[Kejriwal, and *his* AAP, as it appears, is right now having intense fights on two fronts - internal and external. It is because of the "internal" fight (to finish) all these stuff are emerging. And, it is primarily because of the "external" fight, these "leaks" are occupying so much of media space. Though Kejriwal himself is trying rather hard not to project *his*outfit primarily as an anti-BJP "secular" force, the BJP is not ready to treat him with any kid glove. To a significant extent, the media, by and large, in awe of Modi, is reflecting that mood.
Now, let's come to the issues raised, moving rather away from the issue of who're raising. *One*, Kejriwal tried to split the Congress legislature party in Delhi, and win it over to his side. One'd guess, that's quite a "legitimate exercise" in an electoral democracy, as long as no gross "allurements" are offered. (India is no Islamic or one-party state where "apostasy" is punishable by death.) Better prospects of political survival, to one's mind, won't count as an "allurement" falling in that category. the (purported) telephonic exchange (see the report at sl. no. II below) does not, repeat not, contain any reference, or even allusion, to such "allurements". *Two*, the assessment that Muslims, as a community has no option other than supporting the AAP in Delhi to keep the BJP away (see the report at sl. no. I below), is only a realistic and hardheaded assessment of the political reality. What's "communal" about that!? On top of that, he proved quite right. Of course, there is nothing extraordinary about it. Guess, all sensible people, one'd guess, had assessed that way. So, it's much ado about hardly anything. There are far more fundamental reasons to be sceptical about Kejriwal and *his* AAP.] I/II. http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/aap-only-option-for-muslims-another-kejriwal-audio-tape-surfaces/article1-1325746.aspx AAP only option for Muslims: Another Kejriwal audio tape surfaces PTI, New Delhi| Updated: Mar 13, 2015 07:50 IST A day after a tape surfaced in which Arvind Kejriwal is purportedly talking of poaching on Congress MLAs to form government in Delhi, another audio tape emerged on Thursday in which he allegedly talks of Muslims having no option other than AAP to stop the Narendra Modi wave. In the audio--recorded before Delhi assembly polls--Kejriwal is heard as having said that Muslims don't expect AAP to field many candidates from their community but wants the party to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "If the party thinks that we field 11 Muslim candidates, then forget it. The question is not that AAP is giving 11 seats to people from the Muslim community. Muslims are looking at us in a way that if anyone can stop the Modi rath, then it is only Aam Aadmi Party. "This is the hope that Muslims have from us. They don't have any hope that more Muslim candidates will be fielded. Do a survey of 2000, 3000 and 5000 people. Do a survey of Muslims. What is the priority? "Today, no one is able to stop the Modi rath in the country. They are forming governments in states one after the other. Today, Muslims are looking at us...if anyone can stop the Modi rath. Congress is over. It has given up. It is not contesting polls. They are asking us to field 11 seats," Kejriwal is heard saying in the tape believed to have been released by a dissident AAP leader. In a tape that had surfaced yesterday, Kejriwal is purpotedly heard as talking of poaching six Congress MLAs to form government in Delhi last year. II. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/the-rebel-at-the-other-end-of-the-line/99/ The 'rebel' at the other end of the line Rajesh Garg By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Published on:March 12, 2015 3:13 am Rajesh Garg, the AAP leader whose purported conversation with Arvind Kejriwal has rocked the party, is a former Congress member who became AAP MLA from Rohini and was then denied a fresh ticket. And this is not the first time Garg has taken on the AAP chief. In a meeting of the party's MLAs following the Lok Sabha elections, Garg had led a section of the 27 legislators and demanded that the AAP form the government seeking support from the Congress. In June last year, he had made an appeal to the Congress for support in forming the government in Delhi and burying their differences. Garg had claimed a section of the AAP MLAs shared the same view. In the recent assembly election, the party fielded Charanji Lal Gupta from Rohini in place of Garg. Prior to the announcement of the candidate list, Garg had claimed he was not keen on contesting. The former MLA had raked another controversy after his involvement in an incident in January this year where senior AAP leader Ashutosh was heckled by a group, purportedly led by Garg. 'Separate six MLAs, make their party' Excerpts from the purported telephone conversation between Rajesh Garg and Arvind Kejriwal in which the AAP chief reportedly sought to poach on Congress MLAs. Rajesh Garg (purported): Namaskar bhai sahab. Arvind Kejriwal (purported): Namaskar, kaise hai? RG: Badhiya hoon sar, bahdiya hoon. AK: We are ready but those people are not agreeing, they are in touch with Manish. RG: All eight are agreeing, but Ajay Maken, one Surjewala and someone in the AICC are becoming an obstacle and saying that they will be finished... AK: Yes, because they are not agreeing what can we do about that then? These people have tried several times . RG: We can make this appeal in the mohalla sabhas that we are doing, saying that if someone supports us, then we can make the government. AK: Don't do this, do the opposite.. RG: I am just taking your advice... AK: No, no... what I am saying is that right now we should not say anything... If they are ready, then we are ready... If we say something right now, it will see that these people are getting desperate, are taking their support. RG: It shouldn't get late... if they recommend dissolution on Tuesday-Wednesday... nothing will remain in our hands. AK: Yes, I am satisfied with what you are saying but if you make an announcement and they still don't give support, you will not be anywhere. RG: The position will become very bad... AK: The position will become very bad, means till the time there is no agreement from their side, till then it is not right to announce anything. RG: I agree with you, I agree with you, chalo I will try today. AK: You talk to them. RG: We have to tread safely, we find out that "saamne valaa humaara khel kar de" AK: Haan..bilkul...bilkul... RG: I will try. **** RG: Last night, Harishankar Gupta who is an ex MLA is a close friend of Ajay Maken, very close. He had called me and he initiated that he had spoken to Manish Bhai. He is saying that all eight are ready, he said that he had met all eight, including Lovely, Harron Yusuf, all of them. Now an AICC member has put a spanner in the works that they will trouble us in Haryana. We are finished in Delhi, we will be finished in Haryana. AK: I tell you, start to try and separate six. Six people separate, make their own party, and support us from the outside. RG: I will plan... AK: If these six people break... they were going to the BJP, but they couldn't go to the BJP because there are three Muslims in them. RG: There are three Muslims, they won't go. AK: They couldn't go, so they could support us from outside. RG: Haan today, I will do something about this.. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
