With reference to Taniya Dutta's report New Delhi's common man soundly beats Modi in key election battle (February 11): the party deserved to win as in the last five years they worked sincerely for the the state and its people. Victory will follow as long as they stay on the same path.
Qassim Abdulla, Dubai
Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party comprehensively trounced the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the New Delhi elections by winning 62 of the 70 seats – a thumping 90 per cent.
The people of Delhi held their cool and finally voted for the AAP party, which has done wholesome work on the ground. In doing so, the people have also rejected the divisive and fractured politics based on religious considerations.
Religious bigotry has no place in this age of digitisation and technology. Jobs and homes are a universal concern of the young everywhere in the world. The gods we worship should be of only private and personal concern.
A major tragedy of these elections is that the monolithic Congress Party which had administered the capital city for 15 years, did not win a single seat. Unless the Congress reinvents itself and becomes more relevant, this great party once led by national leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Jawharlal Nehru, will become irrelevant and face extinction. Rahul Gandhi, the current face of the party, should pick up the gauntlet, roll up his sleeves and work on the ground to resolve problems of the common people. Tweets give a leader currency; tweets do not win elections. However resolving the sanitation, drinking water, electricity and unemployment issues of ordinary people can win elections. Rahul Gandhi needs to understand this if he wishes to lead India some day.
Rajendra Aneja, Dubai
Kudos to Arvind Kejriwal. The recent victory shows that apart from his freebies to people, delivering electoral promises is very important. People have eradicated the old congress party. Now is the time for the ruling BJP to review their defeat.
K Ragavan, Bengaluru
That's awesome and here's wishing him the best.
Obafemi Sanni, Shah Alam, Malaysia
Happens to the best of us? Mercedes has to recall stock
In reference to Patrick Ryan's article Hundreds of Mercedes cars recalled in the UAE (February 9): I think it's time to switch to electric cars.
Mohamed Ehsan, Abu Dhabi
An artist's deliberately blurry cycles
With reference to Ashleigh Stewart's article What is the new sculpture on Abu Dhabi's Corniche? Ai Weiwei's 'Forever Bicycles' arrives in the UAE (February 10): this installation was in Austin before coming here.
Kurry Peltier, Abu Dhabi
A theatre reopening is a win for the cultural scene in Dubai
With reference to Farah Andrews's report The Theatre at Mall of the Emirates has reopened, with 'For Sama' and 'Mr Men and Little Miss' on the line-up (February 11): there's plenty of "community interest". The question is whether management can provide a space that's affordable for community theatre groups.
Kirin Hilliar, Dubai
