*Trailing mail will place the (mis)deeds of AAP in a different and perhaps
correct perspective. I too am one of the disappointed admirers of AAP. *
*I wish they had not sullied such lofty objectives by their actions.*
*Read on if you like.*
*Ashok Coomar*
A frank letter from an IITian much senior to Arvind Kejriwal
questioning the latter on his style of functioning - doing nothing worth
his salt but painting all others black.
Please assess yourself and vote wisely.
I have a letter from Shri CD Agarwal, an IITian, known to me He has written
a letter to Shri Arvind Kejriwal (given below) bringing out his anguish
with which he had to turn away from the AAP after having been its supporter
in Delhi. Facts well mustered and logical in trying to understand Kejriwal
the riddle
Thanks Mr CD Agarwal
I am Pramod Gupta's Co- brother in law and have met you several times in
his office in Ashoka. I had written an open letter to Arvind Kejriwal and
mailed the same to my friends. Many have appreciated the letter.
In my small way I wanted to expose hypocrisy of AAP amongst my friends
some of whom were ardent supporters of AAP.
with warm regards
Chandrashekhar Agarwal
Dear Arvind
I am a fellow IITian almost two decades senior to you. In all of my 65
years of existence my family has not contributed a single farthing to any
political party , AAP being the only exception. Hence this letter seeking
answers to certain questions that perplex me..
I really don't think you will ever see this letter but hope that out of
many of my friends who are your ardent supporters at least one will be able
to forward the letter to you.
Things were really bleak couple of years ago as newspapers and TV channels
regularly brought out one scandal after another. The astronomical figures
alleged by CAG made jaws drop in wonder. Almost everybody in the government
seemed to be looting the country. The damage was not limited to few lacs
of crores of rupees which our politicians apparently made. The exposes
emboldened the bureaucracy to such an extent that those demanding Rs.
1000/- as "facilitation fees " increased the charges to Rs. 5,000/- almost
overnight.
I was one of the 1.2 billion people who watched with bated breath as the
special session of Parliament to enact the Lokpal bill sat overtime . A
simple man like Anna supported by dedicated people like you had brought the
mighty government to its knees or so it appeared.
Euphoria soon turned into frustration as we realised the government had
reneged on its promise. Anna's movement was losing steam. You rightly
picked up the gauntlet thrown by scornful Congress spokespersons like
Manish Tiwari and decided to form the political party. You trusted people
to vote for you and in turn people of Delhi reposed their trust in you by
putting you in CM's chair albeit with help of arch rivals Congress.
Predictably, you were not interested in taking their support. But we were
sure that unlike UPA where every tail like DMK , TMC, NCP,SP,BSP,CPM
waggeed the proverbial dog , you will keep the Congress tail in its place
and not allow it to wag you. You could not have asked for a better deal.
An ally who swallows his pride and supports you even though you slap him
every morning ,evening and night. Despite my antipathy towards Congress
because of their recent misdeeds , I pitied their plight. Congress which
was once led by Global icons like Mahatma Gandhi , Nehru , Patel, Subhash
Chandra Bose etc.had come to such a pitiable state.
We had pinned high hopes on you. Fighting corruption was the central theme
of your campaign. Despite being aware that putting you in CM's office was
fraught with danger ,as you would have unhindered access to all the records
specially related to CWG scam, Congress chose to give you outside support
in the hope that you will fail. Though LG was creating hurdles in passing
the Jan Lokpal bill , you could have approached High Court or Supreme Court
, got the LG overruled and passed the Janlokpal bill which was so dear to
you. What was the need to resign in such a tearing hurry? Instead of filing
FIR's against Union Cabinet ministers and leaving Chief Ministership the
very next day , you would have been better off holding on to CM's office
and filing charges against Delhi Government ministers and officials
responsible for CWG scam and seen to it that they are sent behind bars.
You have achieved nothing. Nothing will happen to the Union ministers.
Guilty of CWG scam have gone scot free. Delhi Jan lokpal bill has not been
passed. Are you really interested in ending corruption ? Are you really
different from other politicians?
Any Chief Minister worth his salt can bring his state to a grinding halt.
India is a federal country and States will have issues with Centre. Does
that mean that everytime you disagree with the Central Government, the
state Chief Minister should hold people of his own state to ransom. Your
predecessors ran the state with same set of handicaps. You expected the
Central Government change the constitution overnight ? Instead of being
grateful to the people of Delhi for giving you an opportunity to serve
them, it appeared that you were doing a great favour to Delhi by becoming a
CM. Didn't you have any commitment towards the people of Delhi ?
On assuming power , the first thing you did was to reduce power tariff by
50%. If any business manager in private sector had reduced price before
reducing the cost , he would get a firm kick in the pants from the
management. But you have worked for the Government , that too Income tax
department !. You probably believe that taxpayer has endless capacity to
pay taxes. But what if you put your hand too deep in the pocket and the
pocket tears ! That is precisely what happened during Indira Gandhi's
time. Too high taxes led to parallel economy and black money.
You decided to reduce power tariff only for those who had not paid the
electricity bills heeding to your call. They were obviously AAP supporters.
Effectively you have taken money from Delhi's exchequer and benefitted your
supporters. Is this not corruption ? To be fair to all, you should have
reduced tariff for all. In fact those who had paid bills on time should
have been paid interest for the extra amount they had paid earlier.But you
only wanted to reward your supporters
Your law minister , himself a lawyer, wanted to call meeting of Delhi High
Court judges. Did he think the High Court judges report to him ? One High
Court judge called JML Sinha had unseated the all powerfull Indira Gandhi
in 1975. That is the power of judiciary. Was your law minister not aware of
this? What kind of jokers you appoint as ministers.? Has just one partial
victory gone to AAP's head?
Indira Gandhi blamed CIA hand for everything that went wrong. Later it was
the ISI and to top it all Manmohan singh blamed hand of his own allies!!
Now you see hand of Mukesh Ambani and other industrialist in everything
that is wrong. Ambani's hold during Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi period
is too wellknown.. For months Arun Shourie and Gurumurthy wrote articles in
Indian Express highlighting the misdeeds.. Mani Ratnam made a hit movie
called Guru on Dhirubhai Ambani. Please tell us something new. Reliance
stock sky rocketed during the period making Reliance biggest private sector
company.
Few years ago, I too bought shares of Reliance and other blue chip
companies out of my retirement benefits. While my investment in MNC's like
HUL and Colgate has appreciated many fold , I have lost money in Reliance.
With both Congress and BJP in his pocket as claimed by you , Reliance
should have performed much better than the MNC's. Either Ambani's don't
enjoy the same clout anymore or Mukesh Ambani is a very incompetent CEO.
You make out that giving concessions to industry amounts to corruption.
Every entrepreneur starts his industry to make profits. As he prospers he
also creates jobs. Every state government from Himachal to Tamilnadu gives
such concessions to industry. You can not have a poor Industrialist.
Obviously concession to Industry will also mean concession to the rich
Industrialist. Isn't it strange that an IITian should have problem with
industry ?.
Today is International Women's Day. It is indeed shocking that you should
justify the Khap Panchayats and the anti-women policies followed by these
Kangaroo courts. Are you doing this just to garner votes in Haryana ?.Do
you really want Indian women to remain confined to their homes behind veils
forever as second class citizens? You were also hobnobbing with Raza Khan
the cleric who issued Fatwa against Taslima Nasreen. Just to get Muslim
votes? Is it too much to expect an IITian to have a modern outlook ?.
I read that the no. of days Parliament was in session last year has come
down to 72 days from earlier 122 days. Out of these almost 50% time was
lost because the opposition protested about the various corruption issues.
What will your MP'S do? Bring it down further by another 50% ? With no
business being transacted in Parliament , Democracy will be meaning less.
There will be total anarchy.
But you are a self confessed anarchist. To a simpleton like me anarchy
means absence of rule of law. We have our hands full with anarchy in Naxal
infested areas as well as Kashmir. Do you want entire India to become like
that? There is a clear North South divide in terms of development in the
country. It is because of better law and order situation in the Southern
states. Should every party in opposition encourage citizens not pay taxes
or bills. How will the government fuction? Mahatma Gandhi used non
cooperation to fight a foreign rule. How can the same weapon be used
against our own government duly elected by people. It is like Army turning
its guns inwards.
India has survived with corruption for seven decades but can it survive
anarchy ?
Congress and BJP are both trying to woo voters with their Development
record. You obviously have nothing to show. Your only aim is to paint
others black so that you appear a better choice. You treat everyone else
with disdain. In India coalition politics has come to stay. There is no
chance of any single party forming a government on its own. You will
neither support Congress nor BJP. Will you support Mulayam , Mayavati ,
Jayalalitha ? Do you want Loksabha to be dissolved within few weeks of
election as happened in Delhi ?.
You make out that you have made a great sacrifice by giving up your IRS
job. What is so great about an IRS job. Every job is just a means of
living. Almost every IITian changes job 3-4 times in his career to pursue
what he wants. There is really no big deal in leaving or changing a job. Since
when has giving up opportunity to take bribes become a sacrifice ?.
Anna and you have been great advocates for people's right to recall the
elected representative.
Can your party give us a RIGHT TO RECALL OUR DONATIONS ?
Will you open up a site to facilitate the donors to seek refund of their
donations?
C D Agarwal
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With best wishes
S Chander
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