Arvind Kejriwal should be ashamed of himself for leveling charges
against the media for not providing adequate coverage to his party - Aam Admi
Party (AAP) and squarely blaming both Editors Guild of India and News Broadcasters
Association “attributing ulterior motives”. Kejriwal ought to have recalled
that the wide coverage his party got from the very day it came into existence.
With it deciding to contesting to the Delhi Assembly election, the media, both
print and electronic ran neck to neck in spreading the messages of Mr.Kejriwal
and other leaders of AAP across the Union Territory of Delhi. Both the print
and electronic media called the AAP – a phenomenon which is about to spread
across India as more and more citizens in more and more States join it which
would rule India one day if the party could prevail upon the masses and keep
its promises extended to them bore fruits one day. There was a huge flow of
citizens into the party soon after the unprecedented victory it scored within
one year of its birth. And with the support extended to it by the Indian
National Congress which came third when the result poured in with BJP
(Bharathiya Janata Party) coming first. As BJP didn’t have the required numbers
to head a government, it decided not to stake claim for the governance of
Delhi. With BJP opting to sit in the opposition, the mantle naturally fell on
AAP but it too was eight seats short for a majority. With Congress extending unconditional
support to AAP it came to the fore to form a govt after dithering for a few
days.
Aam Admi Party’s first few days could be written in golden
letters. The AAP govt as promised to the citizens made necessary arrangements
to provide 700 litres of water free of cost. Secondly, the electricity charges too
slashed to 50 percent. For the first one month it was bathed in euphoria and
must have thought that euphoria would last for ever.
The first blot appeared on its face when the law Minister of
Delhi Somnath Bharti along with AAP followers stormed into a building in the
thick of night where a few Ugandan ladies were residing alleging that they were
running a brothel there. It was actually a violation of the constitution as per
that the law and order is not a Union Territory subject but which comes under the
ambit of Central govt. Mr.Bharti’s war of words with the Delhi Police
Commissioner was prominently displayed on the electronic media, to put it
mildly, was nothing but arrogance. But Mr.Kejriwal, in his capacity as Chief
Minister of Delhi sided with Mr.Bharti which was unbecoming of a Chief
Minister.
Then on the issue of Jan Lokpal Bill in the Delhi Assembly
which was not to the liking of both Congress and BJP, they voted against the
AAP govt and subsequently had to resign. Thus within 49 days Delhi came under the
President’s rule which is in suspended animation.
From the very day the govt fell down Mr.Kejriwal evolved
into a another man. His reference of Mukesh Ambani who according to him
benefited most in hiking the price of CNG from $4.2 mm btu to $8.4mm btu by the
Central govt. It is alleged that the Ambanis pocketed 54000 cr of money.
Neither Congress nor BJP dared not speak against Ambanis from the early days
the reasons for which are self-explanatory.
So be it. Let the law take its course. A common man like me
was shocked when Kejriwal spoke against the media for not extending the needed
coverage to his party blaming the media of ‘ulterior motives’. It was the media
which gave a wide coverage to his party from the very day his party was formed.
Kejriwal, you should not have leveled allegations against the media ‘attributing
it of ulterior motives’.
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