Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is the ‘self-proclaimed godman’ of Indian politics. The party believes in the fundamental of clean governance and boasts of working towards building a corruption free and a balanced society.
Though the party and its members have been involved in a number of controversies, yet they have managed to escape unscathed somehow.
However, this time the party has out-done itself.
FACTS
According to an RTI inquiry, AAP-led Delhi government spends a whopping sum on print advertisements in and outside Delhi daily.
The RTI inquiry filed by advocate Aman Panwar (who belongs to INC, that was criticized for spending Rs. 23 crore duing 2010 common wealth games) revealed that the AAP government has spend Rs. 14.5 crore in print advertisements in last three months, which is an average of nearly Rs. 48 lakhs a month!
The publications include ads in Kannda and Malayali dailies in cities including Hyderabad, Chennai and Bengaluru (still wondering how putting up Delhi government ads there would be helpful).
In a reply to the Lok Sabha, the AAP government has admitted to spending nearly Rs. 5 crore for publicizing the two rounds of Odd-Even scheme implementation in January and April.
It its defense, the party has said that it allocated Rs. 100 crore in its budget to advertisements this year as against Rs. 500 crore last year.
QUESTION
The question that arises here does not pertain to the source of this humongous amount (courtesy: tax payers), but to the fact that why did CM Arvind Kejriwal starve the MCDs when he had funds?
Why did he let the innocents suffer in his power tussle with the Centre? Why did he create such a chaos in the entire National Capital Region (remember: MCD strike, health wokers’ strike) when the situation could have clearly been avoided?
What is more concerning at this hour is the dream of a ‘better society’ that CM Kejriwal and his posse are weaving in the eyes of the ‘aam aadmi’ of Delhi.
If his idea of a ‘balanced society’ entails creating ‘fictional issues’ for the common man only to solve them to glorify his stature, then something is clearly wrong.
If Kejriwal believes that by putting up ‘Modi ji let the Delhi government work’ posters across Delhi and crying Congress/BJP every-time something goes wrong is the right thing to do, then either he is delusional or he’s suffering from ‘Messiah complex’.
Either ways, what our beloved CM sahib needs to understand is that this is not an Ekta Kapoor daily soap, where the protagonist acts like a martyr, cries and keeps switching sides like a ping-pong ball.
This is real life and these are real people.
Blaming the powerful opponent for your failures does not point out towards their flaws but to your own weaknesses.
If you cannot do what you say and comply with the standards that you have created yourself then you have no business in governing Delhi or any other state.
Though the party and its members have been involved in a number of controversies, yet they have managed to escape unscathed somehow.
However, this time the party has out-done itself.
FACTS
According to an RTI inquiry, AAP-led Delhi government spends a whopping sum on print advertisements in and outside Delhi daily.
The RTI inquiry filed by advocate Aman Panwar (who belongs to INC, that was criticized for spending Rs. 23 crore duing 2010 common wealth games) revealed that the AAP government has spend Rs. 14.5 crore in print advertisements in last three months, which is an average of nearly Rs. 48 lakhs a month!
The publications include ads in Kannda and Malayali dailies in cities including Hyderabad, Chennai and Bengaluru (still wondering how putting up Delhi government ads there would be helpful).
In a reply to the Lok Sabha, the AAP government has admitted to spending nearly Rs. 5 crore for publicizing the two rounds of Odd-Even scheme implementation in January and April.
It its defense, the party has said that it allocated Rs. 100 crore in its budget to advertisements this year as against Rs. 500 crore last year.
QUESTION
The question that arises here does not pertain to the source of this humongous amount (courtesy: tax payers), but to the fact that why did CM Arvind Kejriwal starve the MCDs when he had funds?
Why did he let the innocents suffer in his power tussle with the Centre? Why did he create such a chaos in the entire National Capital Region (remember: MCD strike, health wokers’ strike) when the situation could have clearly been avoided?
What is more concerning at this hour is the dream of a ‘better society’ that CM Kejriwal and his posse are weaving in the eyes of the ‘aam aadmi’ of Delhi.
If his idea of a ‘balanced society’ entails creating ‘fictional issues’ for the common man only to solve them to glorify his stature, then something is clearly wrong.
If Kejriwal believes that by putting up ‘Modi ji let the Delhi government work’ posters across Delhi and crying Congress/BJP every-time something goes wrong is the right thing to do, then either he is delusional or he’s suffering from ‘Messiah complex’.
Either ways, what our beloved CM sahib needs to understand is that this is not an Ekta Kapoor daily soap, where the protagonist acts like a martyr, cries and keeps switching sides like a ping-pong ball.
This is real life and these are real people.
Blaming the powerful opponent for your failures does not point out towards their flaws but to your own weaknesses.
If you cannot do what you say and comply with the standards that you have created yourself then you have no business in governing Delhi or any other state.
