Who wondered that a boy born in Siwani village of Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana will become the Chief Minister of Delhi for 49 days? Who wondered that a student of Indian Institute of Technology will form a party “Aam Aadmi Party”? Who wondered that this will will posses greater strength to fight corruption as compared to most of us? Ye I am talking about Arvind Kejriwal.
A.K. is always highlighted in media since the day Anna Hazare (Kisan Baburao Hazare) had started his fights against corruption. A.K. as a former joint commissioner of Income Tax department of Indian state joined the protest of Anna Hazare and supported him. His image from that initiation was a positive one. After joining hands with Anna, he carried on the protest and his main motto is and was to pass Jan Lokpal Bill into the central government, so that the transparency of the work in the center becomes more clear instead of always hidden behind the walls. His intentions are really positive and he wants to eradicate corruption. Then happened something anticipated, he formed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in November, 2012 and his steps were against Anna, but for me it was a good move to pass the Jan Lokpal bill. He wants to eradicate corruption from the nation and no other way can be better than this. To clean the sewage from the sewer you need to put in your hands yourself, you can’t order anyone else to do that. He formed the party and won a seat against Sheila Dixit who was elected for last 3 consecutive times. But he didn’t won the election and instead took an unconditional support from congress (DABAANG move..!!) to become a ruling party. This was amazing to see that the party who suffered a humiliating loss from AAP is actually supporting AAP and that too without any conditions. Undoubtedly congress is always cunning from the beginning so the party was playing some dark magic behind the curtains. But the point is Mr. A.K. became the Chief Minister of national capital of India. This was the prequel of the story, now lets get to the main point.
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Should A.K. have resigned from the party just after 49 days? Isn’t he being too arrogant? Well my personal views say that he shouldn’t have done this and there are several reasons why..!!
1. He is a CM of the state now, not a protester. Being a CM there are many more responsibilities than just one bill. He is handling a state of millions not fighting against the central government with millions. He has the responsibility of providing basic needs to the people of the state than rather concentrating on one particular thing. If you cannot be flexible during the initial days then you cannot work in the system. I know he might be in a hurry to get the bill passed before elections of 2014, but this is not the way government is habituated of working, if they haven’t passed the bill for last 6 years of so then how will they pass it in 6 months? A.K. should have proved it’s ability as a CM by providing good governance for the people instead of acting like a psychopath.
2. I was skeptical about A.K. as a CM since the beginning. The reason behind this is he hasn’t got any amount of experience in pure politics and governance. He is young, talented, brilliant brain but it would have been better to wait and work as an opposing party for the first three to four years. He would have come across the various faults in the government which needs to be repaired, and then on this stabilized foundations he should have worked ahead as a CM and would have worked for Jan Lokpal. Even a small start up company ask for an experienced employee, then how can a person be so sure of ruling the state so smoothly?
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3. He didn’t have a full support from the people of India. He promised of a smooth governance, a bright future, a safe place, but within 48 days he resigned because his demand was not fulfilled. He said that he will eradicate corruption from the roots but he should have rushed to it, he should have had patience, he should have made Delhi a safe place, he should have get cleaned the basins of the city, he should have worked on other small issues. By then he would have gathered public confidence and then of he would have made a move it would have been effective in two ways, one he would have changed the face of capital and other he might had a better impact on the government regarding the bill.
This are my personal views, but apart from me many international journalists are against his act. Even Andrew North, south asia correspondent of BBC news quotes, “He never really stopped being a protester – and never really looked comfortable as a politician – at least, not yet“.
Even though after all this act I am not against the belief of A.K. but I think he just had a stain on his white cloth. I personally might be supporting him, but being a citizen of India and focusing on a better government I might not chose him as a CM because he is being too arrogant in his decisions. At this stage he is not demanding toys from his daddy, but he is working for millions of people out there in the state. He should be work as a grown up politician instead of acting like an immature. This can also reflect as if A.K. was in the politics just for getting the bill passed, he was never a good CM. At last what he did? Supplied some free amount of water and cheap electricity..!! That’s all?? Is it all you do as a CM?
I cannot predict what’s going to happen tomorrow, but by the observations till today’s date, I think that Delhi is in trouble. I think the state has the darkest of it’s times.
Your personal views are always welcome and I would be really happy to discuss with you all.
Stay happy, stay blessed and have a nice day.
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Jinal Doshi
Jinal Doshi - A civilized structural engineer and his thoughts, who sometimes behaves like a psychopath. 