10 Reasons Why I Say No to AAP! - by Anand A #QuitAAP 1. AAP is a threat to National Integrity & Internal Security If I go by repeated utterances of AAP’s prominent leader Prashant Bhushan on J&K and Nxalism I’m scared to the hilt thinking what will happen to India if at all they come to power. We may have to prepare ourselves to see India without Kashmir & North East on the one hand and embroiled in a civil war on the other. Moreover AAP is full of ideologues who sympathize with militant-left groups called Naxalites or Maoists. Therefore one may wonder what is going to be their policy towards the mindless violence due to Naxalism which has its presence now in more than 30% of districts of India. Its a well known fact that today in India more people die because of Naxalism than terrorism. Also on terrorism their stand at best resembles with that of Digvijay Singh of Congress where they are found raising suspicion on Batla house terrorist encounter. 2. AAP has come up with an over-simplistic solution to corruption Corruption is a malice deep-rooted and all pervasive in India. Mere enactment Jan Lokpal can’t cure it. India does not need new laws & institutions, they are already in plenty. All she needs is effective implementation of the existing laws and removal of faulty ones. She also needs new culture to be instilled in governance which can come from individuals and organizations and not from institutions. Therefore I find AAP guilty of misguiding youths with their “over-simplistic one solution fits all” kind of approach towards corruption. 3. AAP has gone soft on their anti-corruption stance within a fortnight of coming to power Arvind Kejriwal as an activists used to shout from rooftops that he has substantive proof of involvement of Shiela Dixit and her ministers in CWG scam. He had also shown the gumption to expose the dubious land deals involving the First Family. He had promised to the people that if he comes to power he’ll initiate action against the corrupts regardless of whether they are high & mighty. But now when asked about his promises he tries to dodge or deflect. Also his silence on First Family’s land deals or Himachal Pradesh CM’s involvement in corruption cases goes on to show that he has not only gone soft but has also become selective in targeting corruption cases. 4. AAP is not committed to good governance Good governance doesn’t only mean honest governance rather it means honest, efficient & competent governance. So far AAP has been overemphasizing on corruption ignoring efficiency and competency parts which are equally important. Also their emphasis on symbolism over substance in dealing with corruption is quite evident now. 5. AAP supports identity based politics Going by their utterances in media so far its quite clear that they are in for archaic quota-based politics. AAP has joined the bandwagon of Congress, SP, BSP, JDU etc. as if they were not vociferous enough in demanding more reservation on the basis of cast, creed or religion. 6. AAP resorts to minority appeasement to win votes As far as appeasement of minorities, specifically of Muslim community, is concerned they have left even put seasoned players like Congress & SP to shame. Be it cajoling with Imams, Taukir Raja or Kamal Farooqui or be it outrightly supporting dubious Communal Violence Bill brought forward by Congress or be it calling for plebiscite in J&K or be it sympathizing with Batla terrorists all indicates their proclivity to vote bank politics. 7. AAP’s macro-economic policies are not clear From whatever I’ve gathered so far I’m convinced that they are leftist in new avatar. For example they are against FDI in retail, they are against nuclear power and they are in for populist policies like giving more subsidies, reducing water, electricity tariffs etc. Moreover their stand on reviving Indian economy; on second generation economic reforms are best known to themselves. 8. AAP’s take on Socioeconomic Infrastructure development is not clear They have no policy or vision whatsoever on how to improve India’s crumbling socioeconomic infrastructure – be it education or healthcare, be it surface transport or aviation sector, be it managing abundant water or mineral resources, be it IT or manufacturing sector… 9. AAP’s take on India’s foreign policy is not clear AAP is not competent enough to formulate India’s foreign policy at present. In fact they have elements who will jeopardize India’s strategic advantage in South Asia region for sure if they come to power. Look at their leaders who keep commenting about plebiscite in J&K and handing it over to Pakistan if people there wants so. How they’ll deal with emerging threats from China; how they’ll bring errant neighbors like Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangaladesh, Nepal, Bhutan etc. under control; how they’ll take Indo-US relationship forward etc. they only know. 10. AAP is inexperienced AAP is a fledgling party which managed to captured the imagination of the people of Delhi in the name of eradicating corruption from public life. They are at best conglomeration of angry and motivated activists whose energies now need to be channelized for constructive work. And I feel Delhi is a good enough challenge for them to learn and experiment with. Their vision for India is still not clear. They are in their infancy as far as governance is concerned and therefore they are just not ready to play any kind of role at national level.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 15:14:31 +0000
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