Dear Friend,
The Parliamentary Affairs Committee of the Aam Aadmi Party has decided that our party is ready to form a minority government in Delhi. Although the AAP did not get a majority of 36 seats, the required number to form a government in the Delhi Vidhan Sabha elections, the public of Delhi, during a referendum based collection of opinions, has directed with overwhelming majority that the party form the government.
In a week long referendum, with the use of internet, cyber media and public meetings, people were asked their opinion on the question of AAP forming a government in Delhi. This was a historic beginning to change politics in this country. A large number of people participated in this process. Public gave the responses specified in the table below.
In total, 697310 responses were received via SMS and internet, out of which, after removing duplicate IDs and numbers, a total of 523183 people expressed their opinions. Among these, 265966 were from Delhi. Out of these 197086 or 74% gave their decision in favor of forming a government. In view of this, the Aam Aadmi Party has decided to form a minority government in Delhi. Under the leadership of Mr. Arvind Kejriwal, leader of the Legislative Team, the party is going to present its intention of forming the Government in Delhi before the Lt. Governor.
http://www.aamaadmiparty.org/
Thanks,
Team AAP
The Sinking Ship ?
It is said ,
” When a ship is about to sink , the rats desert it ”
Is Congress , a sinking ship ?
Here are some reasons to believe so :
> Some years back , TMC deserted it
> Ever since A Raja / Kanimozi episode , DMK was threatening to leave it .
This finally happened last week
> On issue of Telengana , TSR left sometime back. Now Kiran Reddy is
about to leave
> Last week , Prafull Patel gave a hint that NCP is getting ready to leave ,
when he he asked Congress to own up all of its past mistakes , starting
with 2G Scam
Earlier , Sharad Powar had made it amply clear that he won’t work under
Rahul Gandhi as a PM
> Having got a ” Clean Chit ” from CBI in the dis-proportionate assets case
Mulayam has started distancing himself from Congress
> Having got special status for Bihar , Nitish has ceased to cozy-up
And now , to top it all , Congress workers ( motivated by Sheila Dikshit / JP Agarwal ? ) , are demanding that Congress withdraw its ” Outside Support ” to AAP
For a ” Re-born Reformist ” Rahul , it is a classical case of ,
” Dammed if I do , dammed if I don’t ”
If he agrees to withdraw support BEFORE the swearing – in ceremony scheduled tomorrow , he will stand exposed as a fickle-minded and a foolish leader , who cannot be trusted , even by friends !
If he decides to withdraw support AFTER the swearing-in , ( by voting against the confidence vote , mandatory for a minority government ), people of Delhi would hold HIM responsible for bringing down AAP government
And that would make Arvind Kejriwal , a martyr !
And further ensure that in a re-poll , AAP returns to power with a thumping majority and Congress loses , even those 8 seats !
From the view-point of 2014 elections , such a total rout of Congress in Delhi , would be a dream-come-true for BJP !
But I hope , Arvind – and his party men – realize that :
> Sinking of the Congress-Ship , is neither their objective , nor a priority
Leave that job to BJP !
> Delivering on pro-poor reforms is their priority No ONE
> To be able to deliver these reforms , it is necessary for AAP to assume
power – then survive Confidence Vote to retain that power
> To remain in power ( a noble cause ) , they need continued support of
Congress
> For Rahul to quell his internal mutiny ( engineered by the sitting
Congress MLAs who suffered at the hands of AAP candidates ) , AAP
must not push him to the wall !
> If AAP goes after the past corruption cases of defeated Congressmen
( – and women ? ) with vengeance , Rahul will be left with no option
but to withdraw support
DEAR ARVIND
In a game of chess , you don’t try to checkmate your opponent in the very first move !
It has to be your FINAL / WINNING move !
If need be , please re-read your Chanakya !
* hemen parekh ( 25 Dec 2013 / Mumbai )