Hyderabad, Feb. 9 -- BJP's handsome win in Delhi and the AAP keeping about a third of its seats in the outgoing Assembly is not the end of the political smear. The next few months will likely see election petitions citing the same issues AAP had pointed out about the conduct of elections.

It has happened in Maharashtra where some 100 petitions have been filed but it could be a grinding task. Courts don't necessarily move at the speed expected of them as delays are not exceptions. Optimism on speed could be misplaced. But AAP may not be deterred.

One could also expect the Lieutenant Governor's office to act promptly because it would be a double-engine Sarkar. What one could see is an approving, even an obliging L-G for a BJP government w...