The recent turmoil in the heart of India i.e. Delhi has left no person unbaffled. No one can deny that there is a churn in politics and power equations are changing faster than ever before. There is a paradigm shift in perception about politics in almost every stratum of the society. The fervor of new politics is hovering over India and rules of games are re-written.
History is testimony that when ever some maiden came into politics, anticipations about its course of actions were hard to rendezvous. The fledgling AAP is no exception in the legacy of Indian fragile politics. An out of box thinking is imperative to envisage its future track. Even renowned political veterans found it difficult to present it in one nut shell. As rules of traditional politics are redrawn, shifting balance of power, totally new issues for an unprecedented demographic makes the already complicated situation more convoluting.
People credit Arvind Kejriwal for new style of politics but AK himself admits that he just provided a threshold energy to the wave of anti incumbency already percolating uniformly across all levels of the society. After all "ideas rule the world". Mutual feelings and thoughts bind the people on mass level, not the appearance and guise. Acumen AK know it better than his contemporary rivalries and hence getting wean voters as dividend.
Some Indian intelligentsia/intellectuals (basically critics of AK) censure the new way of politics and their actions. Some of the most common accusations are like "obscured ideologies", "anarchistic outlook", "lack of experience", "no future vision", "greedy for power", "Urban phenomenon that will flounder and fall soon" "Immoral behavior" and blah blah blah...Well they never talk about the kinship, sycophancy and nepotism present in the roots of our major political parties.
It will be folly to ignore all claims because criticism acts as feed back mechanism and can improve whole organisation substantially. As per Darwinian theory only those system survives which keep on evolving with time. So innovation and creativity takes a person out of crowd.
Its impossible to discuss each and every accusation but a single case study can open door for all solutions, if they hold true.
For me the recent "dharna" or "drama" (as a chunk of people called it) seems to be the best example. To begin with, we should know that there is a thin line which divides agitator and anarchistic. Usually people confuse which route nifty party is taking, and there is nothing abnormal in it.
Agitation (dharna) is the last tool for a non violent protest that happens in our vibrant and robust democratic system. But anarchy i.e "my way or no way" is not at all democratic. Democracy is the verdict of people and can't be compromised, as it is governed by laws and a basic framework preserved in our enshrined constitution. There is not doubt that dharna of AK was violation of law and hence constitution momentarily.
But if we see the situation more closely the picture seems all together different considering the basic definition of democracy and principles of constitution in mind. There is no doubt that people were supporting the cause and in democracy they should be supreme. Constitution can be amended by a relatively small group of people sitting in parliament but not the people's verdict. So the agitation was justified on the lines of dogmas and canons.
Some people say that AK did not follow the proper protocols of state assembly for getting police under state administration. Yes, its true, but the matter of fact remains that Shiela Dixit followed the proper conventions for 15 years an result is in front of us. So there is need to to go out of track and re define the maxims of legislation/governance. Why to go on a way when success will surely elude it?
Its just human nature that takes time to connect the dots. But there can be a day of reckoning when you wish you had connected the dots more quickly. At that time we are left with nothing except regret and guilt. So lets the doctrines of past guide us for the beacons of future considering the challenges of present in this delicate time.
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