BJP WINNER, CONG ZERO, AAP HERO

Congress party’s 0-4 mauling and BJP’s triumph in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh in what was billed as the “semifinal” for the 2014 elections was the big headline, but the central takeaway was Aam Aadmi Party’s stunning debut in Delhi, prising open space in national politics for an outsider.