One of my friends on FB has posed questions to me. Since you are one of the best teachers, a person who is fair, honest to his duty and rational in all measures I have come across. With all due respect, I wanted to know that do you support Arvind Kejriwal for Lok Sabha 2014? I see that people, mainly his supporters have already started seeing him as a PM candidate for 2014 but, isn’t it too early to judge? Though I doubt it but he might be the most honest man roaming around but is just being honest enough? Is he having the clarity of what he wishes to do with India? Does not experience count? I think you will agree to me that AK is the only prime mover in AAP. You must see a bunch of opportunists who have joined AAP just in order to get electoral benefits. In my town the person who is almost managing all affairs of AAP there is nothing but a goon, a criminal. What he does is smuggling, extortion from vegetable vendors, shopkeepers. I am sure that he is not the only such AAP member. They are plenty of such. I will go up to the extent of saying that I seriously doubt the intention of leaders like Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan, Sazia ilmi, who appear to be wishing to turn the wave against BJP in order to benefit congress. Had Arvind Kejriwal a proven record of governing a state or a cabinet ministry and there would have been same perception of honesty and determination among people as there is today. I would also have been his proud supporter. In fact I was an AAP supporter for Delhi Elections but not for LS 2014. Don’t you think that majority of AAP’s supporters are the urban youths who are mainly BJP turned AAP supporters. Don’t you think that congress will be the gaining party because of all this AAP-BJP war? Don’t you think that AK and AAP are in haste and want to exploit the maximum of whatever the wave is there in their favor? In the end, what do you think about Narendra Modi? My reply: Yes, I support Arvind Kejriwal for LokSabha elections in 2014. I do not see him as a PM candidate this time around but I am sure that the nation will be benefitted by a handful of AAP MPs coming in the Lok Sabha. You have posed questions about is honesty enough, does he need experience etc. My response to this is: experience in what? If you talk of experience in public life and experience of being with the common man trying to help him or her with the day to day problems, Arvind has more experience than many of the leaders around. He has been on the roads championing public causes since 2003. Experience does not only mean the experience to be in power. So yes experience counts and Arvind has had more experience of public life and rubbing shoulders with the common men then most of the leaders. He is one of the major movers of AAP but there are others too. One of them has been quietly campaigning in Amethi like a dedicated warrior for the past two and a half months. As far as opportunists go, I see them everywhere. Are there no opportunists in Congress and BJP. AAP will also get its share and more so if it comes to power but then the test of time will be what AAP does with these people when they are exposed. Look at the case of Mr. Binny. Since day 1 he was trying to extract his price but AAP did not bow down to his demands even at the cost of losing 1 seat in the Vidhan Sabha. To me this shows the character of the party. YY, PB all seem to be honest people. I may have ideological differences with them (I criticised YY in one of my comments) but then there has to be a place for all in an open party as long as they do not compromise on some basic values. Everyone has to start: Rajiv Gandhi also started like this he was forced into the heat of the political climate because of his Mother’s assassination. And believe me I have been talking to a lot of common people in Delhi : The vendors, the auto drivers and all of them say that the 49 days of AK’s government were very good for them: No policeman asking for bribes etc. In fact that is why they are angry with AK at leaving the government so soon. For them this itself (not having to pay bribes) was more important than JanLokpal. Majority of urban youth turned BJP supporters because of the rampant corruption and dishonesty UPA propagated in its second term. Till AAP came they thought BJP was the only way out. Once AAP came in the political scenario it was natural for some of these to shift to AAP and hence in your perception AAP supporters are BJP turned AAP supporters. Why talk about others: Many of my face book comments in 2013 and 2012 are anti congress and may be some may be pro-BJP or pro-Modi but now when I see a better alternative in AAP why will I not support this party. I do not understand this issue of haste which all BJP supporters accuse AK of. Which political party will not try to gain ground if people are willing to accept it. About NaMo I think his track record for governance seems to be great, he seems to be an achiever but then I think enough issues have been raised about his model of governance. Is it really a great model or just a publicity stunt. I found him to be too full of himself a person with a lot of áhamkar’. To supporters this may feel like self-confidence but not to me. Also while I fully detest the “pseudo-secular policies of the Congress, I equally abhor a person whose role is perceived to have been to let the riots take place for a day or two before quelling them. If AK would not have been there on the horizon I may have possibly voted for BJP (with or without Modi) as I would definitely not have voted for the ruling coalition. These are my honest answers to your questions.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 18:53:31 +0000
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