GENERAL ELECTIONS 2014
Arvind Kejriwal has left for Varanasi and is reaching there the next
morning to pick the thread of campaigning that he had initiated last month.
Almost three weeks have passed since then.
During these three weeks, Kejriwal, on one fine day, got the
half-baked enlightenment that pushed him to say that the time chosen to leave
the Delhi
government was wrong.
While saying this in a half-hearted temper, Kejriwal put
his moral on the higher pedestal declaring the move a tactical miscalculation as
the Delhiites could not understand his puritan motive.
And now, with this enlightenment (political) that has
lighten the burden of his heart, he is reaching the city of Lord Shiva tomorrow
to set in motion his campaigning that is directed against defeating Narendra
Modi.
And like an enlightened soul, Kejriwal expects to be hit
again, but not now. He says, in a way of saying, that in real terms of
thrashing, the real thrashing stands postponed, that he is safe until the
elections are over as any more thrashing attempt may ‘boomerang’ and may
benefit Kejriwal and AAP electorally. His enlightenment says the ‘real’
thrashing will come after the Lok Sabha polls.
(The alter-ego to his enlightenment says that it is
logical that these thrashings should stop for now as these have failed to
produce any electoral wave of sympathy for AAP/Arvind Kejriwal.)
And like an enlightened politician, Kejriwal now sounds
like accepting a defeat (in Varanasi
and elsewhere) in the garb of moral victory, expecting that the unexpected
could, somehow, happen. He is seeking ‘truth’ to defeat forces like BJP and
Narendra Modi (he doesn’t consider Congress a worthy adversary anymore!).
He says: “What is needed is the path of truth... This
is what happened in the Delhi
election too. People used to then remark that we had no money. I agreed. But I
told everyone that we were on the path of truth. We need to stick to that.”
And with this enlightened thinking, he is reaching Varanasi the next morning
to take on Narendra Modi who is busy crisscrossing the country. Refusal of
Mukhtar Ansari (that has left the Muslim votes available to others) has already
given him a boost before the next leg of his Varanasi stay as he can expect to mobilize
the Muslim votes in his favour now.
(The alter-ego to this enlightenment says the deal with
Mukhtar Ansari to consolidate the anti-Narendra Modi votes is indeed a
political requirement of the electoral scene of now in Varanasi though the
‘truth-seeker’ in Kejriwal rubbishes reports of any deal with the
don-turned-politician who is in jail for rioting, murder and other charges,
even if Mukhtar’s brother claims to have the CCTV footage of AAP leaders in
meeting with him to discuss the possibility of Mukhtar leaving the Varanasi
seat.)
And with this enlightened political persona, Kejriwal is
reaching Varanasi
to hit the campaign trail, banking on the strength of his ‘truth’.
Varanasi has been electorally-politically
interesting right from the day Narendra Modi announced his candidature. Kejriwal
only added to it. And now, a politically enlightened, truth-seeker Kejriwal is
going to add even more spice to it.
Some pretty interesting days (electorally-politically)
ahead folks!