AAP's Agitation

Kejriwal’s unprecedented agitation near Parliament House is unbecoming of the status of a Chief Minister. Mr. Kejriwal should realize that he is not only the leader of a political party called AAP, but also the Chief Minister of Delhi who is expected to see the interest of not only his party members but also the entire population of Delhi. His confession of being an ‘Anarchist’ is childish to say the least. His threatening words to “teach a lesson” to the Congress is not befitting to the status of a Chief Minister. AAP leaders should appreciate that mobilizing people is easy but controlling crowd is difficult. Who will be held responsible if the frenzied mob goes unruly and indulge in arson, looting, stone throwing etc? Entire traffic in the capital city has been thrown out of gear and the ‘aam aadmi’ who are not members of any political party are the utmost sufferers. In a democracy one cannot enforce the whims and fancies of few people on a vast majority of common men and hold the entire state to ransom. If creating chaos, confusion, inconvenience, harassment, depression, despair etc to the common man is the yardstick of success, then AAP can be arguably proud of their struggle is a big success. Prolonging the agitation will jeopardize the Republic day programme, which will cause irreparable damage to the image of the country. While the demands raised by Kejriwal & Co may be genuine, means adopted for accomplishing them is not conducive to a civilized society. Further adopting tactics like pressure, intimidation, coercion, undue influence etc are not acceptable in a democratic society. Imagine a situation where other elected bodies  like MCD, NDMC etc adopt similar tactics to coerce Delhi Government, what will be the reaction of AAP? Will it succumb to the pressure tactics and agree to all the demands raised by these bodies irrespective of the fact that they are genuine or not?. One should not do anything which he/she does not expect others to do with them. Accepting even genuine demands under pressure tactics is a sign of weakness and succumbing to pressure policy will open the flood gates with flimsy demands. At a time when AAP is spreading its wings to the length and breadth of the country, such reprehensible actions to appease a small section of the society will only help to crumble the edifice of the party. AAP should understand that the gap between hero and zero is very thin and today’s hero will become tomorrow’s zero. A party which has come up with great expectations and aspirations should not meet with a tragic end which will be suicidal and detrimental to the interest of the nation.