BJP, Aam Aadmi Party Supporters In U.S. Celebrate Electoral Success

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OFNAMO would help "bring BJP to power on its own strength," American India Public Affairs Committee President Jagdish Sewhani told PTI.

OFNAMO would work to garner support across America for Modi as well as send volunteers to India during the elections next year to campaign for the BJP, he said.

Supporters and U.S. analysts also hailed the stunning debut of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party in the Delhi polls.

"Aam Aadmi Party's strong showing also signals the potential rise of a new kind of politics in urban India," said Sadanand Dhume of the American Enterprise Institute.

"Indian politics will never be the same again. AAP's dramatic success in the elections is a sign that given a choice the people of India are ready to embrace an alternative political party beyond the traditional choices of the Congress and BJP," said Pran Kurup, a Bay Area entrepreneur.

Experts agreed that AAP's electoral debut is historic.

"The success of the Aam Aadmi Party, thought not unprecedented, is indeed historic," said Milan Vaishnav from Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

"It has broken the stranglehold the two national parties have over Delhi and has done so in a matter of months with an army of volunteers in the very centre of power in the country. It provides an effective model that the party will now try and export to other urban centers, sending a shiver up the spine of the established parties across India," Vaishnav said.

The mainstream American media too has taken note of the rise of the AAP. The Washington Post described it as an impressive debut while the Wall Street Journal said AAP far outstripped expectations.

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Source: PTI