Aam Aadmi Party– By the People, For the
People
With
elections in the front row and the emergence of the Aam Aadmi Party as the
third party one major question hovering around in our head is – Is the Aam Aadmi Party capable enough to be
the next super political force of our country?
It all started back in 2011, when Anna Hazare
started his movement against corruption. In this fight against corruption we
saw many emminent personalities supporting him, including the likes of Kiran
Bedi and Baba Ramdev. It was then when
the nation was introduced to Arvind Kejriwal, an IIT Kharagpur graduate and
former Joint Commissioner in the Income Tax Department. He worked hand in hand with Team Anna.
However, Kejriwal came to the fore front by forming the Aam Aadmi Party on 26th
November, 2012 following the differences
between him and Anna Hazare regarding whether or not to politicize the popular India Against Corruption
movement that had been demanding a Jan Lokpal Bill since 2011.
What makes the AAP different, rather unique
from other existing political parties?
·
It wants to reverse the
way the government operates and has taken the interpretation of the Gandhian
concept of Swaraj as a tenet.
·
It stresses on self
governance, community building and decentralisation.
·
Its major aim is to
change the system. In the words of Arvind Kejriwal, "We are aam aadmis. If we find our solution in the left
we are happy to borrow it from there. If we find our solution in the right, we
are happy to borrow it from there."
·
It believes in
involving the common people in the functioning of the government.
Aam
Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal encourages the involvement of the citizens of India, including the youth to
join hands with them in their fight against corruption. In the last week of
March Kejriwal addressed students at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He
emphasized on the role of youth in rebuilding India through corruption free
politics. Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan too supported AAP by saying,
“Most parties promise to do things for people if they are voted to power,
but AAP is the only party which says people
will be a part of that rule.”
The party came second in the
recently held elections and won 28 seats out of 70, thereby restricting the
frontrunner BJP to 32 seats and reducing the so called irreplaceable Congress to third place with just eight seats.
Hence ,making Arvind Kejriwal the 7th
Chief minister of Delhi. But call it
lack of experience or his bad luck he had to resign as the CM in 49 days.
Inspite of all odds, AAP
continues to work against corruption. So the AAP is totally justified in its
stance of having a ‘solution-based’ and pragmatic approach.
Navina Jyoti Paudyal Chettri
M Sc. Media P.G 1
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