Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Usurping the opposition space

With launching of protest against the Delhi Government for its anti-people policies, former Team Anna key member-turned political activist has usurped the political space of opposition parties in democracy. He is doing what main Opposition party like BJP should have done earlier on all issues of public concern. Arvind’s knack for politics reflects itself in his choosing of issues that concern the Delhiites most. They are overwhelmingly supporting him because being enormously troubled and vexed by the exorbitant rate of power tariff and inflated bills. It is Arvind Kejriwal and his team members who have come out on the streets of Delhi against the high-handedness of private power companies. They in agreement with the government of Delhi have gone on burdening the people with increasing power bills. While according DERC report, they are earning considerable profit. This was the duty of the BJP in Delhi to protest forcefully against the arbitrariness of private power companies and the government of Delhi. Has any leader of Delhi BJP restored the disconnected power supply at the residence of a consumer against whom ocular outstanding bill was shown? When Arvind and his colleagues launched agitation against the arbitrarily raised electric charge and inflated bills and announced to sit before the DERC office, the BJP General Secretary and one of the top most leaders of Delhi Vijay Goel too reached there along with some supporters to protest the increase of power tariff and allegation of inflated bills. While Goel attempted to join forces with Kejriwal, the effort boomeranged after the latter leveled accusations against the BJP. It is very ridiculous and cunning of Vijay Goel to extend the hands of friednship to social-cum-political activist Arvind Kejriwal but in return he received an embarrassing question that it is today that the BJP has come to know about increasing power tariff and allegation of inflated bills. Where were they all these months? The matter of the fact is that BJP was well aware of the issue which concerned the Delhiites most. But it was its complacency and lack of sensitivity to protest the power companies’ arbitrary move forcefully to galvanize the support of Delhiites against the policy and programmes of Delhi government. As Delhi will be the first political priority of Arvind Kejriwal, it is no doubt that he is sincerely and with all seriousness raising the issues which hurt the Delhiites most. There is also every possibility that if he continued to open the eyes of political leaders to see the troubles being faced by the people in the national capital Delhi, his party will make its entry with tremendous support of the common men. Congress-led UPA government is beset with charges of corruption and the Opposition BJP callous and complacent. In the given situation, it is certain that Arvind Kejriwal will get overwhelming support of Delhiites because he raises the issues of direct public concerns promptly, sincerely and honestly.

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