, too, winning five seats and around 13 per cent votes, a performance that will enable it to officially be in the big league and be called a national party. 

The scale of the victory in the MCD polls was not as good as one the party would have liked. And in Gujarat, it fell short of its goal of emerging as number two. However, the positives clearly outweigh the disappointments.