Almost a month has passed since the so called revolutionary AK took oath to uphold the constitution in Delhi and here am I as promised with a crisp and sour review of it's performance so far.
Lets start with the HITS first !
The infant party has certainly given every common man a hope to fight elections and win at a healthy budget given the fact that average spending of AAP Mla's was around 4 lakhs. Earlier even a college election would not be wrapped up without going to crores although Congis and Bjpians never openly accepted this fact!. Hoax or fact only time will tell but as of now the issue of black money and huge spending in elections has been reduced at least in a single state ( Or claimed to be so ). They must be given the credit for raising a hope for a better democracy.
Second hit was quick decision making (although immature as of now but it can be made better in near future by more maturity in handling the things). We can't be hypocrites cause it was we the same people who always cursed the long processes existing in governmental work. So even if few decisions were in fact misses it can be rectified and a better decision making mechanism can be developed but at the moment we must praise the commitment to quicker governance. The audit of power companies was a good decision again.
Third hit was that ministers stayed like commoners and did a lot of surprise visits to supervise to keep things in proper order. AK didn't take the 5 bedroom home after people protested. I don't remember any minister in history to have done that after people's request.
Fourth and the last HIT according to me was the idea to convert unused buses into night shelters. It is a great initiative by AK cause we were tired to see assets rendered unused largely under government control like old ambassador cars, buses, rail coaches, empty water tanks, machine parts etc. If these are put to some beneficial use it would amount to development that is sustainable. Hardly any other leader in India talks of sustainable development!
The MISSES now:
INEXPERIENCE: Law minister who himself is a lawyer calls a meeting of judges and argues with secretary when he said that judiciary is independent of legislature and only Delhi high court has power to call meeting of judges. It was a laughing matter for many. Sense of power is creeping onto the nerves I think barring brain to think rationally.
IMMATURITY : The decision to subsidize power or free water for three months to show how you are fulfilling promises? Since sixty years congress is winning by freebies like these through subsidy. Honestly I expected better decision in this for these two were main poll promises. " If you exceed free water limit of 20 Kilo liters a month you have to pay full amount". WOW. Cleaver play of words. Its for the public to interpret now whether AAP really fulfilled the poll promise cause they are using taxpayer's money to subsidize electricity and have NOT reduced electric bills by even a penny. It's again clever tactics to give freebies just like congis did all these years. Many CMs of other states have done much better work in this regard by giving 24/7 power at cheaper rates.
Janata Darbar flop ! - The day when media followed the street beside Delhi assembly all day but only to witness a flop show. CM and ministers were to sit on street every Saturday to listen to public grievances and take immediate action in urgent issues. People turned up in thousands forcing the authorities to take away all ministers. It was a pretty bad management all together as Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has been doing Janata Darbars in an appreciable way for quite a sometime now and the Public interaction scheme of Modi in Gujrat is also very successful where he connects to people of the state by video conferencing joined by all top level officers for quick on the spot decisions and grievance redressal. The worse part was that AK scrapped the plan altogether by providing an helpline number instead for future! Annoying decision when other CMs have already succeeded in this scheme. This points towards another MISS i.e ARROGANCE.
ARROGANCE- AK made us feel as if he is a dictator by the dharna(protest) he did threatning republic day celebrations. First time a Chief minister sat on dharna and first time republic day was threatened! It was just a bizarre clash of egos although AAP justified the dharna saying that police should come under their control. AK demanded suspensions of 3 policemen who didn't listen to law minister Somnath Bharti's order to raid without warrant!. All heights of arrogance crossed when AK openly backed his law minister's illegal deeds like racist comments against African nationals. AAP wanted delhi police to come under state control but in most countries capital's police is under central control. The controversial law minister named a rape victim, ordered police to carry on raids without warrants, led people to forcefully take African women to test for drugs although it was found that they were clean. The women alleged that the mob led by Mr Bharti misbehaved, racially abused, forcefully took to hospital for blood and urine tests and were labelled as prostitutes who are facing the taunts of people repeatedly now. Still AK backs this law minister who has no respect for law. He also skipped Women commission's summon by sending a lawyer instead.
Cracks in the party : A rebel AAP MLA openly alleged APP and it's leaders of cheating people and of being anti-democratic but AAP top boss labelled him as BJP agent too ! OMG! Till today they used to question every government but when they are at the other end today every person raising question against them is BJP agent ! That's dictatorship traits and lethal for democracy.
After disruption of section 144 by CM and ministers, illegal activities of LAW minister I seriously don't know how is AK upholding the constitution but AAPtards still be like ' Give him some time at least they are doing something good'. What if they make billions in scams and loot the country of all it's wealth. Did we get a hint when congress did all the high profile scams? What if these 'GOOD-Doers' have separatist ideolody or communist intentions to ruin the country? Till when will we keep praising their good intentions? Even Manmohan Singh had good intentions accoriding to us back in 2004. Look what he did. All these should be thought off. ALL THESE WERE MY OWN VIEWS AND EVERYONE IS FREE TO AGREE/ DISAGREE.
ADDITIONAL Analysis : This guy seems to take my view quite forward in his analysis: (FROM HIS BLOG)
Suyash Bhardwaj (IIM - Calcutta 2011 Batch) has written an excellent piece on Aam Aadmi Party:
Aam Aadmi Party has created a lot of waves among the masses as well as
classes. This debutant party has shaken the foundations of existing
Congress and the BJP. Many people see in it, the much needed agent of
change, which the city of Delhi and perhaps the whole country needs.
Will the AAP change the way politics is
done in India? There are many good things (some extremely good) and many
bad things (some extremely bad) talked about this party. I would select
a few points to show that the much hyped ‘Change’ this party is
offering is only in the minds of its supporters.
1. Claim - AAP/@Arvind Arvind Kejriwal are Completely clean and honest
Reason - The foremost explanation given is AAP declares its Donors list
and Kejriwal has ‘clean image’, and that he could have earned crores in
his government job (IRS) if he wanted to earn just money. This
narrative further changed over time and translated to “Atleast he is
cleaner than Congress & BJP”
Analysis – In Politics as we
have seen through 2G, CWG, CG etc, 1 can earn billions of dollars, not
just Crores of rupees. Therefore the reason that he ‘sacrificed’
everything is meaningless. A corrupt traffic policeman would earn a few
thousand rupees, a corrupt politician would earn billions, is it fair to
say Policeman is more honest or less corrupt? NO! Simply because he
didn't get enough chance to loot public money. So the real test should
be on whether a person has looted money when he has got the chance to do
so. Kejriwal took home salary as an IRS officer for years, even while
he was on vacation. He later returned the money when the Congress govt.
caught his act. In the Sting video (howsoever politically motivated 1
may call it). Kumar Vishwas says that he is ready to take money from an
MLA, for doing a show, without knowing who the MLA is, i.e what the
sources of his funding is (Money laundering). It shows Top AAP leaders
have taken advantage of situations as and when they have got it. Why
would they not gobble up billions once they get a chance to do so? On
Donors list, one does not know if it is complete & exhaustive, who
has verified their claims? Has it been audited by a 3rd party? That way
anyone can put up random list. In short AAP is making a lot of noise
only because it has lesser stake, once it gets more entrenched, it would
show the same, if not more, level of dirt as Congress
2. Claim - Arvind is highly efficient and can solve any problem
Reason – Arvind’s educational background. He is an IIT Graduate. He is a
former IRS officer which is tough to qualify. SO because of his
impressive educational background he should be able to solve everything
Analysis – 1 can only ask for Arvind’s achievements in his life before
IAC activism and forming AAP. As an IRS officer, how many corrupt
politicians did he bust (Note the word bust and not extorted)? What were
his other achievements? If it is about educational qualification, is
our esteemed PM Dr. Manmohan Singh any less educated? He is perhaps the
most educated politicians not just in the country but the whole world
and what a mess he has turned the country into? I did have the privilege
to study from a very good educational institute where people from quite
impressive background (including the IITs) also studied. With my
experience I can easily say being from IIT is no certification that the
person even possesses a common sense. Bottom line, there are enough and
many people from the IITs/IIMs who are Dumbos (not talking of myself)
and there are enough and many people from average backgrounds who are
geniuses.
3. Claim - AAP is a True Blue Secular party
Reason – AAP Thinks only about Indians and not about Hindus, Muslims etc
Analysis –The very 1st thing AAP did after its formation was build
exclusive political cells for Muslims, Sikhs etc. How is it different
from any other 'Secular' party? Later on it indulged in writing separate
letters for each religion, the standout being a letter to Muslims where
Kejriwal said court convicted terrorists were innocent. Later on, he
went to meet Maulana Taqueer Raza of the Samajwadi party so that he
could use his influence to garner votes on religious lines, the same way
Congress or Samajwadi Party does. In their election manifesto, they
have mentioned that Muslims youth’s fake encounter would be prevented.
SO they are completely ok if the ones encountered are Hindus? Such
divisive politics is already existent in a large scale and I am sure
people are not looking for AAP’s version of change
4. Claim – AAP is a Fully Democratic party
Reason – All the candidates have been selected through a democratic process, similar to USA primaries elections
Analysis – The truth is some of AAP (NOT all) were pre decided as
accepted by former prominent AAP members. They also changed candidates
based on unknown reasons. Like the candidate for Kalkaji was changed,
despite the former winning the ‘primary’. In-fact AAP is a 4 man party
which revolves around Arvind Kejriwal and his Inner Circle of a few
members, who run the party in an autocratic fashion. Plethora of
resignations from the party, barely within months of its formation
testify this
5. Claim – AAP supports RTI/RTR/RTr
Reason – AAP volunteers say so. Kejriwal says so
Analysis – So far AAP has not responded to RTI filed by some Social
Activists. Their candidate from Uttam Nagar was rejected by local
Volunteers of AAP. A huge majority of Uttam Nagar AAP volunteers wanted
the candidate to be rejected and replaced with a new one. They even sat
for weeks of Anshan (fast). Result – AAP did not allow Right to Reject
(RTR) which it preached about
6. AAP has only clean candidates
Reason – Kejriwal says so. AAP volunteers say so
Analysis – AAP raised a Lot of hue and cry over how Congress, BJP etc
had ‘tainted’ candidates. But AAP itself has 5 or 6 tainted candidates.
Arvind himself has 9 FIRs on him. Maybe those FIRs are fake, maybe not,
courts will decide, but shouldn't the same yardstick then apply to other
parties? Or atleast if he took that Moral High Ground, should he not
set an example by removing those tainted candidates including himself?
7. AAP has very good, clean, competent candidates & their ‘Swaraj’ model will CHANGE everything
Reason – Kejriwal says so. AAP volunteers say so
Analysis – Cannot verify if all are clean but assuming they are, what
of their competence. Are they good enough? Some of the candidates are so
naive that for every problem, their solution is Swaraj and Lokpal. They
seem to be out of the world. Swaraj Model in itself is 1 flawed
concept. It talks of decentralization of power and providing autonomy at
a regional level. How will this be achieved? No clarity on that.
8. AAP has massive support across the countries. Many volunteers work for it for free
Reason – Kejriwal says so. AAP volunteers say so
Analysis – In their own website, AAP has shown that the Volunteers
expenditure monthly is somewhere between 5 Lakhs and 10 Lakhs, apart
from other Network/Social Media expenses. This goes on to show that AAP
has an Army of Paid Volunteers who work for it to spread its propaganda
in Social Media as well as Ground. There are people who have also left
Jobs to campaign for AAP, but that doesn't nullify existence of an
active Paid Army
9. AAP is a Pro Youth, pro Middle Class party
Reason – Kejriwal says so. AAP volunteers say so
Analysis – If you read AAP manifesto carefully, it would be clear that
AAP has a Socialist agenda, which is to cripple the industries and
strengthen the culture of Freebies (Doling out gifts like Laptops, TVs
etc). Despite the bleeding Economy they have offered to lower
electricity bills by 50%, free water upto 700 litres for a family. These
are just socialist schemes which would lead to lower jobs in the
economy, thereby increasing the UNEMPLOYMENT rate among the youth. State
will get into a bigger debt trap. The party aims at Poverty alleviation
and not Wealth Creation, like any other socialist party such as
Congress, DMK, NCP etc.
I can go on and on but I am not even
getting into how some Top leaders of AAP have ridiculously blamed Indian
Army, praised dangerous terrorist organizations like SIMI, talked of
possibility of gifting Kashmir to Pak, including a Convicted dreaded
Naxalite in their Core reforms team, fought cases for deadly
terrorists/suicide bombers to ensure they get free and kill more people,
run mercy plea campaigns for these terrorists or how they have formed
alleged collusion with certain political parties or how Yogendra Yadav
said that Janlokpal movement was only for Hindus and not Muslims. AAP
has just finished 1 year of its formation and already shown signs of
dirt running deep into its system. Once it gets older and gets more
powers (responsibilities), it will show more of this dirt.
I am
definitely not saying that one should not be hopeful or should avoid
voting, for not voting is a social crime. What I am saying is we need a
change, a LOT of change, change in the way how court drags cases for
decades, change in a lot of systems, change in red tapism in Babugiri,
but Aam Aadmi Party is not that agent of change because it is nothing
but an old wine (and a rotten one) in a new bottle. AAP has possibly
picked all the bad points of different political party. AAP has been
hijacked by the Leftist Mafia, same one which dictates the many of the
other political parties including the Congress and the BJP. It is a HOAX
and one of the biggest Hoaxes to have hit us in the recent times.
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