Is Kejriwal balloon losing air?

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attered by corrupt practices and nepotism of those in power, the common man was yearning for an alternate party for long.  Then emerged, as a beckon of hope, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) promising solutions for all the ills plaguing the administration.  People could easily identify themselves with the party and the abbreviation AAP too appeared endearing, respecting the people who have been treated as third rate citizens once they sent their representatives to the Houses. People had every reason to find a messiah in AAP’s founder Arvind Kejriwal.

     But has Kejriwal lived up to the rosy picture he painted? Despite forming the government at Delhi, he abandoned it after one and a half months. Reasons he may attribute many, but he might have dreaded the feasibility of implementing his promises on electricity and water to Delhiites? Buoyed by his success in Delhi Assembly elections, he wants to repeat the same feat in the ensuing Lok Sabha election? But showing his back to the Delhi Government in less than two months is all that he has as his credential. Delhi is a small area where he could personally supervise the campaign, but in the national context, Kejriwal is spreading himself too thin. Hence he is most unlikely to recreate the Delhi magic. At the most AAP could be a spoil sport for other parties which are confident of winning the coming election.

      Kejriwal, an income tax official of IRS cadre, who quit service with the lofty ideal of cleansing the system, followed the Gandhian principle of dharnas along with his mentor Anna Hazare. But dharnas and road shows are staged at the drop of a hat nowadays reducing them to nothing but mockery.  The party, of course, has given a vent to the frustration piled up among the people. Aam aadmis, now have realized their potential, and this new found enthusiasm is prompting them to break the law, niceties and public property as well. Is the party all up to professing this kind of anarchy? The actions of the zealots in Delhi, Mumbai or elsewhere are uncalled for a party which made a humble beginning. 

     The recent developments in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) appear to be autocratic than democratic. Common man’s influx into to his “own party”, notwithstanding, for every well-known face joining Aam Aadmi Party, another person instrumental in the core committee quits on a daily basis.  Is the environment so stifling?  Is Arvind who promised sky to the common man surrounded by sycophants and opportunists, an allegation once he had faced when was associated with Anna.  Controlling his followers appears to have gone out of his control.  Apart from leading from the front, a leader should be capable of convincing the followers to toe the line.

     Kejriwal is good at exposing the misdeeds and black sheep in the system than cleansing it. Hence he is fit to be in the opposition than the ruling party for, ruling parties should be reined in at times for better governance.