After initially refusing to form the government on the basis that that they were practicing a different kind of politics to both the Congress and BJP, the AAP was forced into a corner after the Congress said it would offer them support, and the BJP refused to take up the Lieutenant Governor's offer to form the government. The BJP had won 31 seats in the Delhi assembly polls. AAP won 28 seats in the assembly polls and Congress won 8, which easily pushed them over the required number of 36 seats to form the government. After initially refusing to consider the Congress offer, AAP then followed up by submitting an 18 point questionnaire to both Congress and BJP, asking them to clarify their stand on a number of issues, including the right to investigate outgoing Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's 15 year tenure.
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