One may wonder whether he actually wanted Janlokpal. The hastiness in which he pushed Janlokpal in the assembly, and kept making parallel statements about fighting Lok Sabha elections leading AAP to victory, is nonetheless very interesting.
Hours after tendering his resignation, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal tweeted:
Friends. This is decisive battle against corruption. All right thinking and patriotic people shud come together
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) February 15, 2014
It is interesting to see him use two terms ‘right thinking’ and ‘patriotic’ in his tweet. It indicates much towards his mindset which till now has shown clear sign of arrogance. If people are not with him, they are not ‘right thinking’. If they criticize his actions, they are traitors. But Kejriwal, who did not have patience for governing more than 48 days, wants people to join his fight.
What actually is this fight? Till now it has been a fight which he used as a shield against any criticism towards him. Is this a fight for his own progress? What else should one infer if one’s leader choses to escape rather than finding solution for his people and fulfilling promises made to them?
The fact remains that Kejriwal did not think twice about the people of Delhi who didn’t pay electricity bills for months because he promised a waiver, or those who were waiting for a 50 percent reduction in electricity bills. He did not think about those living in the jhuggi-jhopdi clusters and unauthorised colonies to whom he promised not just free 700 litres of water per individual per day but also 20,000 new public toilets. He did not spare a thought for those who were awaiting the opening of the promised 500 new quality public schools. The thought of 3.5 lakh contract employees he promised to regularize would not even have crossed his mind, not even the 1,00,000 anti-corruption helpline complainants – a direct link to his fight.
Going by his resignation speech, his anti- corruption bureau was the reason Congress-BJP joined hands to foil is government’s attempt to succeed. If the case was so, Kejriwal should have worked to counter their attack. Also, bringing a Janlokpal would only have been an additional burden given his ‘so powerful’ anti-corruption bureau. But Kejriwal decided to indulge in attention seeking behavior and rhetoric business.
Why? Obviously it would have meant more time on TV and more talking point which can earn him the much needed push in the general elections.
One may wonder whether he actually wanted Janlokpal. The hastiness in which he pushed Janlokpal in the assembly, and kept making parallel statements about fighting Lok Sabha elections leading AAP to victory, is nonetheless very interesting.
Kejriwal’s timing is perfect which makes him stand out in the line of seasoned politicians. But now he should stop calling his victory, and problems for that matter, victory and problems of people, for he has lost the dignity to do so.
If he is going to escape all the time and deliver words instead of work, why should we participate in his fight?
