Is Arvind Kejriwal ‘An icon of Honesty
& Integrity or Arrogance?’
National
Executive of AAP (Arvind Aadmi Party! Aam Aadmi Party! Arrogant Arvind Party!)
removed Sh.Prashant Bhushan(PB) and Yogendra Yadav(YY) from Political affairs
Council of the Party in a pre-planned ,stage managed drama of the Chief
Minister of Delhi through his coterie on 4th March,2015—a Black day
in the History of AAP. During all this drama, which I never wished to take
place, I heard YY ”Arvind is an icon of honesty and integrity”. During
oath ceremony of the Chief Minister on 14th February, 2015 Mr.
Arvind Kejriwal warned his party men and MLAs to be cautious and ensure that
they do not become victim of Arrogance.
I
am wondering how good these statements are! Is Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister
of Delhi and National Convener of AAP is really an icon of
honesty and integrity? Is he really miles away from arrogance?
Unfortunately,
my analysis indicates that none is true. He is no longer an icon of
honesty & integrity and at best an icon of Arrogance.
There
could be many reasons for Mr.Arvind Kejriwal to go to the extreme step of
playing drama of resignation as Convener of AAP and removing PB and YY from
PAC, which may not be known to the people at large. He might be really upset
for some actions of YY and PB and wanted to get rid of them (I am not aware).He
could have done so very shrewdly but he laid down the foundation stone of
meeting his own waterloo. I am wondering and waiting his next public apology
and crocodile tears.
Can
he deny that the issues raised by PB, YY and Admiral Ramdas were wrong? Even if,
he suspects that these issues were raised to malign him & letters were
leaked by them (I do not think so), it does not change the validity of the
issues. As a leader of the party, which claims itself to be a party with a
difference, party’s impartial supporters and people all over the country had
expected him to act prudently & honestly to give comfort to the people that
HE is the True Leader. Unfortunately, nothing like this happened. He
went underground and prompted his YESMen/Women to fight for him to demolish those
who questioned him on some basic issues. What was his problem in investigating
the funds, credentials of candidates in just and fair manner, if he is really
honest and fair?
In fact, I came across quite a few people who raised
concerns about the candidate selection of AAP. I also heard
lot of people talking (and also observed myself) that the money spent in 2015
elections was far more than that of 2013, despite lower fund collection as per
AAP’s website for 2015. I also debated this issue with one senior AAP volunteer
from Maharashtra, who had come to Delhi
for campaigning and stayed with me. Unfortunately, I never received any
satisfactory response from any one. Mr.Arvind Kejriwal could not give
satisfactory reply, when media raised the same issues.
He
was completely blinded by the
unprecedented win of AAP ,which most believe was largely due to his campaigning
,but…but…but…,something more that he conveniently ignored and at the time of
oath ceremony spoke of ARROGANCE. In fact, he was completely overpowered by
arrogance by that time. Possibly, PB and YY failed to assess this particular
aspect. They raised questions to Arvind, they knew since long, but by now He
was Honorable Chief Minister of Delhi with unprecedented win. By now , honesty, integrity and transparency
was bundled and pushed to the back yard and Arrogance was sitting right on his
lap. He even refused to acknowledge the loud and clear message of the Internal
Lokpal—Admiral Ramdas. If it is not arrogance than what else?
I regret to say that Chief Minister of Delhi have
failed the test of Honesty and Integrity and therefore, believe that YY made
this statement only to diffuse the situation. Had CM been honest, he would have
ordered complete investigation of all the issues ;prove that everything is right
and he is above board. After doing so, he could have gone to step
II—questioning the motives of all those who have raised the issues. This
would have made him the undisputed leader of the party—icon of honesty and
integrity and darling of India. Instead, he showed his supremacy(a
clear sign of arrogance) to hide his dubious role(a clear sign of a dishonest
person) I do not think that he can be called a leader.
Mr.Kejriwal,
won Delhi elections due to several mis-steps of BJP and unholy offer of free
Freebies—Water and Electricity. I am afraid that he is going to meet his waterloo
(free water and loo all over Delhi) sooner than later.
