Arvind Kejrival - A Catalyst to non-coalition government in India
The drama over the former civil servant, Aam Aadmi Party chief and most recently the chief minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, has erupted too high for the simplistic common man. I saw some news channel creating news out of the posters of "Arvind Kejriwal 'missing'" being put up around New Delhi.
Mocking Kejriwal for all his follies as a political fore-figure and going to the depths of ridiculing his ailing physical condition this poster literally rips Mr. Kejriwal off all the respect and following that he had earned over a period of a few months. People seem to have unthinkingly deemed him a failure and evidently have failed to look beyond what the media has to offer. India seems to have lost it's analytical brain to the business of media and 'entertainment'.
Let's look at the sequence of events from a different perspective for once. Surely Arvind Kejriwal made a promising attack on the ever prevailing Congress government. His approach in unravelling the underlying slush of the 10-year-ruling party was rewarding and the entire country rose to his call for Gandhian support. He very successfully brought about a surge- in the dormant country- of awareness, of proactiveness, of responsibility towards one's country and of a belief that we have the strength to bring about a change in the country's day to day running. A country that had forgotten what democracy is, a country that yearned for change but was afraid to be the change, a country that struggled to float in the deep oceans of crime, corruption and cowardice rose out of the dream-world and saw for themselves what needed to be done.
What then happened was a sudden anti-climax to the entire episode of Gandhigiri when the driving force of the 'Tsunamic' wave of political renovation found himself seated in the Chief Minister's chair. Having rightly called himself 'a common man' all along, Mr. Kejriwal was unable to gather up the fuel required to run a government. He was unprepared and resourceless. Moreover, he was too idealistic for the complex maze of the legislative system. His resignation was the lowermost point of the trough of the wave that he had created. Questions emerged on the sanctity of his intentions and on the exclusivity of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Nevertheless, India has failed to notice that it was the Gandhian surge brought about by Arvind Kejriwal that continued to power the citizen of India. It was the awakened conscience of the common man that helped us, as a country, realise the importance of constructive politics and it was this eye-opening struggle of Mr. Kejriwal that drove our attention to a better alternative in BJP (read: Narendra Modi). Modi has been developing Gujrat for several years now and no doubt his PR team did a fantastic job with the social media platform, but it was Kejriwal's efforts that lead the country to understand and notice the potential in this man of power who is now the honourable Prime Minister of India. Coalition politics came to an end in India with this wave of Arvind Kejriwal and although Kejriwal has always been against both Congress and BJP, he unknowingly lead the entire country to a much required and positive CHANGE. Yes, when someone recently asked me 'why do you think BJP is any different from Congress, when in power', this is what I answered: The Modi government may not be blemish-free. It may not eliminate corruption. But, it will bring about a change in the running of the government and change is something that always brings progress with it. Change is better than stagnancy. If the Congress government was corrupt in one sector the BJP lead country will see corruption in another sector while it buoys up the deteriorating sectors. That's what is needed in this country. Indeed, so far the Modi government has proven my words right and I would like to believe it will continue to do so. In fact the line of action of the Modi-lead government so far surpasses my expectations and if all goes well with the execution, India will soon experience empowerment.
So let's not demean the man who was the catalyst of this much-needed change and let's respect his intentions whole heartedly. To me Mr. Kejriwal, you are a success! Kudos!
Let's look at the sequence of events from a different perspective for once. Surely Arvind Kejriwal made a promising attack on the ever prevailing Congress government. His approach in unravelling the underlying slush of the 10-year-ruling party was rewarding and the entire country rose to his call for Gandhian support. He very successfully brought about a surge- in the dormant country- of awareness, of proactiveness, of responsibility towards one's country and of a belief that we have the strength to bring about a change in the country's day to day running. A country that had forgotten what democracy is, a country that yearned for change but was afraid to be the change, a country that struggled to float in the deep oceans of crime, corruption and cowardice rose out of the dream-world and saw for themselves what needed to be done.
What then happened was a sudden anti-climax to the entire episode of Gandhigiri when the driving force of the 'Tsunamic' wave of political renovation found himself seated in the Chief Minister's chair. Having rightly called himself 'a common man' all along, Mr. Kejriwal was unable to gather up the fuel required to run a government. He was unprepared and resourceless. Moreover, he was too idealistic for the complex maze of the legislative system. His resignation was the lowermost point of the trough of the wave that he had created. Questions emerged on the sanctity of his intentions and on the exclusivity of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Nevertheless, India has failed to notice that it was the Gandhian surge brought about by Arvind Kejriwal that continued to power the citizen of India. It was the awakened conscience of the common man that helped us, as a country, realise the importance of constructive politics and it was this eye-opening struggle of Mr. Kejriwal that drove our attention to a better alternative in BJP (read: Narendra Modi). Modi has been developing Gujrat for several years now and no doubt his PR team did a fantastic job with the social media platform, but it was Kejriwal's efforts that lead the country to understand and notice the potential in this man of power who is now the honourable Prime Minister of India. Coalition politics came to an end in India with this wave of Arvind Kejriwal and although Kejriwal has always been against both Congress and BJP, he unknowingly lead the entire country to a much required and positive CHANGE. Yes, when someone recently asked me 'why do you think BJP is any different from Congress, when in power', this is what I answered: The Modi government may not be blemish-free. It may not eliminate corruption. But, it will bring about a change in the running of the government and change is something that always brings progress with it. Change is better than stagnancy. If the Congress government was corrupt in one sector the BJP lead country will see corruption in another sector while it buoys up the deteriorating sectors. That's what is needed in this country. Indeed, so far the Modi government has proven my words right and I would like to believe it will continue to do so. In fact the line of action of the Modi-lead government so far surpasses my expectations and if all goes well with the execution, India will soon experience empowerment.
So let's not demean the man who was the catalyst of this much-needed change and let's respect his intentions whole heartedly. To me Mr. Kejriwal, you are a success! Kudos!
Crazy thinking, really.
ReplyDeleteVery true.. totally agree with you.
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