Just one year ago, a new wave of change emanated in New Delhi with well know anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare deciding to sit on against the UPA-II government in order to compel the Manmohan-led government to pass the Lokpal Bill. The bill considered to be the watchdog of corruption was hanging in balance since long on account of red tape. But, erstwhile Team Anna vowed to fight for the passage of the legislation. The wave was so strong that it impressed many in the fourth estate and made many of them active supporters of the movement and the torch bearer.Ashutosh, Managing Editor of IBN-7, enamoured of the movement painstakingly wrote a book on Anna titled "13 days that awakened India". The scribe went ahead and even compared the Anna movement to that of JP's. However, the team succumbed to government politics and was broken into two groups when the septuagenarian decided to break his group of dedicated activists. Second in the line was the former IRS officer- Arvind Kejriwal. It was evident that if the group bifurcates, the obvious choice of the new group would be the Mr. strategist-Kejriwal. And, it did happen. As Lalu and Nitish came to the fore through the famous Students' movement led by Jay Prakash Narayan, same was the case with Mr. Kejriwal. Under the banner of Anna, this RTI activist took charge of the new faction- The "Aam Aadmi Party" which ironically, goes against the tagline of Congress party-Congress ka haath Aam Aadmi ke saath.
Soon after the scattering of Team Anna, the overall tone and strategy of the new echelon witnessed a sea change. Unlike, the Anna way, Team Kejriwal which initially went ahead under the banner of India Against Corruption (IAC) started targeting the big shots in the political and corporate sector starting with the son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi and further taking on BJP chief Nitin Gadkari besides HSBC Bank. However, there was a marginal difference in the way he started establishing his party. He adopted the "cheapest way" to gain limelight. Just put allegations against your rivals and put personal attacks. This is the most general way politicians in India go ahead especially when the polls are near.
Noteworthy, Kejriwal hardly talks much about his policies, ideas and party's elections menifesto. If one goes through the IAC website and read the norms of the party-on who can contest elections from his party-it is as similar to any other party. I was at least expecting that unlike other parties, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will not entertain the tainted candidates. It was expected that those involved or accused in any criminal cases will not be entertained by the party which claims to be the party of the common man. However, interestingly, there is scope for people for criminal backgrounds in the party. What they just need to do is furnish details of that.
When Mr. Kejriwal is projecting himself as the saviour of India in the future, he ought to clarify the ways he wants to go ahead. Mere allegations on rival parties are not what the electorate want. They want solution and not statement of the problem. But, Mr. Saviour seems to lack any solutions and ideas as of now. However, he is very keen to talk about laws like Right to Reject and Referendum, which seem vastly impossible practically in this country, which have very few takers in the political arena.
Moreover, the notorious Congress man Digvijay Singh had recently asked him some questions and sought his reply over all those. However, Kejriwal is still reluctant to answer those questions which raises doubt on the credibility of the saviour. One among them was why he was not transferred from Delhi in 10 years as IRS officer.
Although, Kejriwal has attempted to project as his party as the aam aadmi tarandhar, but his amateur party has still have to clarify on its stand on various volatile issues and mention his policies and the ways he wants to rule India, for what is must be dreaming of now.
