Horse crAAP

Mr. Modi and his merry men completed  50 days in power on 17th July crossing the 49 day threshold mark of the Delhi government set by AAP. Was it coincidence that the Delhi budget was presented on the same day? I thought that the Budget speech was written for the FM by none other than Mr. Kejriwal. It sounded like the AAP manifesto rebooted.

Now, if there is anything that Mr. Kejriwal should be whining about; then it should be the hijacking of AAP's commitment to the people of Delhi; and not about the assumed horse trading it is possibly engaging in to gain majority in the Delhi State Assembly. Hey! the BJP is plain and simple capitalizing on the work left incomplete by AAP when it (AAP) let go of the one and only capital chance it had of ruling India's Capital state.

Mr. K; have you not heard that everything is fair in love and politics? I hope and pray that the Congress guys in the Delhi assembly defect to the BJP for their own selfish motives and meet the supposed larger selfish motives of the BJP to form the government, and thereby save the State the cost of another election. Well Milton is not around to write "Paradise Lost II" for you. So looking back, if only you had bidded your time and not given up when you did; post elections, the Congress members in the current situation may have extended unconditional support to your Government. If only you had measured your reach to cover the 3 or 4 big Metros in India in the National elections; God knows you may have made a much larger impact than just 2 or 3 seats in Parliament. Guess that cannot change now.

Anyway, why are you bothered that BJP is keen on forming the Delhi Government? You were reluctant to form the Government in Delhi anyway and did so only because of the so called mandate you received from the people. I think AAP can play a very constructive and more important role now in the opposition making sure that the Government performs and the State actually improves its governance and infrastructure. Corruption is far from over. It is a fabulous opportunity to be in secondary power than being in a reduced minority - which will be the case should a new election take place. Rebuild the Party from scratch. Weed out the seat hungry opportunists and induct new blood keen on putting the Nation's interest before their own. Make it a Party that speaks with one voice and not a 100 opposing and at times demonic voices. Above all be constructive in your approach. BJP forming the Delhi Government without an election may just be the best thing for AAP. Please don't let AAP be written off as Horse CrAAP.