It was
a tough job in 2011, during the anti-corruption movement led by Anna Hazare the
centre of which was Delhi that has earned the
Aam Aadmi Party this unprecedented success in the recently concluded Delhi
It was
that symbolism of being an anti-corruption activist, the operating mind behind
the 2011 achievement, with an honest intent to correct the prevailing wrongs in
the Indian politics coupled with the high anti-incumbency against Congress that
led to the support-swell to AAP.
If the Delhi
But the
way AAP and Arvind Kejriwal set look to move, it tells more of an attitude on
looking at the huge public support as ‘easy votes’ and it gives a feeling that
somehow, they have stumbled upon a magical formula of manipulating the populist
polices to appeal to the intended sections of the voters. The way they have
moved on power and water tariff and VIP culture in Delhi
What
the AAP government has done in the name of power and water tariff is more on
the line of Congress politics manipulating different sub-sets of votebanks,
doling out sops to some at the cost of some others, to appeal to the voters
with populist measures.
But the
electorate of India is not
electorate of Delhi Delhi
Also,
the urban, the youth, the corporate, the educated lot, that AAP is intending to
target, can easily read and react accordingly the way AAP moves on delivering
on its promises in Delhi.
That
has to be free of the class-oriented votebank politics. Mr. Kejriwal, don’t
move in the trap of addressing a section of voters at the cost of the other. It
is the dirty game being practiced for years by the political parties you are
targeting.
Mr. Kejriwal,
beware of the risks involved.
Preserving
the sanctity of the high symbolism is even tougher a job than winning so many
seats in the Delhi
Mr.
Kejriwal did have a taste of it. Isn’t it?
The
social media backlash on his 6000 Sq Feet palatial set of twin duplexes in one
of the poshest localities of Delhi
Tougher
task ahead, Mr. Kejriwal! Beware and tread cautiously.
