Kejriwal Turned AAP Into Apology Party

By: Mar 31st, 2018 12:18 am

Firoz Bakht Ahmed

(The author is a commentator on social, educational and political issues)

Instead of the promised work to the ever expecting Delhi’ites, theapology drive by the Delhi Chief Minister, Mr “Apology” ArvindKejriwal has rebounded. He has cut his stature to less than 40 percent as of now in the pole bazaar. Today, if there is election inDelhi, AAP would be a poor third after the Congress and BJP. Being anovice in the political market, unless he improves and improvises, heis likely to meet the fate of the flamboyant Prafulla Kumar Mahanta ofthe ambitious Asom Gana Parishad owing to the pranks played by him forthe last five years.

Pardon me, I am Kejriwal!

What is perhaps strange is that apology that actually symbolizes the inner strength of a person rather than the weakness, in the case of Kejriwal, it has boomeranged and he has become the laughing stock notonly outside but even within his own party. Truth is that these pardonwere well calculated anot not straight from the heart.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan, in his tweet had a dig at Arvind that he mustprepare a common list of people from whom he wants to be pardoned withan apology letter, headed,  “To whomsoever it may concern”. This mightnot have happened with him, had he retained the truly honest people inAAP, who he had dumped thinking that they were truly talented andmight one day usurp him of his power or hijack the politicalinitiative he has so calculatingly gained.

A friend of Kejriwal who had worked with him at his office before hecame into politics, while in a TV debate, told that Arvind is the mostinsecure person as he is phobic of the talented around him. Truth isthat using really honest and doting people like tissue paper as partof his “use and throw policy”, he has become the Chief Minister ofDelhi.Another fact is that Kejriwal has hurt the feelings and publicperception of so many people that he must truly and heartily apologizeto the rest of them.

However, he chose to apologize against theGoliaths only as they would have dragged him to court besides askinghim to pay a huge amount of compensation as in the case of ArunJaitley who has demanded him to pay ten crore rupees.As a matter of fact, Arvind must also apologize to people likePrashant Bhushan, Yogendra Yadav, this writer and many others who hadsided by him taking him to be an honest, focused, poised andwell-meaning public leader.

However, through his obduracy, Kejriwal never constrained from his demeaning streak against his political adversaries and finally faltered. Had these defamation cases notthere, he might not have asked for a pardon. This seems to be a like apardon that used to be sold for a consideration in the churches at thetime of the first Pope. He must hugely apologize to Anshu Prakash,Delhi’s Chief Secretary and in fact leave his seat if he has anyconscience left in him

The Kejriwal blame game

The way Arvind had launched this apology spree asking Bikram SinghMajithia, Kapil Sibal, his son, Amit and Nitin Gadkari to put an endto the defamation cases against him, has put a huge question mark onhis own credibility as a politician and a people’s leader.This will also mark the end of the activist and combative politics ofa platform that rose as the pressure group against the corruptpolitical system. The saddest fallout of this imprudent and immatureact will be that no movement seeking for honesty in the system willever take roots as people will not trust even if a Mahatama Gandhi ora Maulana Azad comes of their grave/ samadhi. This inept act of AAPand their leaders has let the entire Lokpal movement out.However, Arun Jaitley hasn’t pardoned Arvind as he thinks that this awily act on the part of a clever fox to get out of the clutches of thebig names with whose reputation he has played havoc.

It was the entireteam including Sanjay Singh, Ashutosh, Raghav Chaddha and a couple ofothers from AAP who had demeaned Jaitley. That’s why, it has beenadvised by the wise to think before one speaks and look before oneleaps that Kejriwal never cares. Through the tantrums of the AAP andtheir leader, the entire populace of Delhi is just waiting and watching of the five years to pass and teach yet another calculatingand ambitious politician a lesson.Besides Kejriwal and Sisodia, Amit Sibal had also named former AAPleader, Shazia Ilmi as accused in the case.

Sisodia too apologized andon March 18, 2018, Kejriwal wrote a letter to Amit: “I have learntthat the allegations I made against you and your father at the pressconference were unfounded. I hereby withdraw all my statements and allegations made against you and your father and apologize for thesame. The damage caused to your esteem, the hurt caused to your family, friends and well-wishers and the loss caused to you isregretted.”Truth is that today, AAP stands at crossroads, absolutely exposed likeany other political outfit with its own skeletons of corrupt dealsthoroughly having come out of the cupboard. AAP that promised to bethe new hope, has in fact become the most lowly placed politicalsetup.


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