Is the Aam Aadmi Party a revolution? French or American?

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Is the Aam Aadmi Party a revolution? French or American?
Dec 27, 2013 By Iconoclast
Is the Aam Aadmi Party a revolution? French or American? | Firstpost

Die-hard supporters of Arvind Kejriwal call AAP a revolution. But is it really one? And, if yes, is it inspired by the French revolution or the American? I can already hear his supporters shouting. What a blasphemy. AAP is a revolution alright, but in its own right. Can’t you guys think Indian? You toadies of slavish mentality!


AAP is a symbol of protest, and in many ways has rewritten the rules of the game. To many political analysts, AAP has revolutionised the political space by emphasising many of the aspects that our political class never thought possible: the non-VIP politician, transparent sources of funding for elections, a passion against corruption, unorthodox electioneering, zealous probity, and a connect with its target voter. These are the very things that the established political parties had lost sight of, specially Congress and regional parties. BJP still had a modicum of connect through its mentor, RSS. Rahul Gandhi’s approach was becoming more and more platonic, not in its love for the masses, but in its ‘philosopher king’ refrain. His pontifications were becoming more and more a butt of jokes, and the populist space that the Congress had so assiduously built for itself was being ceded with an alarming speed. Congressmen in Delhi had no clue who they were championing, and in a famous gaffe, Sheila Dixit asked, “who Kejriwal?” The convenient and cosy political arrangements among rival parties of not targeting their top leaders had been blown to smithereens.


Now let us read an encyclopaedic entry on the French Revolution: “Popular resentment of the privileges enjoyed by the clergy, aristocracy and the King's court at Versailles combined with an economic crisis following the expenses of the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War and years of bad harvests. Demands for change were couched in terms of Enlightenment ideals and led to the convocation of the Estates-General in May 1789. The first year of the Revolution saw members of the Third Estate proclaiming the Tennis Court Oath in June, the assault on the Bastille in July, the passage of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in August, and an epic march on Versailles that forced the royal court back to Paris in October. The next few years were dominated by struggles between various liberal assemblies and right-wing supporters of the monarchy intent on thwarting major reforms. A republic was proclaimed in September 1792 and King Louis XVI was executed the next year.”


Does all this bear an uncanny resemblance to the AAP phenomenon? To me, everything looks the same except the element of violence. Though one must say that the political witch-hunt being planned by Kejriwal is nothing but metaphorical violence against its opponent.


What one needs to remember even more is the Reign of Terror followed the uprising, led by the Jacobins and Maximillien Robespierre, and culminating in Robespierre himself going under the guillotine. The Reign of Terror was characterised by mob justice. Graphic accounts of how the victims were brought to the guillotine camp, and how blood thirsty mobs delivered instant justice, have enlivened the accounts of history. The mobs did not follow any procedure. Their innate hatred of the aristocracy, the privileged, the rich and the famous, led to an unimaginable bloodbath without a single canon of procedure being followed.

Zoom to 2013 and the referendum exercise by AAP. It bears uncanny resemblance to the mob decisions of 1793-94. So, is Kejriwal the new Robespierre and AAP a reinvention of the Jacobins? Please remember, the Jacobins were officially called “Society of the Friends of the Constitution” and were radical and left wing. Again, an uncanny resemblance with AAP. Remember again, the Reign of Terror ended with Robespierre himself going under the guillotine, and the extreme left policies being discredited. AAP has not yet started its Reign of Terror, but the signs are all but evident. Kejriwal is left, he is radical, he is opinionated, and deeply ambitious.

The American Revolution, on the other hand, was a rightist phenomenon, and due to a 7 year war fought against the British, the political formations which took charge were not populist, left, or radical. They were pragmatic people who forged a strong republic which has withstood every test and made it a superpower. The AAP is, therefore, not the American hue but the French colour. The ideas engendered by the French enlightenment fed the French Revolution, and the ideas engendered by Anna Hazare made AAP the phenomenon that it became. The way AAP is shaping up, road from here on is one of ruin and perdition, given the style adopted by AAP, interestingly being “all style and little substance”.

Does anyone remember how the French Revolution formally ended? The directory was bankrupt and ineffective, the country longed for a decisive ruler, and Napoleon Bonaparte took over on popular sentiment. Is Narendra Modi reading this?

(Iconoclast is an insider with a ringside view of matters that matter. He is a keen observer of political and administrative intrigues as also of sports and culture.)

 

[sravna]

The more I think about AAP the more convinced I become it is less substance and more style. Imagine the circumstances under which AAP rose to popularity and power. Corruption was rampant and people were totally fed up with the existing system. They were desperately looking for a change and there comes AAP with solid credentials gained from the Anna Hazare movement to save the country. All that AK had to do was promise everything on which people felt totally let down. It did not even need a lot of imagination . Most importantly the greatest credibility AAP had was that it was a new party. So it could easily don the image of a party that was out to root the corruption and all that ailed the Indian political system.

AK's approach somehow doesn't strike a chord with me. I am not convinced with AAP now. Modi is a lot more pragmatic and a seasoned politician. I think he would represent India much better and take India much farther than anybody can.

 

[tks]

Though human being have natural proclivity towards mapping an event to known event of the past (like past 'revolution') in my view AAP is neither a revolution nor an innocuous event.

It is about an aspiration to go back to basics. Style and public perceptions matter a lot if AAP has to continue as an effective resistance against tidal wave of corruption ruining the country.

Active participation by ordinary non-politicians in the political process is a major phenomena in any country. It is too early to declare if AAP as a movement will succeed or not.

What happens to AAP as a party is irrelevant if other major parties begin to embrace integrity.

 

[sravna]

Though human being have natural proclivity towards mapping an event to known event of the past (like past 'revolution') in my view AAP is neither a revolution nor an innocuous event.

It is about an aspiration to go back to basics. Style and public perceptions matter a lot if AAP has to continue as an effective resistance against tidal wave of corruption ruining the country.

Active participation by ordinary non-politicians in the political process is a major phenomena in any country. It is too early to declare if AAP as a movement will succeed or not.

What happens to AAP as a party is irrelevant if other major parties begin to embrace integrity.

Integrity in my view by itself is not the most important quality for a leader. I would say it is a derived quality dependent on some other important qualities if it is to be faithfully maintained. A good leader automatically has integrity and not vice versa.

Honesty now seems to be such an issue because our present politicians have fared dismally on that count but we need to be careful with ones who promise to be honest but who are without pragmatism and vision. We used to vote on the charisma of a person. That has failed. We should not be disappointed again.

 

[kunjuppu]

does AAP have a policy statement of how it will enforce honest governance.

how it will dispose of party members caught accepting bribes. honesty does not guarantee efficiency. right? so we might end up with a bunch of dodos - honest but stupid with no governing skills?

it is only a matter of time before the members are induced to accept bribes. infact so clever and scheming are the bribe givers, that the taker is aware of it, only after the process is completed, and he is trapped.

some of the most efficient administrators of india, have been very corrupt. but they delivered the goods.

 

[zebra16]

does AAP have a policy statement of how it will enforce honest governance.

how it will dispose of party members caught accepting bribes. honesty does not guarantee efficiency. right? so we might end up with a bunch of dodos - honest but stupid with no governing skills?

it is only a matter of time before the members are induced to accept bribes. infact so clever and scheming are the bribe givers, that the taker is aware of it, only after the process is completed, and he is trapped.

some of the most efficient administrators of india, have been very corrupt. but they delivered the goods.

AAP may not immediately be in a position to enforce honest governance. But the collateral benefits are enormous because the big parties will be compelled to jettison their scam oriented potential legislators or parliamentarians. For example (the list can be quite long):

1. Nitin Gadkari can not hope to get nomination for Nagpur constituency from BJP

2. Andi Muthu Raja can not realistically expect to win from Nilgiri constituency even if nominated by DMK.

3. Suresh Kalmadi cannot demand to contest from Pune on Congress ticket.

The established parties will be able to purge the rank and file of their cadres of many undesirable elements who could blacmail in the past by starting anti-party activities.

 

[prasad1]

Why malign the AAP victory with epitaph of French or American revolution. This is an indigenous home grown movement that happens in a free country. That is the true democracy at work.

There was no oppressor involved, the previous regime also was duly elected.

AAp might have won the power, and people who voted for them are elated, and I wish them success.
How they govern is still up in the air, and only time can show how they win or loose it.

I do agree with zebraji's post#6.

 

[mkrishna100]

AAP may not immediately be in a position to enforce honest governance. But the collateral benefits are enormous because the big parties will be compelled to jettison their scam oriented potential legislators or parliamentarians. For example (the list can be quite long):

1. Nitin Gadkari can not hope to get nomination for Nagpur constituency from BJP

2. Andi Muthu Raja can not realistically expect to win from Nilgiri constituency even if nominated by DMK.

3. Suresh Kalmadi cannot demand to contest from Pune on Congress ticket.

The established parties will be able to purge the rank and file of their cadres of many undesirable elements who could blacmail in the past by starting anti-party activities.

True

The success of AAP as far as the Parliamentary elections of 2014 is concerned is that they will force the major national parties to stop putting tainted candidates for election and if they do so then AAP will contest in those places and will give a good fight .No doubt AAP Cant win many of the Parliamentary seats that they contest but they will create sufficient nuisance to the major parties and see to it no tainted candidate has an easy win and even if someone wins he wins with a small margin only . After Sheila Dixit's loss to Kejriwal no one will take it easy when an AAP Candidate is fielded against them .

 

[Jaykay767]

Corrupt free governance by itself is useless !! what is the point of very honest & useless leader who cannot deliver the goods ? what is required is statesmen-ship & competence like the Genius Narasimha Rao that can effect large scale entrepreneurship, Jobs, poverty elimination !!. In the process if this leader takes some to his own kitty from under the table , it is not a problem. In a county with over 500 to 700+ Mil in poor/poverty, corruption free has no relevance otherwise !!

 

[Jaykay767]

More importantly AAP's manifesto is a total time pass !!. AK's looks like Obama who can be a great orator, campaigner, but not a good CEO - so lets see how this turns out in the next few months/year. !!

 

[sravna]

Setting things right by exerting pressure through a social movement is a better solution than doing it by involvement in politics. The pressures and temptations are numerous in the case of the latter for one to go awry. And most importantly as Shri.Kunjuppu says one needs good governing skills. I am with AK's cause but skeptical about the method.

 

[tks]

The country is suffering from cancer of corruption. No vision of any kind will move it forward.
AAP being able to form a government is but the first step towards providing a minimal treatment.

Integrity alone is never enough but it is a rare commodity. If AAP makes this value key the governance will matter.
The system will find competent people to run the administration.

The major parties that have corrupt roots have raped and continue to rape the country.

Let us hold our judgement and support the movement as it unfolds over the next many months.

AAP may have limited impact on the larger elections but something is beginning to change.

I hope elements known to just dole out pessimism and criticism do not kill the baby in the bathwater !

 

[Jaykay767]

Hi Srava, Agree, but we also need to move towards minimum or Zero government !!. Privatize as much as possible. for eg, one the things people were talking when I was in the USA was to outsource the management of the cities to private companies with public oversight. so instead of having a mayor with his chamchas, L&T / Gammon /others.. will manage with public officials as part of the governance committee to ensure proper delivery. This will mean, highly qualified technocrats are employed to manage the cities like how private companies are run. Unless we get rid of the govt control & the messy PDS - public distribution system etc.., AAP or BAAP cannot make a difference to the people. Cheers,

 

[Jaykay767]

If AAP wanted to ensure corrupt free government, the first thing they should have done is to bring transparency!!. They should have simply asked the Media to sit in the committees every day & report the proceedings. Everyone will fall in line. Instead now we have to depend on the Hero - AK to wield a Gun & go around cleaning the system - again all this will be behind closed doors, so no one will know whether we are improving or not. first thing to ensure progress is to define KPI, measure them, & report them every quarter

 

[prasad1]

In a recent interview, Kejriwal called his AAP a movement and attributed his success to the volunteers of the party. He went on to say that AAP is not a political party in the conventional sense and that if people with the right intent enter the system and change it then such a movement can have permanence.


High thoughts to proclaim from the shaky pedestal that his minority government sits on.


Revolutions that started from the Ram Lila have come and gone. In that long tableau of Indian history enacted there, one more actor has arrived with a new script. A rebel donning the robes of change.


Being a well read man, Kejriwal may be aware that just a couple of kilometers behind Ram Lila, from the Red Fort another (albeit unwilling) revolutionary Bahadur Shah Zafar who was hoisted as the head of the 1857 revolt against the British, was dragged through the streets and then sent away to Burma where he died.


Revolutions have that bad habit of failing. Kejriwal will know that.
Arvind Kejriwal: The rise of the rebel donning the robes of change - India - DNA

 

[krish44]

Firstpost Politics
Is the Aam Aadmi Party a revolution? French or American?
Dec 27, 2013 By Iconoclast
Is the Aam Aadmi Party a revolution? French or American? | Firstpost

Die-hard supporters of Arvind Kejriwal call AAP a revolution. But is it really one? And, if yes, is it inspired by the French revolution or the American? I can already hear his supporters shouting. What a blasphemy. AAP is a revolution alright, but in its own right. Can’t you guys think Indian? You toadies of slavish mentality!


AAP is a symbol of protest, and in many ways has rewritten the rules of the game. To many political analysts, AAP has revolutionised the political space by emphasising many of the aspects that our political class never thought possible: the non-VIP politician, transparent sources of funding for elections, a passion against corruption, unorthodox electioneering, zealous probity, and a connect with its target voter. These are the very things that the established political parties had lost sight of, specially Congress and regional parties. BJP still had a modicum of connect through its mentor, RSS. Rahul Gandhi’s approach was becoming more and more platonic, not in its love for the masses, but in its ‘philosopher king’ refrain. His pontifications were becoming more and more a butt of jokes, and the populist space that the Congress had so assiduously built for itself was being ceded with an alarming speed. Congressmen in Delhi had no clue who they were championing, and in a famous gaffe, Sheila Dixit asked, “who Kejriwal?” The convenient and cosy political arrangements among rival parties of not targeting their top leaders had been blown to smithereens.


Now let us read an encyclopaedic entry on the French Revolution: “Popular resentment of the privileges enjoyed by the clergy, aristocracy and the King's court at Versailles combined with an economic crisis following the expenses of the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War and years of bad harvests. Demands for change were couched in terms of Enlightenment ideals and led to the convocation of the Estates-General in May 1789. The first year of the Revolution saw members of the Third Estate proclaiming the Tennis Court Oath in June, the assault on the Bastille in July, the passage of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in August, and an epic march on Versailles that forced the royal court back to Paris in October. The next few years were dominated by struggles between various liberal assemblies and right-wing supporters of the monarchy intent on thwarting major reforms. A republic was proclaimed in September 1792 and King Louis XVI was executed the next year.”


Does all this bear an uncanny resemblance to the AAP phenomenon? To me, everything looks the same except the element of violence. Though one must say that the political witch-hunt being planned by Kejriwal is nothing but metaphorical violence against its opponent.


What one needs to remember even more is the Reign of Terror followed the uprising, led by the Jacobins and Maximillien Robespierre, and culminating in Robespierre himself going under the guillotine. The Reign of Terror was characterised by mob justice. Graphic accounts of how the victims were brought to the guillotine camp, and how blood thirsty mobs delivered instant justice, have enlivened the accounts of history. The mobs did not follow any procedure. Their innate hatred of the aristocracy, the privileged, the rich and the famous, led to an unimaginable bloodbath without a single canon of procedure being followed.

Zoom to 2013 and the referendum exercise by AAP. It bears uncanny resemblance to the mob decisions of 1793-94. So, is Kejriwal the new Robespierre and AAP a reinvention of the Jacobins? Please remember, the Jacobins were officially called “Society of the Friends of the Constitution” and were radical and left wing. Again, an uncanny resemblance with AAP. Remember again, the Reign of Terror ended with Robespierre himself going under the guillotine, and the extreme left policies being discredited. AAP has not yet started its Reign of Terror, but the signs are all but evident. Kejriwal is left, he is radical, he is opinionated, and deeply ambitious.

The American Revolution, on the other hand, was a rightist phenomenon, and due to a 7 year war fought against the British, the political formations which took charge were not populist, left, or radical. They were pragmatic people who forged a strong republic which has withstood every test and made it a superpower. The AAP is, therefore, not the American hue but the French colour. The ideas engendered by the French enlightenment fed the French Revolution, and the ideas engendered by Anna Hazare made AAP the phenomenon that it became. The way AAP is shaping up, road from here on is one of ruin and perdition, given the style adopted by AAP, interestingly being “all style and little substance”.

Does anyone remember how the French Revolution formally ended? The directory was bankrupt and ineffective, the country longed for a decisive ruler, and Napoleon Bonaparte took over on popular sentiment. Is Narendra Modi reading this?

(Iconoclast is an insider with a ringside view of matters that matter. He is a keen observer of political and administrative intrigues as also of sports and culture.)

Aap is a local phenomenon of people staying at the seat of central govt. ie delhi voting out the local govt. It can strike a responsive chord in people staying elsewhere
comparing with bloody french revolution and rightist US revolution is a bit of over hype
staying in a foreign land could cloud your thinking.
Delhi govt is a little better than a municipality. it has no control either the police and Delhi development authority which are central subjects.
AK has a set of experienced civil servants. he is an engg graduate from top indian IIT with admin. record as a IRS officer . his cabinet has a journalst with a TV channel. architect from CPWD,one IT engrineer,besides manish sisodia, with good experience of administration
expectations from him are not high beyond setting the civic services right ,bring down elec, water charges, have a citizen charter for timely delivery of civic services and discouraging corruption. Why should he not do well

 

[krish44]

Hi Srava, Agree, but we also need to move towards minimum or Zero government !!. Privatize as much as possible. for eg, one the things people were talking when I was in the USA was to outsource the management of the cities to private companies with public oversight. so instead of having a mayor with his chamchas, L&T / Gammon /others.. will manage with public officials as part of the governance committee to ensure proper delivery. This will mean, highly qualified technocrats are employed to manage the cities like how private companies are run. Unless we get rid of the govt control & the messy PDS - public distribution system etc.., AAP or BAAP cannot make a difference to the people. Cheers,

Privatisation is no cure to govt ills as privatisation of electricity has shown people of delhi. Only an efficient govt is the alternative. india can learn a lot from singapore regarding management of civic services and govt housing. No power cuts,filtered water in all homes,excelent public transport ,good law and order,govt housing better than most private housing in india and stable local dollar. my relations here would not like the exchange this heavan for india

 

[tbs]

Privatisation is no cure to govt ills as privatisation of electricity has shown people of delhi. Only an efficient govt is the alternative. india can learn a lot from singapore regarding management of civic services and govt housing. No power cuts,filtered water in all homes,excelent public transport ,good law and order,govt housing better than most private housing in india and stable local dollar. my relations here would not like the exchange this heavan for india

hi
i had bitter experience of privatisation of electricity in delhi....

 

[krish44]

The country is suffering from cancer of corruption. No vision of any kind will move it forward.
AAP being able to form a government is but the first step towards providing a minimal treatment.

Integrity alone is never enough but it is a rare commodity. If AAP makes this value key the governance will matter.
The system will find competent people to run the admin
The major parties that have corrupt roots have raped and continue to rape the country.

Let us hold our judgement and support the movement as it unfolds over the next many months.

AAP may have limited impact on the larger elections but something is beginning to change.

I hope elements known to just dole out pessimism and criticism do not kill the baby in the bathwater !

Corruption in major parties is an offshoot of opening out of economy and scramble for govt resources such as spectrum,coal b;ocks and other minerals,infra deals by private sector in collusion with politicians
AAP with integrity and honesty as a value can make a difference. After total pessimism ,people are feeling a bit better and hoping some good will emerge

 

[Jaykay767]

Privatisationis no cure to govt ills as privatisation of electricity has shown people ofdelhi. Only an efficient govt is the alternative. india can learn a lot fromsingapore regarding management of civic services and govt housing. No powercuts,filtered water in all homes,excelent public transport ,good law andorder,govt housing better than most private housing in india and stable localdollar. my relations here would not like the exchange this heavan forindia

If you concentrate power in one single entity, it will always breed incompetence, & then corruption. If you had 3 or 4 electricity companies to choose from like mobile operators, you will not be complaining. The problem is you have 1 private operator in a PPP model – public/private partnership which again breeds incompetence & corruption.

Similarly when you buy a car, you have a num of companiesto choose from & people who are unhappy with one, will go to the others. So in the private sector, eventually the incompetent will be phased out. Would you ever want the govt to build cars ???? or build your home ? if the answer is a BIG NO, then why should they build your roads with all the potholes & manholes where people/kids die routinely, etc… why not leverage the best of the private companies to do ? aren’t you better off with a private sector led by a highly qualified CEO or some roadside timepass politician running it for you????????

Also, u are always stuck & will be asking for an efficiency govt. which has not happened in the last 65 yrs or for that matter in any other developing country. Even in developed country, very few govt’s are good.

So either you can keep hoping & praying forever to get a efficiency govt which will never happen or just privatize & let them deliver the goods like they have done in many other sectors !!

Cheers,

 

[krish44]

If you concentrate power in one single entity, it will always breed incompetence, & then corruption. If you had 3 or 4 electricity companies to choose from like mobile operators, you will not be complaining. The problem is you have 1 private operator in a PPP model – public/private partnership which again breeds incompetence & corruption.

Similarly when you buy a car, you have a num of companiesto choose from & people who are unhappy with one, will go to the others. So in the private sector, eventually the incompetent will be phased out. Would you ever want the govt to build cars ???? or build your home ? if the answer is a BIG NO, then why should they build your roads with all the potholes & manholes where people/kids die routinely, etc… why not leverage the best of the private companies to do ? aren’t you better off with a private sector led by a highly qualified CEO or some roadside timepass politician running it for you????????

Also, u are always stuck & will be asking for an efficiency govt. which has not happened in the last 65 yrs or for that matter in any other developing country. Even in developed country, very few govt’s are good.

So either you can keep hoping & praying forever to get a efficiency govt which will never happen or just privatize & let them deliver the goods like they have done in many other sectors !!

Cheers,

delhi has two power companies each operating in their zones. if there is a choice , they are the devil and deep sea to choose from. Though power leakages and transmission losses have come down,the tariffs have gone up due to politician colluding with them. and cooked up accounts. Their accounts have not been audited for years and they are getting tariffs of their choice. Further liberalisation
may not help. govt . may take them over again
delhi throughout sixties ,seventies was built by govt DDA . we got subsidised flats . now try buying a flat in delhi and see the cost.
whole of 80s and nineties Maruthi was the only car available at low cost.
lifestyle in 80s and nineties were much better
opening of the economy too fast has caused most of the damage

 

[Jaykay767]

Krish44 - I am not sure how you say opening up of the economy has led to damage. In the 80s, people were desperately crying for govt jobs, mandal protests & over 99% in the country were poor or under poverty. with Narasimha Rao's visionary policies, all of us are where we are today & in this forum. if we had continued 80s policy we would not even have cell phones let alone internet. if you want one big mess of a Govt to deliver goods please look at what happened to Soviet Union/communist countries, but if you want every one to help the progress then look at the west/China etc.. where private sector led the transformation. !! if you privatize everything, then you will no longer want to be in Delhi, your Bilaspur or Muzzafarnagar will look like New York !!Cheers,

 

[vgane]

AAP will be doing a great service if they are able to strengthen the existing institutions of governance..What is required is transparency in all that they do...Speed of execution is also important

Hope on both the fronts they are able to manage the expectations!

 

[krish44]

Krish44 - I am not sure how you say opening up of the economy has led to damage. In the 80s, people were desperately crying for govt jobs, mandal protests & over 99% in the country were poor or under poverty. with Narasimha Rao's visionary policies, all of us are where we are today & in this forum. if we had continued 80s policy we would not even have cell phones let alone internet. if you want one big mess of a Govt to deliver goods please look at what happened to Soviet Union/communist countries, but if you want every one to help the progress then look at the west/China etc.. where private sector led the transformation. !! if you privatize everything, then you will no longer want to be in Delhi, your Bilaspur or Muzzafarnagar will look like New York !!Cheers,

sorry JK I never said openjng of economy was bad. It has opened up too fast without thinking of consequences. 8precent growth for 3-4 years and a big crash bringing you back to 5percent ,inflation 10percent for last one year ,supply demand gaps,uneven infra growth,corruption due to grabbing of govt resources by bigwig corporates -spectrum,coal scams. where are we today. a high cost economy with poor taking to the streets,violence and rape due to dissatisfied poor not getting less fruits of growth. rich getting stinkingly richer . see the gaps between rich and the poor ,govt was a passive spectator to the fate of the poor -they were given only welfare doles. govt presence is a must in someareas for provision of essential services otherwise this will also go out of reach of common man.AAP is only trying to move with left of centre ideology and there is a need for mid course correction and stabilising growth. I was getting nostalgic about 80s and 90s.

 

[vgane]

sorry JK I never said openjng of economy was bad. It has opened up too fast without thinking of consequences. 8precent growth for 3-4 years and a big crash bringing you back to 5percent ,inflation 10percent for last one year ,supply demand gaps,uneven infra growth,corruption due to grabbing of govt resources by bigwig corporates -spectrum,coal scams. where are we today. a high cost economy with poor taking to the streets,violence and rape due to dissatisfied poor not getting less fruits of growth. rich getting stinkingly richer . see the gaps between rich and the poor ,govt was a passive spectator to the fate of the poor -they were given only welfare doles. govt presence is a must in someareas for provision of essential services otherwise this will also go out of reach of common man.AAP is only trying to move with left of centre ideology and there is a need for mid course correction and stabilising growth. I was getting nostalgic about 80s and 90s.

Krish,

You have combined corruption, misdeeds, lack of governance, lack of will, poor transparency in decision making, bureaucratic sloth with the external macro factors such as slow global growth, financial troubles in Euro Zone and a long period of deflation in US....The former was the catalyst for churning the peoples anger and dissent....If the former is corrected we can have a healthy growth of 6-7% with more accountability and responsibility leading to better lives and control of public angst and anger against the regime