The Argument Goes On...(AAP)

AAP is all over the news again (I don’t think they were ever off the radar) and more importantly, all over my FB news feed. There are friends arguing over right and wrong, AK, Kumar Vishwas, Somnath Bharti, Rakhi Birla.  Every aspect of the AAP including accusations of being equally corrupt as other political parties to being leftist in their philosophy to being agents funded by the western world are being discussed in ridiculous details. At times and in some opinions, Congress and BJP are largely considered to indulge in nothing except rogue politics while AAP is viewed as a beacon of angelic light that will deliver all from evil. The argument just seems to go on and on….

Never has a political party received such critical media attention or its members subjected to scrutiny akin to a biological dissection under the watchful eyes of a people who really want to know if they have done the right thing by voting them to power. Like I have said before, while AAP did change the face of Indian politics, it has yet to show the talent. I sincerely hope that, the people in the news for all the wrong reasons, are not the only talent that AAP has.  

I am not a political expert but I don’t see much wisdom in the methods of the AAP. A chief minister is a chief minister. Can he really double as a protestor? The law minister is a law minister. Can he really raid with “activists” in the middle of the night? It’s time AAP starts taking itself seriously. There is need for governance, not primetime news.

While AAP seems to have screwed up its act a bit, it does not go without saying that they have achieved good work in the few weeks that they have come to power which is more than what can be said about the full term of the previous government. However, it would be best for AAP to stick to its agenda and, more importantly, align its processes around prudent methods.

In my opinion, the question truly is not about Congress, BJP or AAP. Nor is it a question of coalition based politics. It has never been about any political party. It has always been about the people of the country. It is about education and it is about awareness and its lacking thereof.

Unfortunately, there are many Indias in one India.  Unless they unite, at least in the perception of what they are being served, and if and only when that happens, the politics in the country will work for the country. And any and every political party in power will deliver.   

Until then, sadly, it remains a question of who the lesser evil is.

Lesser evil, huh? So, how do we decide on that?

And the argument goes on...