BJP-led Centre versus
AAP-led State
There is a battle
for the control of Delhi between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party-led
Central government. The battle has intensified by the arrest of Jitender Singh
Tomar, the Delhi Law Minister. He allegedly holds two fake educational degrees
and he resigned hours after a court sent him to police custody.
The Central
Government is grabbing every opportunity possible to put pressure on AAP-led
Delhi state government. No one is in
doubt that it has essentially been a show of strength against a political party
that is determined to put an end to corruption. The governmental tussle over Delhi has meanwhile reached its zenith,
and one battleground is the State’s Anti-Corruption Branch.
The residents of
Delhi had and still have great expectations of a very young Aam Aadmi Party
that very closely interacted with them and secured a historical mandate in
India’s capital city.
The BJP and its
puppet the LG are at it again with their unethical attempts to wrest back
control from AAP. Clearly, brandishing fake university certificates - if the
allegation is true - is wrong and unbecoming of a minister although it is a
fact that the Law Minister was not
obliged to have a law degree to hold his post.
This is not just a
question of State vs Centre. The vested interests have converted this into such
a scenario to hide their hideous intent.
Politics is a game
of subtlety, diplomacy as well as back stabbing and muck throwing, the
difference is in knowing what to do and when. Arvind Kejriwal is new in this
game and his well wishers know that he will become wiser as the time passes. In
the meantime if one plans to fight a war, one should be very careful of kinks
in the armour. Kejriwal should be careful and he should realise that he is
fighting a person who for 12 years was hounded by media and instead of becoming
an outcast became the Prime Minister. Kejriwal is not fighting Sheila Dixit
this time.
It is high time
that somebody higher in the Central Government shows some statesmanship to
intervene in the ever escalating war between the Delhi State Government and the
Centre through the Lt. Governor. In the power struggle between the two the
people of Delhi should not become the ultimate loser.
People of India
see AAP as the only hope to fight against the fast spreading cancer of
corruption. It is a tall order which can be filled only by a party like AAP led
by a strong leader like Kejriwal.
Although it is sad
that AAP has lost its claim of being a party with a difference still it is way
better than all other political parties. Hopefully they will fight this battle
and many more to come with more dignity and cleverness.
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