Interesting to read the above comments where several of us are wondering whether AAP would hit UPA or the NDA more.
I wonder why, despite seeing the two major political factions come hand in hand against almost all reformist measures, do we still find it so hard to acknowledge in our hearts that the present democracy is not about NDA and UPA being alternatives. They seem to be, from impirical evidence; illusions of alternatives given to the masses by the powers that be (read: the major business families).
If one looks at macro politics, there is close zero differential between the BJP and the Congress. The differential comes in on rhetoric. Rhetoric like Pakistan, Hindu nationalism, Pseudo Secularism, Appeasement, and last but probably the biggest one word rhetoric of all: "Governance"
In trying to simplify things for the non-thinking crowd, the propagandists seem to have made "Governance" sound like the holy grail. The solutions to today's issues is in governments looking to "govern" less and enable more.
In fact, we're suffering from too much red-tapism, crony capitalism, and inefficiency in the name of governance which has crippled our productivity, and the 16 Lakh crore of public spending is proof enough. And yet, the very basic enablers like law and order, transparency, free markets, efficient judiciary, and most of all, a strong education infrastructure are absent. Hell, both the parties stand together on keeping the status quo.
Time for us to probably consider that the solution to issues these is not in buzzwords of governance, but in bringing transparency to functioning of the government, which is a prerequisite for free markets.
Once we have free markets, the economy would naturally move towards maximizing value in the long run.
Besides law and order, education, and defense, At most, the government can look at working towards having strong market regulators to ensure crony capitalism is kept in check as far as possible.
Just my two cents.