Dinesh Kamath's Editorial 'Let time tell whether AAP will perform or not' that was published in Newsband

Let time tell whether AAP will perform or not

Indians living abroad can help a political party in many ways. Many of them have money and they are patriots too. They can serve as propaganda machine of parties.

Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party have captured the imagination of many NRIs who donated a lot of money to them recently. But AAP benefited hugely from the buzz created by the middle class on the social media more than from finance.

Funds are not exactly a problem for the Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress and Nationalist Congress Party. But these parties lacked the imagination possessed by AAP which managed to build up its credibility and social acceptance through its supporters on Twitter and Facebook. The AAP is undoubtedly a new-age party in every sense.

Today the electronic media is more focused towards AAP from whom they expect strong , effective and experienced leadership for the country.

It is true that money is required to meet election expenses, but something must be done to see that only moneyed people do not win election, but a clean candidate with people's welfare & nation's progress as his guidelines wins the election too. Delhi results have given a bright ray of hope that 2014 Loksabha elections will pave way for a majority of good, clean MPs to shape the destiny of nation. Educated class should come out in full to vote AAP to power.

AAP has gone to the grassroots of democracy and revived the concept. It has put the governance and welfare of the people in focus. There is no doubt that AAP has changed the political process in Delhi and gave hope to the many Indians tired of Indian politics, corruption, inefficiency etc.

It is true that a dedicated and honest leadership can achieve a lot in serving the people. However, it remains to be seen how AAP will change things for the Aam Aadmi, who were neglected, cheated and exploited after Indian independence. Many Indians are hopefully waiting for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. AAP needs to device a systematic governance process, independent of personalities and efficient enough to be adaptive, self-improving, diverse enough to match India’s diversity etc.

Referendums may be used for decision making in simple contexts, but complex matters need smarter decision making processes. We should wait for the time to tell us whether AAP can stand up to our expectations before making discouraging statements against it.