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ToIndia Against CorruptionCALCULATED RISK TAKEN BY DELHI VOTERSThe most worried person today would be Kejriwal and his party men elected to Delhi assembly. Having made all sorts of impossible promises during the campaign and set a record earlier as a leader of chaotic government, the time has come for Kejriwal to deliver. Every economist and those with experience in governance would know that his promises such as free electricity etc. are unimplementable. Even his promise to root out corruption will be impossible, since he himself is likely to face serious charges and investigation in the coming days about the method of his collecting funds during the election campaign and sources of the donation not being correctly known in many cases. Nobody really believes that his collection of Rs.20,000 from people for attending his tea party was genuine.
Obviously, people voted for him more to convey their disappointment that Modi and BJP have not implemented their poll promises. While Modi government is taking number of measures to promote economic and industrial development which people know, the fact is that the biggest expectation from Modi that he would root out corruption and bring back black money from abroad within hundred days of coming to power have not been achieved. The corruption in Delhi administration and central government departments continue to be as bad as it was and Modi has really done nothing to catch and punish the corrupt people. He even appears to be going soft on people like Vadra.
Further, Modi raised expectation that he would provide strong leadership which again has not happened. Hotheads in BJP and other groups that are suspected to be close to him, have made all sorts of unwanted statements and indulged in acts which Modi has failed to condemn and put down. To teach a lesson to Modi, Kejriwal has been voted.
Today, even the pledged admirer of Kejriwal do not think that he would be able to deliver his promises . In the coming days, to conceal the inadequacy of his administration and inability to fulfil his promises, he will demand impossible things from central government and demand that Delhi police should be brought under his control and huge Delhi's deficit financing that would happen due to his extending freebies should be borne by the central government. When the central government would not oblige, he would go for dharna infront of Modi's residence and ask his party men to block Modi's motorcade. He will show confrontationist attitude at every opportunity so that he would get the media coverage and keep his party men engaged.
With such a huge majority and the arrogance that will inevitably follow, Kejriwal's party men are bound to indulge in corrupt practices and they have not come from heaven.
The voters in Delhi have shown themselves as keen watchers. They are bound to demand that Kejriwal fulfil his promises, sooner or later, sooner than later. Kejriwal has to run for cover. Certainly, Delhi voters have taken a calculated risk.
One hopes that Kejriwal will show extraordinary level of statesmanship to survive in power in such conditions but based on his past behaviour, this appears to be a very tall expectation.N.S.VenkataramanTrusteeNandini Voice For The Deprivedtwitter :-@nsvchennai
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