Defining Moment

Today is certainly a historical day in Indian Politics. The common man was fooled for almost 6 decades since independence, as he was not given the education to make him aware of his rights. All major political parties have been fighting elections on casts / religion / minority vote bank appeasement etc. The common man was always wilfully kept poor and uneducated to keep them away from awareness. Leaders and governments in power adopted appeasement policies, brought cast and religion in the game and threw money at the common man to win elections. The common man was forgotten thereafter till next elections.

The scenario changed in last decade or so when no single party could get simple majority leave alone the absolute majority. Regional Parties / Leaders gained in strength and they started dictating terms. This gave birth to Mass Scale Corruption. Not that earlier there was no corruption, but now it became a routine and a way of life to fight elections and remain in power. Money Power coupled with Muscle Power became the order of the day for the politicians.

Anna Hazare started waged a war against corruption and wanted the Jan Lok Pal Bill. Kejriwal & his Team members were then with them. This bunch of people realised soon that the only way to fight this menace was through fighting elections and then trying to change the system. Yes, it is always difficult to bring about a change from outside the system. In fact the major political parties forced them to fight elections and seek power before thinking about bringing about systemic changes.

This team took a wise decision, that of choosing Delhi as the starting point. On December 8 the Aam Admi won 28 seats. All the three parties did not get simple majority. Again AAP came out with a Master Stroke & Clever move. After BJP decided to remain in opposition, AAP wrote to both the parties and sought their favour for its 18 point agenda. Congress did not want the BJP to come in Power, so it decided to support AAP. 

That was it. AAP came out with another clever move and sought the opinion of aam admi, before deciding to form the government. This was all a well thought out strategy. 

In fact initially I thought this approach of seeking public opinion for every single issue / bill on a state / national level would be idiotic and suicidal, but no, they had a plan. They first came out with their 18 point agenda and then when the time came they sought the opinion.

Now both BJP & the Congress will be in a fix. Today congress had to support the confidence vote to save its image and BJP had to oppose not on issues, but on the ground that how could AAP shake hands with Congress, a party who is considered to be the mother of all Ills?

Kejriwal spoke from his heart and talked common sense. Is it not that we all want a Roti - Kapda - Makan - Siksha - Swasthya & Suraksha. and who would say No to Sasti Bijli & Paani ? And perhaps if AAP is able to rein corruption and gradually win this battle against corruption, the day will not be far when we could win a war against rising prices and inflation too.

So I am thumbs up for AAP . A year back I too had joined a candle march in Pune, and wished Anna & his team a great success. For sure the seeds were sown by Anna but the formation of AAP was and probably will prove to be a landmark decision.

A defining moment in the history of Politics.