Well, I am again taking liberty
from my self-made principles when it comes to writing - by using a tweet – from
sources that usually don’t make for informed news elements. Social media feeds
make for some great news stuff – but then one needs to be cautious about what
to use, when to use and where to use.
This tweet from the media advisor
of the Aam Aadmi Party’s numero-uno and Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal
tells how far the party of ‘freelance activists and full time politicians’ has
moved from its stated ideals (and principles) when it had announced (or we can
say now, going by the precedent based on the political trajectory of the AAP so
far, it had boasted to mislead people) to enter politics – to clean it up – to
make it truly common man centric – to run it as peoples’ mission.
We all know that is passé now,
buried into the latest episode of the political history of India - a history
where friends and foes are picked up or rejected based on their political
tenability. There are numerous developments to talk about this sad demise of peoples’
hope to experiment with their political hopes. And this ‘expressivity’ by the
media advisor of Arvind Kejriwal was just in line. Yesterday, he tweeted an
article written on Scroll.com, a good website with basically good write-ups.
Nagendar Sharma @sharmanagendar
Aug 27
Reality check: Why it is too convenient to label Lalu Prasad's reign as
'jungle raj'
http://scroll.in/article/750963/reality-check-why-it-is-too-convenient-to-label-lalu-prasads-reign-as-jungle-raj
… via @scroll_in
It was on a day when his boss was
in Bihar, sharing various stages with Nitish Kumar. Nitish Kumar is Bihar’s
chief minister and is taking on the BJP led National Democratic Alliance in the
upcoming Bihar assembly polls slated to be held during October-November.
The BJP was the long-time partner
of Nitish’s Janata Dal (United) until Nitish’s prime-ministerial ambitions led
his take a different path, breaking the alliance.
Political analysts say Nitish has
chance to win over Bihar again, irrespective of his party’s humiliating
performance during the Lok Sabha polls last year as he is credited to lead
Bihar to a path that started a process to undo the ‘bad elements’ percolated
everywhere during 15 years of Lalu Yadav-Rabri Devi rule – but what is going against
him – is – his alliance with that Lalu Yadav and his Rashtriya Janata Dal – and
it could be acidic enough to corrode his winning chances.
And Arvind Kejriwal is extending
his ‘moral’ and political support to this alliance. So, obviously, a propagandist
party like the AAP would exploit all tools available to justify its acts – like
it has done so far – without caring for public sentiments during this round of
governance - trying to make Kejriwal
larger than life in Delhi’s political circles with ‘grandiose and boastful ’
advertising campaigns.
The article is good in presenting
premises but ends up making a premise – a central one – that the written political
history of India has been unjust with and biased towards Lalu Prasad – a premise
that can be said unilateral and biased. Bihar was ruined during Lalu days of
governance – and the malaise was widespread, irrespective of class and caste - and
Lalu’s humiliating political catharsis in Bihar’s electoral politics is a
living example.
Now, as the goings say, this seems
to the AAP’s real political character – like any other political party of
India.