Arvind Kejriwal’s band of zealous volunteers with a symbolic broom for a weapon instead of a booming gun are springing surprises by ambushing the staid old parties, which resemble dinosaurs, and catching them on the wrong foot.Though the moribund Congress seemed indecisive and at its wits’ end earlier this week when the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) laid siege to Delhi, AAP by all accounts has not covered itself in glory, has lost a lot of goodwill from amongst its many admirers and wellwishers from urban areas and has come out looking bloodied; although amongst the low-income sections it has gained brownie points.What is worrying and engaging everyone after the recent two days of chaos in Delhi is a larger issue: is AAP really anarchic, a bunch of rabble-rousers? Are they serious about governance? Or are they also resorting to cheap populist vote bank politics by espousing subsidies and nationalization and whipping up anti-FDI and anti- market sentiments? Why are they not focusing on a policy document that speaks of growth, creation of jobs, building infrastructure of roads, power, water, healthcare and education?The huge groundswell of support and adulation that swept the country for AAP was because Kejriwal promised change and hope for a better India, free from the clutches of old politics and old governance. That may soon evaporate if AAP doesn’t make a course correction. Many are still looking up to AAP to rid the country of corruption through administrative reforms and enable autonomy to institutions that will help throw out crony capitalism, encourage FDI but create a level playing field for Indian business, disallow cartelization and promote competition by creating an ecosystem for a vibrant private sector.Instead what do we have: senior leaders in the party acting like loose cannons and making impromptu policy announcements from the podium, resulting in quick flip-flops; a law minister behaving like a ‘rogue elephant’ and turning into a ‘super cop’ himself instead of abiding by the law; and a chief minister forgetting that once he takes an oath he’s a constitutional authority and his allegiance is to the ‘state’ and not to his own party.And that if he sits on a dharna then he is reneging on his pledge; and if he wishes to join the street protest, then he should resign as a chief minister first and appoint someone in his stead and ensure also that the Cabinet must govern and can’t be part of the mob.When a series of such rash missteps are taken, then there’s a deep sense of anguish and disappointment among a large section of people who till recently looked up to Kejriwal and AAP as a godsend in India’s hour of despair. The party is now in real danger of losing its way in the morass of politics of greed and ambition, and people are feeling that AAP unfortunately is playing into the hands of the Congress which predicted the screenplay and the events are playing out as they had scripted with wily and canny astuteness.Viewed in the light of the above the cause of AAP doesn¡¦t seem just. Few will disagree with Kejriwal that the police in Delhi has been misused and abused by successive governments and there¡¦s corruption in police as in many wings of government. But that needs structural reforms and allocation of proper budgets. Since Delhi is the capital with a lot of overlap between state and the Centre on various police, security and intelligence agencies, it requires mature and serious dialogue and interaction and must be negotiated with a time line.But since AAP has national ambitions the more relevant and important issue is implementation of police reforms which all states and the Centre are dragging their feet on for the past 25 years. The whole country including a few good politicians from traditional parties who can¡¦t speak up are still looking up to Kejriwal and AAP to deliver on his promise of ridding the country of corruption through systemic changes, administrative reforms and good governance since there are still many who believe in his sincerity, integrity, courage and sacrifice.He has to tread cautiously and act sure-footedly now, and he has to beware as he's surrounded by sincere people was well as zealots, ideologues and sycophants. He has to learn to listen to diverse opinions from eminent and respected people from various fields and also consult acclaimed domain specialists and evolve a balanced and equitable vision for India to make it economically strong and a happy society. If he loses the support base of the people who catapulted him to the forefront of national politics, then it will bode ill for India as it will soon slide back into old politics of sleaze and corruption and wreck the hopes of millions.The writer is the founder of Air Deccan