India, Feb. 9 -- New Delhi Back in 2013, Arvind Kejriwal , already a middle-class hero for being part of the anti corruption movement headed by Anna Hazare, was the favourite of Delhi's auto drivers.

It seemed a match made in heaven -- the Aam Aadmi (common man) and one of the ubiquitous means of transport of the Aam Aadmi.

They supported him in 2015, when the Aam Aadmi Party came to power in 2015.

Then, again, in 2020, even as they griped about unfulfilled promises.

But come 2025, and they swung almost wholesale to the other side.

"He (Kejriwal) made big promises but did nothing for us. The biggest problem is that the transport department is full of touts. We have to pay extra money for anything that we have to do. He promised that ...