I asked you this question elsewhere:
emme ask you something- AK hs not only said that he'll slash prices but that he'll do that by breaking the water mafia and checking on why there has been an unnatural rise in electricity prices.
Shift to national level- every year like clockwork the same scenario plays out with onions- the onion mafia chokes supply, builds scarcity, pushes up prices and pockets it. This has happened in BJP as well as congress rule. They both know what's the game- the farmer is ALWAYS poor- the middleman always gets the money and BJP won't touch this because traders are their sacred cows. In reality if we need to control food inflation (like scarcity of water in delhi), we need to take on this mafia and break them. So kejriwal does something that no party wants to do and we think he's not 'smart' and he's just being 'populist'. I think their letting go of security is actually a disaster in the making. They really are a threat to the system, their lives truly are in danger and nothing wrong in keeping their lives and limbs safe when they are taking on such unscrupulous groups who WILL kill to keep their power.
But he has chosen the easier path of subsidy, just like any other politician doing votebank politics.
And there is a big hype being created about Kejriwal & AAP, who rode to power by hijacking Annaji's movement. And he is not the first of his kind also, many well educated politicians are already there, there are examples of major success on the first election also.
Let's compare Kejriwal with Mamata Banerjee and see if he is really any different:
1. AK's father is not an Aam Aadmi, Mamata's father was, she came almost from a slum area.
2. AK used the popularity of Annaji, Mamata fought alone.
3. AK is new to power, Mamata is not, still she doesn't have any known scam/corruption charge against her name.
4. They both speak about Aam Aadmi, they both were against corruption, at least verbally.
5. Mamata loves to give subsidy to everybody for everything, AK is doing the same.
6. Mamata got support from lots of "Buddhijibis", all the educated intellectuals of Kolkata, so did AK in Delhi.
7. Both got huge media hype, both of them enjoyed irrational fan following without proving their worth as an administrator.
8. Mamata removed 34 years rule of CPM, it was a tougher job than AK's considering that Congress would have lost anyway, AAP is not also the biggest party in Delhi in terms of seats.
9. Mamata opposed a nuclear plant in Bengal, AK is also doing the same.
10. Both of them shows lot of arrogance towards their opponents.
11. Mamata suspended the head of Bangur hospital in the first week of becoming the CM, AK transferred the chief of the water board in the first week of becoming the CM, reasons were also similar, both of the victims expected rational & logical thinking from their CMs.
12. Mamata has a very simple life, simple attire complete with Hawai Chappals, she doesn't take security or convoy, and avoids VIP culture, AK is doing the same, complete with a muffler.
So, how many here want Mamata Banerjee to become CM of Delhi or PM of India?
