As Arvind Kejriwal completes his 100 days in office, Delhi would like to look back and see whether the Chief Minister has vindicated people’s faith in him, after they voted overwhelmingly in his party’s support at a time when the general perception gave little chance to AAP.
In all fairness, 100 days is too early to judge a Chief Minister and his Cabinet’s performance but then CM Kejriwal has thrown the gauntlet by opening his party’s performance to scrutiny against PM Modi completing one year in office. The attempt may be brave but not really comparable and each has to be evaluated independently.
One has to agree that Arvind Kejriwal is a tenacious fighter with a ‘never say die’ attitude. When few were willing to bet on his party, he kept his focus and continued his people contact with a humble ‘I care’ message. It worked and he won with a thumping majority. But ever since he has taken office, he has not really been able to focus on improving administration or initiating development, both of which Delhi badly needs. He has been facing a hostile media, an aggressive opposition and has had to devote much time fighting one controversy after another.
His biggest challenge has come from within the party with core members Prashant and Shanti Bhushan, along with the media savvy Yogendra Yadav, openly rebelling against his dictatorial style of functioning. What should have remained within closed doors was fought in the open with media having a field day playing both sides.
To add to the political infighting was the very tragic suicide by oneGajendra Singh, a distressed farmer from Rajasthan, during a farmer’s rally in Delhi. The tragedy was further compounded with the Delhi Police and Delhi Government accusing each other for being responsible. In the end, AAP got shone in poor light.
AAP came into existence mainly because of its unwavering stand on Lokpal issue and had been vociferous on its commitment to introduce the Jan Lokpal Bill, as one of its top priorities on coming to power. Unfortunately, not much has happened on this front. Same goes for the promise of full statehood for Delhi. By adopting an anti-centre stance, how does Arvind Kejriwal intend to fulfill this important poll promise?
In a perfect example of shooting himself in the foot, Arvind Kejriwal has accused the media of ganging up against him and his party, a move that hasn’t gone down too well with the people, opposition parties and most of all, the media.
On the economic front, he has recently announced that Delhi will not support FDI in retail. While the debate on the pros and cons of FDI in retail are still open, has this been a hasty move on part of CM Kejriwal?
As Arvind Kejriwal completes his 100 days in office, Delhi would like to look back and see whether the Chief Minister has vindicated people’s faith in him, after they voted overwhelmingly in his party’s support at a time when the general perception gave little chance to AAP.
In all fairness, 100 days is too early to judge a Chief Minister and his Cabinet’s performance but then CM Kejriwal has thrown the gauntlet by opening his party’s performance to scrutiny against PM Modi completing one year in office. The attempt may be brave but not really comparable and each has to be evaluated independently.
One has to agree that Arvind Kejriwal is a tenacious fighter with a ‘never say die’ attitude. When few were willing to bet on his party, he kept his focus and continued his people contact with a humble ‘I care’ message. It worked and he won with a thumping majority. But ever since he has taken office, he has not really been able to focus on improving administration or initiating development, both of which Delhi badly needs. He has been facing a hostile media, an aggressive opposition and has had to devote much time fighting one controversy after another.
His biggest challenge has come from within the party with core members Prashant and Shanti Bhushan, along with the media savvy Yogendra Yadav, openly rebelling against his dictatorial style of functioning. What should have remained within closed doors was fought in the open with media having a field day playing both sides.
To add to the political infighting was the very tragic suicide by oneGajendra Singh, a distressed farmer from Rajasthan, during a farmer’s rally in Delhi. The tragedy was further compounded with the Delhi Police and Delhi Government accusing each other for being responsible. In the end, AAP got shone in poor light.
AAP came into existence mainly because of its unwavering stand on Lokpal issue and had been vociferous on its commitment to introduce the Jan Lokpal Bill, as one of its top priorities on coming to power. Unfortunately, not much has happened on this front. Same goes for the promise of full statehood for Delhi. By adopting an anti-centre stance, how does Arvind Kejriwal intend to fulfill this important poll promise?
In a perfect example of shooting himself in the foot, Arvind Kejriwal has accused the media of ganging up against him and his party, a move that hasn’t gone down too well with the people, opposition parties and most of all, the media.
On the economic front, he has recently announced that Delhi will not support FDI in retail. While the debate on the pros and cons of FDI in retail are still open, has this been a hasty move on part of CM Kejriwal?
