AAP (Aam Aadmi Party) led by Arvind Kejriwal is going to form a minority government in Delhi (with 28 legislators) to resolve 18 issues.
The government in Delhi will be formed with outside support of the Congress which itself was rejected by people of Delhi.
Mr. Arvind Kejriwal has promised the following:
- Provide 700 litres of free water to every household in Delhi (which would estimate 340 crores a year).
- End the VIP culture in Delhi and scrap red beacons or lal battis on vehicles as no AAP minister will ride in a lal batti car.
- Plan “mohalla sabhas” or neighbourhood meetings to decide on policies.
- Bring in a strong law for a Lokpal or an anti-corruption ombudsman within 15 days.
Are these kind of promises possible to be fulfilled?
Despite the Congress leaders have made it clear that their party’s support is “not unconditional”, AAP has agreed to form an alliance with the most corrupt political party in the world.
Does this prove that AAP is hungry for power? What’s your opinion?
The Sinking Ship ?
It is said ,
” When a ship is about to sink , the rats desert it ”
Is Congress , a sinking ship ?
Here are some reasons to believe so :
> Some years back , TMC deserted it
> Ever since A Raja / Kanimozi episode , DMK was threatening to leave it .
This finally happened last week
> On issue of Telengana , TSR left sometime back. Now Kiran Reddy is
about to leave
> Last week , Prafull Patel gave a hint that NCP is getting ready to leave ,
when he he asked Congress to own up all of its past mistakes , starting
with 2G Scam
Earlier , Sharad Powar had made it amply clear that he won’t work under
Rahul Gandhi as a PM
> Having got a ” Clean Chit ” from CBI in the dis-proportionate assets case
Mulayam has started distancing himself from Congress
> Having got special status for Bihar , Nitish has ceased to cozy-up
And now , to top it all , Congress workers ( motivated by Sheila Dikshit / JP Agarwal ? ) , are demanding that Congress withdraw its ” Outside Support ” to AAP
For a ” Re-born Reformist ” Rahul , it is a classical case of ,
” Dammed if I do , dammed if I don’t ”
If he agrees to withdraw support BEFORE the swearing – in ceremony scheduled tomorrow , he will stand exposed as a fickle-minded and a foolish leader , who cannot be trusted , even by friends !
If he decides to withdraw support AFTER the swearing-in , ( by voting against the confidence vote , mandatory for a minority government ), people of Delhi would hold HIM responsible for bringing down AAP government
And that would make Arvind Kejriwal , a martyr !
And further ensure that in a re-poll , AAP returns to power with a thumping majority and Congress loses , even those 8 seats !
From the view-point of 2014 elections , such a total rout of Congress in Delhi , would be a dream-come-true for BJP !
But I hope , Arvind – and his party men – realize that :
> Sinking of the Congress-Ship , is neither their objective , nor a priority
Leave that job to BJP !
> Delivering on pro-poor reforms is their priority No ONE
> To be able to deliver these reforms , it is necessary for AAP to assume
power – then survive Confidence Vote to retain that power
> To remain in power ( a noble cause ) , they need continued support of
Congress
> For Rahul to quell his internal mutiny ( engineered by the sitting
Congress MLAs who suffered at the hands of AAP candidates ) , AAP
must not push him to the wall !
> If AAP goes after the past corruption cases of defeated Congressmen
( – and women ? ) with vengeance , Rahul will be left with no option
but to withdraw support
DEAR ARVIND
In a game of chess , you don’t try to checkmate your opponent in the very first move !
It has to be your FINAL / WINNING move !
If need be , please re-read your Chanakya !
* hemen parekh ( 25 Dec 2013 / Mumbai )