Excerpt from today’s TOI, Chetan Bhagat’s blog on the exciting Delhi election coming Wednesday ! ............ However, do realise the larger benefit of the AAP winning a significant number of seats in Delhi. Overnight, the main political parties will take notice. Till date, many senior and powerful leaders across parties believe corruption and governance are fictitious issues created by the media and not really relevant to the Indian voter. However, if AAP can benefit politically from its platform of integrity, i can bet the major parties will undertake overnight reforms to make themselves cleaner. If AAP can make clean, qualified candidates win, it will start a race within parties to get good people into politics. AAP would gain from this of course. However, what would gain most is our democracy and nation. For even BJP and Congress will look for good candidates and clean themselves up. The call for clean politics has always been there. AAP`s success will provide the incentive to turn this call into action. Politicians are and should be chameleons. They change with the environment. An AAP success signals a new environment. The AAP broom won`t just clean up Delhi, it can clean up politics around the nation. If all this happens, Delhi will redeem itself and restore its honour. The city has been ridiculed and shamed far too much. In deciding their 70 assembly seats, it has the chance to show the nation why it deserves to be India`s capital. Go Delhi. Go out and vote. Go get your honour back........ blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes/The-underage-optimist/entry/why-aap-is-the-most-exciting-new-party-to-join-politics
Posted on: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 08:13:07 +0000