The Aam Aadmi Party was a whiff of freshness in the political firmament soon after its inception. Here's a party that seems to know what the common man wants and would work towards his betterment, one thought. The run up to the Delhi elections, the elections and the results were a watershed in Indian politics. In fact, I was very angry with the Delhiites for giving such a fractured verdict in the end.
My first disillusionment was when they decided to rule Delhi with outside support from the Congress - a step against their initial stand on the issue. But then I accepted it thinking that the AAP was doing the right thing by not burdening the Delhiites with another back-to-back election! The party's rule for that short while was but a disaster. A government doesn't function on an individual's whims and fancies, it has to respect and take along with it the entire state machinery towards governance of its people and ensure fair treatment of all its citizens notwithstanding their differing political ideology.
And a government doesn't take to the streets when it has differences with the central government as per the federal structure that has been laid down in our Constitution. Citing difficulties in governance and a biased opinion towards them, the party's government had resigned to plunge into the proceedings of the parliamentary elections, headlong. Going by their showing at the Delhi hustings, some of them at least, seem to be nurturing national ambitions. Nothing wrong with it, if I were to be asked, but what makes the AAP think that I'll vote for it in the coming elections because I need answers for the following:-
(a) throwing normal life out of gear seems to be your trump card. Why should I support that when I'm
against bandhs, hartals and other destructive means of lodging protests that has been fine tuned by the
other political parties.
(b) using private jets for your personal use seems to be okay by you. Then, why did you criticise the
others for doing so? Isn't it hypocrisy?
(c) the stunt of your leader travelling by a Bombay local which was abhorred by you just a while back.
And that too by causing widespread destruction to public property?
So, what's different about the party? I just fail to understand!
Tailpiece.
In hindsight, I think, the Delhiites were right after all. They're sceptical about the 'party-with-a-difference' right from the start. Can one blame them for their sane behaviour?
My first disillusionment was when they decided to rule Delhi with outside support from the Congress - a step against their initial stand on the issue. But then I accepted it thinking that the AAP was doing the right thing by not burdening the Delhiites with another back-to-back election! The party's rule for that short while was but a disaster. A government doesn't function on an individual's whims and fancies, it has to respect and take along with it the entire state machinery towards governance of its people and ensure fair treatment of all its citizens notwithstanding their differing political ideology.
And a government doesn't take to the streets when it has differences with the central government as per the federal structure that has been laid down in our Constitution. Citing difficulties in governance and a biased opinion towards them, the party's government had resigned to plunge into the proceedings of the parliamentary elections, headlong. Going by their showing at the Delhi hustings, some of them at least, seem to be nurturing national ambitions. Nothing wrong with it, if I were to be asked, but what makes the AAP think that I'll vote for it in the coming elections because I need answers for the following:-
(a) throwing normal life out of gear seems to be your trump card. Why should I support that when I'm
against bandhs, hartals and other destructive means of lodging protests that has been fine tuned by the
other political parties.
(b) using private jets for your personal use seems to be okay by you. Then, why did you criticise the
others for doing so? Isn't it hypocrisy?
(c) the stunt of your leader travelling by a Bombay local which was abhorred by you just a while back.
And that too by causing widespread destruction to public property?
So, what's different about the party? I just fail to understand!
Tailpiece.
In hindsight, I think, the Delhiites were right after all. They're sceptical about the 'party-with-a-difference' right from the start. Can one blame them for their sane behaviour?
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