How much Kejriwal knows about Punjab, Punjabiyat and its farmers?

Riding on the prediction of C-voter and Huffington post surveys, (surveys are paid) Delhi chief minister , Arvind Kejriwal is dreaming the impossible; to become chief minister of Punjab.

Becoming chief minister of Punjab, for a non Punjabi politician, would be an impossible act, if achieved.

 Delhi poll experience shows that Kejriwal is a quick learner and he is improving with every season.

He leaves no opportunity to garner maximum publicity from even routine civic issues.  For traditional politicians, he is a headache.

Armed with an agile team of PR specialists and twitter armies, Kejriwal is capable of creating storm in a tea cup even now and then. That’s the reason why traditional politicians shy away from having direct confrontation with the maverick politician.

AAM Adami party is working overtime to improve upon the mistakes they committed during 2014 polls.

After having won four Lok Sabha seat in Punjab in 2014, AAP sensing  a great opportunity in Punjab. And there is nothing wrong in this.  

Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal traditionally ruled Punjab since the formation of state.

AAP gives people an opportunity to choose their representatives of their own choice.

But before People of Punjab do so, there is real taste of nerves for Arvind Kejriwal.

How much he knows about Punjab?

How much he knows about Sikhism?

How much he knows about Punjab agriculture?

How much he knows about intricate issues like SYL, river water issues?

Honestly, he might not be knowing a great deal about Punjab.

Arvind kejriwal has hired media managers, motivators,  speakers, former journalists,  turncoats to change the narratives in Punjab. He might succeed or he might fail.

But people would ask him, what he has done for Delhi. 

How much he has done to fulfil the promises that he made to the voters of Delhi capital.       

KEJRIWAL AND TAIL OF STINGS

Those who live by sting die by sting, is a new political phraseology. Arvind Kejriwal a.k.a AK has been seen preaching people of Delhi to make stings of those who ask for favours, bribes and allurement. Now his former party men, colleagues and well-wishers are returning the favour.
AAP, which first recorded sting of a scribe, to discredit and oust Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, are bombarded with series of stings.

This time, the big casualty is none but the stinger-in-chief, Arvind Kejriwal, who in conversation with former AAP MLA Rajesh Garg talks about breaking a party.

Arvind Kejriwal tells Garg to prompt Congress MLAS to break the party and form a group. And worse, AK was recorded on phone saying so and he has not denied the allegation so far.
Party which preached, sanctity, probity in public life is in danger of fast denigrating. Critics of AAP are claiming that it has fallen from the high pedestals of morality. The wall of high morals it had erected has crumpled.
After the tectonic shift of power in Delhi, AAP emerged on the capital's horizon as the most shining star. After the Delhi assembly polls, Congress lost the ground and the political capital, while BJP also suffered the severest jolt after a historic win during Lok Sabha poll.
High moral values, which AAP propagated in last two years, have been replaced by logic of "political realignment".
Millions of voters, who voted for him in hordes, have started questioning him.
AAP has been assigned to rule for five years now and they can't runaway. That doesn't expunge them off moral turpitude. That doesn't free them off sins.

Legions of AAP well-wishers are hoping that when AK returns to Delhi after recuperating from cold and cough, he makes every wrong right. He provides healing touch to millions of voters, who voted for AAP and now feeling let down.

Should Modi lose because he is winning

In the profession of journalism, we encounter lot of people, with diverse ideologies, opinions, who expresses their strongest views about governance, PM Narendra Modi, corruption, black money, Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi, Rahul Gandhi and on everything.

In the run up to the #Delhi polls#, we face severest critics, who have reserved their choicest advices about Modi government, and why it has ‘failed’ Indian voters.

Now when we are in the mid of Delhi poll campaign, a “fresh apprehension layered in caution” has surfaced. I will try to summarise it for record, some of them are;

1. Modi has been winning, his juggernaut should be stopped. (मोदी पर लगाम लगनी चाहिए)

2. BJP must lose Delhi, otherwise Modi will become dictator.(दिल्ली जीत गया तो बहुत ख़राब होगा)

3. Why Modi is using ministers in poll campaigns, why is Modi campaigning in Delhi?

4. Modi is over ambitious, he should be reined in. (किसी को कुछ नहीं समझता है)

5. If BJP comes to power social fabric and multi-ethnicity is in danger.( दिल्ली जीत गया तो देश की एकता को खतरा होगा.)

6. Modi is danger to smaller parties.(छोटी पार्टियों को खा जायेगा मोदी)

7. There is no Modi wave, it has waned. He is such a waste.( अब मोदी वेभ नहीं रहा)

8. Whatever kejriwal says is true (na khaata na bahi jo kejriwal kahe wahi sahi)

9. Kiran Bedi, herself, is a dictator, is a failure.(कम बड़ी डिक्टेटर नहीं है किरण)

10. Rahul Gandhi is a gone case now. Congress will win less than 5 seats in Delhi.(राहुल का अब कुछ नहीं हो सकता, इसलिए कांग्रेस को ५ सीट)

Obama came to help Modi win Delhi polls?

Funnier is when US president, Barack Obama, arrived India to attend Republic day celebrations, lot of people started saying that Modi has invited him to win Delhi polls.

As far as I know Obama’s visit must have been planned and cleared much in advance. At least, much before Delhi poll was announced.

 And how, Obama will impact Delhi polls? Is it only because Modi was shown with Obama in various meeting, forums side by side?

Modi was seen with CEOs advocating investment for India. Modi was seen making tea for Obama? It was poll gimmick! Or Obama should have been allowed to make tea for Modi.

Was Modi trying to Lobby for Pakistan?  If these are the allegations, apprehensions, I find them shocking and childish.

Merely one week to go for polls, let the people decide, which party is better to rule Delhi. More than one dozen surveys have already come, fate of the parties are being decided in our Air conditioned studious.  TV channels are declaring results in dime and dozens.

Journalists, media houses, who have been getting unbridled favors during UPA regimes, will not change their perceptions.

On two occasions, Kiran Bedi was shown, not very courteous to journalists.

Admittedly, Kiran Bedi is not as suave, camera friendly and sweet talker as Kejriwal.

So was Narendra Modi couple of months back. It’s altogether another story, which I will talk about later.

   

K..K..KIRAN IS HERE

KIRAN BEDI JOINS BJP

Delhi poll battle seems to be heading for an interesting finish. I had predicted in previous write-ups that only Kiran Bedi can take on Kejriwal on equal terms. Finally, here she is in the Capital war.

An IPS officer of imminence, Kiran is a no-nonsense officer. She is a thorough professional, go getter and strictly disciplinarian. Her only minus point is she is too assertive and she doesn’t understand nuances of party politics. Her introductory speech at the Delhi party headquarters was proof enough to suggest that she stood for systematic change, no matter what happens.

When BJP is taking on crusader like Arvind Kejriwal, who is not a traditional politician by training, battle strategy would have to be different.

BJP needed somebody, who had an impeccable career record, who would go out of the way to get things done. Kiran Bedi was the right choice.

Is Kiran a rank outsider?

Questions are being raised that Kiran doesn’t have support of different groups. But if you see, BJP workers have no qualms in accepting a rank outsider, who can take BJP to the wars with the promise that she would wage a war and win it.

 BJP was no getting any headway in the absence of a formidable challenger. Their internal poll surveys were falling short of expectations.

For BJP workers, party is supreme, it is not important what Vijay Goel says, what Dr Harshvardhan Says and how Jagdish Mukhi feels after Kiran Bedi’s induction in the saffron brigade. BJP workers needed a face.

As Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah have trust in Kiran Bedi, opposition from within Delhi BJP leaders won’t matter anymore, murmurs won’t last long.

Is she an opportunist?

After Narendra Modi became PM, Kiran Bedi offered herself to be part of the political system, though she was averse to the idea of joining BJP and running for the post of Delhi CM.

Now it appears that her aversion for politics was only symbolic and momentary as she was waiting for right moment to strike.

She had refused to contest against Kejriwal in last elections.  In no way, it was not sudden change of heart?  Move was premeditated.

She was once part of India Against Corruption (IAC) and after its split she was the one who opposed Kejriwal for setting up a political party.

Is she an opportunist? Who uses whom? Those who know her admit that it is highly unlikely that Kiran Bedi will change beyond a limit. It is not possible that BJP will use and throw her.

Who brought Kiran to BJP?

Lot of fuss is made about who brought her to BJP? Who projected her as CM candidate of the party? RSS is also reported to be peeved at the thought that what was the need to project her as CM so early?

We all know, Kiran Bedi was in touch with PM Modi and Amit Shah. Arun Jaitley was trying to convince her, report is that some Delhi based Akali leader was also pursuing her to join BJP.

Now RSS is also trying to water down the issue saying that Kiran Bedi is a leader of impeccable credential. Sangh is also left with no choice to back her.

 Kiran is brave, Kiran is formidable and Kiran likes to lead from the front.  What is more important is Delhi knows Kiran Bedi more than Kiran Knows Delhi.