The Aam Adami Party has returned with a bang – one that could in fact become ‘the big bang’ of the 21st century politics of India.

It has decimated Congress, the old guard that dominated the politics of this vast country in one way or the other for the entire past century, and in the same blow AAP has also brought down the rightist BJP from the high horse of the ‘Modi wave’.

The anti-corruption crusaders have pulled out a stunning surprise, (or perhaps a rude shock) surpassing even the wildest expectations by winning an unbelievable 67 of the total 70 seats of the Delhi Assembly.

The AAP surprised everyone earlier as well when in the 2013 Delhi elections it stepped in from nowhere to become the largest party (though short of majority) beating both the old hands, Congress and the BJP.

But, then, it made a blunder and resigned from Delhi’s government after remaining in power for just 49 days.

The party had their reasons for this naïve decision; however, in popular perception it went down as an indicator that it was not yet ready for the task of governance, to deliver on its promises or, worse, that it was more comfortable protesting and rallying against corruption and did not have the guts to take the bull by its horns.

The timing was terribly off too as the general elections were around the corner. The AAP could not make up for this loss of face and was drubbed in the national elections, winning just four seats in the 543 member lower house.