Aam Aadmi
Party has created a lot of waves among the masses as well as classes. This
debutant party has shaken the foundations of existing Congress and the BJP.
Many people see in it, the much needed agent of change, which the city of Delhi
and perhaps the whole country needs. Will the AAP change the way politics is
done in India? There are many good things (some extremely good) and many bad
things (some extremely bad) talked about this party.
I
would select a few points to show that the much hyped ‘Change’ this party is
offering is only in the minds of its supporters.
1.
Claim - AAP/@Arvind Arvind Kejriwal are Completely clean and honest
Reason
- The foremost explanation given is AAP declares its Donors list and Kejriwal
has ‘clean image’, and that he could have earned crores in his government job
(IRS) if he wanted to earn just money. This narrative further changed over time
and translated to “Atleast he is cleaner than Congress & BJP”
Analysis
– In Politics as we have seen through 2G, CWG, CG etc, 1 can earn billions of
dollars, not just Crores of rupees. Therefore the reason that he ‘sacrificed’
everything is meaningless. A corrupt traffic policeman would earn a few
thousand rupees, a corrupt politician would earn billions, is it fair to say
Policeman is more honest or less corrupt? NO! Simply because he didn't get
enough chance to loot public money. So the real test should be on whether a
person has looted money when he has got the chance to do so. Kejriwal took home
salary as an IRS officer for years, even while he was on vacation. He later
returned the money when the Congress govt. caught his act. In the Sting video
(howsoever politically motivated 1 may call it). Kumar Vishwas says that he is
ready to take money from an MLA, for doing a show, without knowing who the MLA
is, i.e what the sources of his funding is (Money laundering). It shows Top AAP
leaders have taken advantage of situations as and when they have got it. Why
would they not gobble up billions once they get a chance to do so? On Donors
list, one does not know if it is complete & exhaustive, who has verified
their claims? Has it been audited by a 3rd party? That way anyone can put up
random list. In short AAP is making a lot of noise only because it has lesser
stake, once it gets more entrenched, it would show the same, if not more, level
of dirt as Congress
2.
Claim - Arvind is highly efficient and can solve any problem
Reason
– Arvind’s educational background. He is an IIT Graduate. He is a former IRS
officer which is tough to qualify. SO because of his impressive educational
background he should be able to solve everything
Analysis
– 1 can only ask for Arvind’s achievements in his life before IAC activism and
forming AAP. As an IRS officer, how many corrupt politicians did he bust (Note
the word bust and not extorted)? What were his other achievements? If it is
about educational qualification, is our esteemed PM Dr. Manmohan Singh any less
educated? He is perhaps the most educated politicians not just in the country
but the whole world and what a mess he has turned the country into? I did have
the privilege to study from a very good educational institute where people from
quite impressive background (including the IITs) also studied. With my
experience I can easily say being from IIT is no certification that the person
even possesses a common sense. Bottom line, there are enough and many people
from the IITs/IIMs who are Dumbos (not talking of myself) and there are enough
and many people from average backgrounds who are geniuses.
3.
Claim - AAP is a True Blue Secular party
Reason
– AAP Thinks only about Indians and not about Hindus, Muslims etc
Analysis
–The very 1st thing AAP did after its formation was build exclusive political
cells for Muslims, Sikhs etc. How is it different from any other 'Secular'
party? Later on it indulged in writing separate letters for each religion, the
standout being a letter to Muslims where Kejriwal said court convicted
terrorists were innocent. Later on, he went to meet Maulana Taqueer Raza of the
Samajwadi party so that he could use his influence to garner votes on religious
lines, the same way Congress or Samajwadi Party does. In their election
manifesto, they have mentioned that Muslims youth’s fake encounter would be
prevented. SO they are completely ok if the ones encountered are Hindus? Such
divisive politics is already existent in a large scale and I am sure people are
not looking for AAP’s version of change
4.
Claim – AAP is a Fully Democratic party
Reason
– All the candidates have been selected through a democratic process, similar
to USA primaries elections
Analysis
– The truth is some of AAP (NOT all) were pre decided as accepted by former
prominent AAP members. They also changed candidates based on unknown reasons.
Like the candidate for Kalkaji was changed, despite the former winning the
‘primary’. In-fact AAP is a 4 man party which revolves around Arvind Kejriwal
and his Inner Circle of a few members, who run the party in an autocratic
fashion. Plethora of resignations from the party, barely within months of its
formation testify this
5.
Claim – AAP supports RTI/RTR/RTr
Reason
– AAP volunteers say so. Kejriwal says so
Analysis
– So far AAP has not responded to RTI filed by some Social Activists. Their
candidate from Uttam Nagar was rejected by local Volunteers of AAP. A huge
majority of Uttam Nagar AAP volunteers wanted the candidate to be rejected and
replaced with a new one. They even sat for weeks of Anshan (fast). Result – AAP
did not allow Right to Reject (RTR) which it preached about
6.
AAP has only clean candidates
Reason
– Kejriwal says so. AAP volunteers say so
Analysis
– AAP raised a Lot of hue and cry over how Congress, BJP etc had ‘tainted’
candidates. But AAP itself has 5 or 6 tainted candidates. Arvind himself has 9
FIRs on him. Maybe those FIRs are fake, maybe not, courts will decide, but
shouldn't the same yardstick then apply to other parties? Or atleast if he took
that Moral High Ground, should he not set an example by removing those tainted
candidates including himself?
7.
AAP has very good, clean, competent candidates & their ‘Swaraj’ model will
CHANGE everything
Reason
– Kejriwal says so. AAP volunteers say so
Analysis
– Cannot verify if all are clean but assuming they are, what of their
competence. Are they good enough? Some of the candidates are so naive that for
every problem, their solution is Swaraj and Lokpal. They seem to be out of the
world. Swaraj Model in itself is 1 flawed concept. It talks of decentralization
of power and providing autonomy at a regional level. How will this be achieved?
No clarity on that.
8.
AAP has massive support across the countries. Many volunteers work for it for
free
Reason
– Kejriwal says so. AAP volunteers say so
Analysis
– In their own website, AAP has shown that the Volunteers expenditure monthly
is somewhere between 5 Lakhs and 10 Lakhs, apart from other Network/Social
Media expenses. This goes on to show that AAP has an Army of Paid Volunteers
who work for it to spread its propaganda in Social Media as well as Ground.
There are people who have also left Jobs to campaign for AAP, but that doesn't
nullify existence of an active Paid Army
9.
AAP is a Pro Youth, pro Middle Class party
Reason
– Kejriwal says so. AAP volunteers say so
Analysis
– If you read AAP manifesto carefully, it would be clear that AAP has a
Socialist agenda, which is to cripple the industries and strengthen the culture
of Freebies (Doling out gifts like Laptops, TVs etc). Despite the bleeding
Economy they have offered to lower electricity bills by 50%, free water upto
700 litres for a family. These are just socialist schemes which would lead to
lower jobs in the economy, thereby increasing the UNEMPLOYMENT rate among the
youth. State will get into a bigger debt trap. The party aims at Poverty
alleviation and not Wealth Creation, like any other socialist party such as
Congress, DMK, NCP etc.
"I can go on and on but I am not even getting into how some Top leaders of AAP
have ridiculously blamed Indian Army, praised dangerous terrorist organizations
like SIMI, talked of possibility of gifting Kashmir to Pak, including a
Convicted dreaded Naxalite in their Core reforms team, fought cases for deadly
terrorists/suicide bombers to ensure they get free and kill more people, run
mercy plea campaigns for these terrorists or how they have formed alleged
collusion with certain political parties or how Yogendra Yadav said that
Janlokpal movement was only for Hindus and not Muslims. AAP has just finished 1
year of its formation and already shown signs of dirt running deep into its
system. Once it gets older and gets more powers (responsibilities), it will show
more of this dirt.
I
am definitely not saying that one should not be hopeful or should avoid voting,
for not voting is a social crime. What I am saying is we need a change, a LOT
of change, change in the way how court drags cases for decades, change in a lot
of systems, change in red tapism in Babugiri, but Aam Aadmi Party is not that
agent of change because it is nothing but an old wine (and a rotten one) in a
new bottle. AAP has possibly picked all the bad points of different political
party. AAP has been hijacked by the Leftist Mafia, same one which dictates the
many of the other political parties including the Congress and the BJP. It is a
HOAX and one of the biggest Hoaxes to have hit us in the recent times.
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