The rise of Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi Elections, has changed the political equation in India. A party which was first considered to be cacophony of inexperienced members, who blabber at the drop of a hat against the established and experienced political parties, has proved all wrong. They proved that they are of substance and the common man indeed supported their voice in the party. Aptly abbreviated to AAP (meaning You).
Till date, politics in India was the candidate himself, his party and his party's High command. The public was never in picture unless if the election were due in few months. With the AAP the whole equation changed and the common man did feature in the mandate.
But some questions remain unanswered. With all the subsidy rolled out by the AAP government, can it sustain itself economically? The government also speaks of regularizing unauthorized colonies, but question remains that will not many such unauthorized colonies crop up in whole of Delhi, hoping that they will be regularized by the government. Regularization of jobs of government employees on contract is understood, but will there be a strong enough performance assessment mechanism in place, so that the age-old habit of sarkari babus lax out in comfy office chairs in their place of duty.
I just hope that Kejriwal figures it out, how to survive in such a situation, without harming the public exchequer and pockets of honest tax payers (including direct and indirect taxes). I just hope that the mechanism that AAP presents will be able to fix all the leakages and misappropriations. Hope the honesty that the party advocates may also be seen in all its members. Genuinely speaking, it is very rare that you may find such people.
In many places AAP will also face the hurdle of convincing party loyalists who have sold their votes to the party, since the independence of this country and those voters who want to experiment with the NOTA option. It would be a herculean task to select upright citizens to represent the party and defeat the regional and traditional strongholds. It will also have defeat the temptations the voters will face when their pockets are filled with unaccounted loot, against the value for good governance.
The AAP government in Delhi has very little time before the General Elections 2014 to prove that the power of the common man cannot be underestimated.
N.B. I do not support any political party by writing this blog. All I hope for is a clean government and effective one too, that will put my tax money for betterment of the society and not in their own pockets.
