DOUBLE STANDARDS

It is hard to remain uncorrupt in politics. Despite claims of honesty by Arvind Kejriwal and other megaphones of the Aam Aadmi Party, the truth is that AAP does all that every other party does to win and retain power. It is no different than other political parties. Being relatively new, it is given the benefit of doubt, though there is evidence to prove that AAP too resorts to the usual skulduggery associated with most political parties. In fact, Kejriwal can be far more cynical in the use of devious tricks to hoodwink voters than most other politicians, not relying solely on free-water and free-power plank.

For proof, let us recall how Kejriwal had proclaimed from housetops that AAP is an “honest” party. That it would clean up political finance, that it would not accept a penny in black money, etc. It had promised to put the name and address of each donor, including his PAN number, on its website for the sake of transparency. Of course, it was an empty promise which was meant to fool people.

The lid was first lifted off AAP’s neat little scam by a group of idealistic young men who had joined AAP during the days of the Anna Hazare movement. Soon they got disgusted after witnessing first-hand the sordid goings-on. They left AAP and undertook to expose the dirty doings. They claimed severe threat. Who knows in our lifetime we may even see a BJP government in Kerala. There is certainly a vacant space in Tamil Nadu for the BJP to occupy in future as J. Jayalalithaa’s ally. Overall, the only thing certain is the decline and demise of the Congress, which is now suffering from a crisis of identity. Years of appeasement to garner political victories have reduced the Congress to a party without a credible support base, leading to its doom.