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Mission AK on Charge

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)  Chief Arvind Kejriwal and former Chief Minister of Delhi has come a long way from his bygone days of protests on corruption free India, and sitting on dharnas occasionally has become a medium to reach out to people. Nobody knew that the new “youth icon” considered by the youth would instantly gain recognition due to his guts of pinpointing the flawed nature of the political and administrative process in the country.

 

“Bahar niklo makaano se, jung laro beimanon se.” “Bhrashtachar ka ek hi haal , Kejriwal, Kejriwal ” – slogans like these split the air, when the first rally of the Aam Aadmi Party hit the Kolkata streets, when everybody started knowing him and his work. But the uniqueness lies when the marchers present at the procession were different from the usual political processions such as the IT professionals, government servants, students and entrepreneurs.

After AAP emerged, people’s cry for change became louder and louder and slowly he was being worshipped and was called a ‘saviour’ because of the fact that no one else before had dared to change politics in India, and that it had place for “good people”.

Though he represented a return of idealism and kindled among many a hope that he is the key to clean the “dirty” corruption with his so called broom power when he became the Chief Minister of Delhi. The masses had high expectations from him, but not for too long; as the dark clouds prevail the sky, he left his seat and brought sadness on people’s faces.

The AAP government had to strive to make as much of an impact as it could, both in terms of showering goodies on the urban poor as well as in creating a high-decibel enactment of protests. It met with some success in the former attempt as it built an electoral base for itself among the economically weaker sections of society.

In such a way, Arvind and his team have conducted themselves have done damage on the terms that a CM on a dharna, violated middle class ideas of what government should look like. And I think the biggest mistake he did was to free himself from the duties of a CM’s post by resigning after 49 days, due to this the expectations of the youth gradually went down.

Probably, this showed a sign of cowardliness on his part, and soon the after- effects followed, he had to face humiliation wherever he went while contesting for the Lok Sabha elections and the people of Delhi could not trust him anymore.

He could not become one of the ideal CM which the Delhiites thought him to be like. Will his decision cost him in the long run for leaving the CM’s seat or will he once again regain his position? – The answer lies within the political system and in people’s hearts, for which we all have to watch out for.

Neha Ghosh

M.Sc Media, P.G 1