The party will claim credit for the subsidies in water and power, FIRs against powerful politicians on allegations of corruption, and the still-born Lokpal and Swaraj Bills. But each of these missions has been problematic, pointing at the AAP’s unwillingness or inability, or both, to reach and reform the root of the problem. On water and power, for all its pro-poor claims, it chose to go on a subsidy spree for the middle class. On corruption, it failed to move towards instituting transparent processes or reducing practices of discretion, preferring showy sting operations instead. Most troublingly, its law minister’s moral policing, and the AAP’s insistent and self-righteous defence of it, showed up the party’s disregard of due process and its tendency to go with an illiberal majority consensus rather than defend human rights. Instead of tilting the state towards becoming more accountable and non-arbitrary in various areas, the AAP simply claimed that it knew best.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 06:08:33 +0000
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