New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- The Congress has struggled to find its relevance in the national capital after some glorious years of Sheila Dikshit and the powerhouse the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) turned out to be since the Jantar Mantar protests. Its decline began when the AAP, popular among the masses as literally the aam aadmi party, surged in 2013. That was the year when Congress numbers in Delhi Assembly came down to 8, down from 43 seats with a 15 per cent decline in its vote share.

The following two elections - 2015 and 2020 - saw the Congress reduced to zero. Once a political giant, the Congress has yet again failed to make inroads into the hearts of the Delhi residents for a third time. The grand-old party was leading on one seat when the Ele...