An open letter to Mr. Kejriwal

Respected Mr. Kejriwal,
Sir, I never ever doubted your intentions but your style of working. Your sincere efforts towards bringing JanLokpal really need to be applauded. But do you really think resigning from your post is the solution of the issue? Parties like BJP, Congress etc would never ever like their status in Indian politics to be challenged and that is why they will derail anyone who comes to take over them. I really got upset when today in assembly you quoted that "This might be our last assembly session and we will start fighting on streets". This is what the other parties really want.  I hope you remember the basic motive of yours to take your fight from streets to the Parliament. That was because of the belief that if we need to change the system we need to be the part of it.
Sir, what is the guarantee that if you fight from streets you will be heard? Do you remember the Nirbhaya incident? What happened after such a mass agitation against the women safety in our country? You too were part of it. Did that fight pay off? No. Even if you are given a handsome mandate in upcoming Lok Sabha elections and AAP forms the govt, do you really think that passing laws will be that much easy? Haven't you seen the functioning of parliament in our country? How much our parliament has functioned in last 5 years? Opposition with the help of regular and unwanted disruptions doesn't let the parliament work. What if your govt isn't allowed to work in parliament will you keep resigning from your PM's post? Won't that be a joke with the people who voted for you?
Sir the point that I want to make through my letter is that the cause for which you are fighting will have many hurdles in the way and it would be very tough to fulfill all the promises that you have made, but then it isn't impossible. You can fight against the system by being the part of this system. Till the time you have power you can make laws, amend laws. And this way you can take your fight against the system in Parliament as well as on streets. A two way fight is definitely better then the one way. People support you that is why they have given you a mandate to govern. Though a fractured one but even then it is a handsome amount of support and you have to make maximum out of this support. Make the people of our country your existence felt with your good governance as well as your intent to fight with this system. More and more people will support you, will join you and the revolution that we are waiting for would be started that day itself. 

You have taken responsibility to make the "impossible" in our democracy as "possible" and that would be an uphill task. I hope you will keep fighting against this system with good intentions and won't budge off  from your duties. 
Sincerely,
An Indian !! 

BJP 1 Congress 0 for 2014 but rising AAP could be the game changer

And the most awaited results to elections are finally out. BJP was set for big gains according to exit polls in all 4 northern states that went on for elections but the party that actually has played a shocker for both national parties is AAP with a phenomenal debut in Delhi. Leave every other state’s results except Delhi and we would come to know that a revolution is underway in our country with its first footprints in Delhi. Congress and BJP had been continuously trying to neglect and undermine AAP but this party actually has decimated BJP and Congress with such smashing results on their debut. These results will definitely have long running implications on political scenario of our country but one thing is very clear that Congress has dug its own grave in its second tenure with a series of scams, rampant corruption, issues of women security, national security and above all the ever growing inflation.  

Though I am not a political pundit but I would once like to give a try to briefly analyze results of these elections. Starting with the state that has shaken the politics of this country and has taken all political pundits with surprise is the phenomenon known as AAP. Although they haven’t reached to majority on their own but this party led by an unknown face in politics (till mid 2013), Mr. Arvind Kejriwal has made BJP and Congress rethink on their strategy and dented their prospects. Before the election results the arrogant BJP and Congress leaders were not ready to acknowledge the growing clout of AAP , but by now when  they have defeated the bigwigs of BJP and Congress in their own constituencies they do have a lesson to learn. Whichever party sits in govt now will actually have to work on promises made to public just because of the standards raised by AAP. The biggest takeover from Delhi is that people actually are fed up of BJP and Congress and are looking for another viable option that really is “one of them and for them”.  

With a hat trick of BJP in MP and Chattisgarh it would be very tough for the congress leaders to boost the morale of its cadre. Likewise in Gujarat the opposition has been decimated, the same story seems to be repeating in MP and Chattisgarh as well. The issue with congress in these areas is that they don’t actually have credible local faces to connect with the masses which BJP considerably does have.  Moreover Congress’s “Rahul Gandhi” and “Secular” cards seem failing miserably in these areas and they need to have a rethink on their strategy in these states.The takeover from these states for Congress is that, they need to dump the likes of Digvijay and Kamalnath and induct some fresh and credible faces to take on Shivraj and Raman Singh.

Finally BJP has won the fort of Rajasthan as well. Though Rajasthan does have the trend to throw out the running govt everytime it votes but what might be worrying for congress is the victory of margin for BJP which is whopping in every sense. Alhough Congress does have a face like Gehlot in Rajasthan but he too seems to be sandwiched between the party high command in Delhi and his local detractors within the party. With too many populist schemes doling out since last year he is unable to save his fort. The second factor that worked for BJP here was the Modi factor which everyone has accepted as a decisive factor. In Rajasthan as well they need to work from the very scratch and that too immediately if they want to make some outside chances for 2014.

Having said that I would conclude my article in one liner that “This is called true democracy, for the people and by the people and we really have to be part of the system to change the system. Rise Up”.

Jai hind !!

  

To Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav on seeking ban on English in parliament : Sir let the language be at its place, first tell our Politicians(including you) to speak sense. Nonsense doesn't need any language.

Being a die hard fan of Tendulkar, I must say that his service to cricket and love for this country is unquestionable. But serving him Bharat Ratna before Major Dhyan Chand has really saddened me.Not only once but twice the recommendation for serving Major Dhyan Chand with Bharat Ratna has been rejected citing some stupid reasons.Sadly this whole controversy around Bharat Ratna will not only raise serious doubts and concerns about the way award is being given but also will defame the legend of Sachin Tendulkar.

Action Plan - Need of the hour

I think now each party whether BJP , Congress, JDU,SP etc rather then criticizing each other and debating on "You are Secular or You are communal" must debate on "What we can do to suppress the threat of communal violence" since riots sadly occur in every state of India. Rather then taking on "What you didn't" they must discuss "What we can and HOW WE CAN". Instead of "Including more castes in Reservation" they must have a desire for "Uplifting poor and needy". An action plan is utmost important and need of the hour. They must come up with an action plan and stop fooling public.

An appeal to Mr. Gandhi

No matter what elections results will be but Congress is the most consistent party from past 65 years ...
1950 - Jawaharlal Nehru : We have to build the Nation
2013 - Congress : Ho raha bharat Nirmaan
1980 - Indira Gandhi : Will remove poverty
2013 - Rahul Gandhi : Gareebi hatao
1988 - Rajiv Gandhi : Dalit needs empowerment
2013 - Rahul Gandhi : Dalit community ko is dharti pe Jupiter ki escape velocity chahiye
Mr Rahul Gandhi - Sir atleast come up with an Idea that can change India 

Regards,
Apurv Garg

The "Rise" of a Political Superstar - Narendra Modi

“Either you love me or you hate me but you simply can’t ignore me”, this is Narendra Modi for you. Last two decades have witnessed a rise of a political superpower of India in term of Narendra Modi who often is credited as political “Superstar” within the political spectrum. Even a tenacious resistance by his critics hasn't led to any sort of hindrance to his plans to move towards 7RCR, Delhi. And with an official announcement of him as NDA’s Prime ministerial candidate by BJP Party president on 13^th of Sep has ended all speculations on his plans for 2014 elections. Seeing the personality cult of Modi it seems like in 2014 it won’t be BJP vs Congress but rather it would be Modi vs Congress. From social media to youth following he is far ahead from any other leader in India at present. The whole Industrial fraternity openly backs him and he is the front page news of every newspaper today. But what all led to the sudden rise of fortunes of Narendra Modi?

From a simple RSS worker to being named Gujarat’s CM in 2001 replacing Keshubhai Patel, he came a long way in his political journey where he saw many ups and downs. But it actually was 2002 where he hogged the limelight post Godhra riots. Political analysts usually term the innings of Modi in two versions – Modi version 1.0 pre Godhra and Version 2.0 post Godhra. He became RSS’s favorite man to carry their ideology when he came back to power with whopping 2/3^rd majority in 2003 Gujarat’s assembly elections. In 2004 NDA lost the national elections and BJP’s strongman Atal Bihari Vajpayee declared to end his political career citing ill health and then L.K Advani was passed the baton to lead the BJP. In 2005 when he went to Pakistan, he praised Jinnah in order to make BJP’s acceptability to minority communities, which even backfired him and he had to resign from his party president post and the cracks within RSS and Advani were quite visible. At the same time Modi had established himself as an able administrator and a person with zero tolerance towards corruption and terrorism (with a series of encounters) and his 2007 win in elections strengthened his position further. In 2009, before the national elections many people within NDA argued that Modi might be the best PM choice but RSS backed Advani and NDA lost in 2009 as well which was their second successive defeat. With the defeat of 2009 the stars of Advani started fading and the cult of Modi was on rise. Modi further cemented his position within NDA after a hat-trick of win in Gujarat in Dec 2012 and his Prime ministerial ambitions got a boost with his declaration of NDA’s face for 2014. The credit to “Rise of Modi” somehow goes to the ruling congress party as well. It was their impotency to take upon corrupt system, series of scandals, mishandling of economy and incompetence that led to a demand of strong political face that could take some harsh decisions and take India back to the path of economic development and prosperity. It is a strong Anti congress vibe which is further enhancing the prospects of Narendra Modi in 2014.   

As for Modi haters, he has eclipsed the man who once strongly backed him post Godhra when Vajpayee wasn’t keen to support him. But it only shows their frustration simply because they were not able to topple him and they were thinking of firing their guns through Advani’s shoulders. For pseudo secular forces like Nitish Kumar, Advani has now become secular leader. Hope we need not remind them that it was Advani who led the Hindutva agenda post 1991. As for Modi followers and lovers this is the time to cheer since their leader has been cleared to take as a face of next assembly elections. But he has numerous challenges to take on before 2014 general elections.

Though it needs to be seen what happens in 2014 elections and whether Modi's slogans "Sabka saath sabka vikas" and "India first" make a pan India appeal but it seems to be cracker of contest between Modi and Congress. Upcoming days promise of some big surprises and fireworks from both sides .Even a drastic change in political scenario is on the cards but we hope that people of this country get the best out of it.

Jai hind !!