Delhi Elections are only a couple of months away and although I do not really follow politics all that much, I have all but decided to vote for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the coming Delhi polls. Even though I firmly believe only BJP or Congress can actually amass enough votes to form government at center and in Delhi and I seriously believe our country does not need another socialist party, which I believe AAP is.
So why have I decided to vote for AAP, instead of Congress or BJP?
Well the reason is simple, despite living in India’s Capital and that too in a DDA colony built several decades ago, we have always faced water and electricity issues. On top of that, our colony roads, which were in decent shape, have been dug up to pave the way for concrete ones, in a bid by the government to woo voters just ahead of the poll and no doubt, line up the coffers of contractors. This in turn has resulted in further hardship for residents of our colony.
So even though I do not believe AAP would actually be able to form government in Delhi or for that matter, win enough seats to present itself as a strong opposition party for quite some time to come. I feel if it amasses enough votes (irrespective of whether it wins or loses seats), it will send a strong message to the political class, that they can no longer take educated voters for granted and indulge in such theatrics before election season, in order to garner votes and funds!
Furthermore, I would urge all citizens of Delhi and India to come out in large numbers in your local and state elections to ensure that it isn’t a small minority (less than half the eligible voters vote in India vote) which elects governments, but rather the collective conscious of our nation, irrespective of what the final outcome is.
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Yogesh,
I am a fan of yours writeups & love the way you help people through BCMTouring. I think your views regarding AAP is bang on. Both BJP/Congress have there share in governing Delhi. People have seen that there candidates only show there face when asking for votes every 5 yrs. The time has come to give chance to a political party which is totally volunteer based. I went to there CP office last week and was highly impressed to see so many volunteers working day and night leaving there jobs to overcome this traditional political system and bring back power to common man hand.
As an individual who knows how much you contribute to society I welcome your support to AAP and urge everyone to come out and vote for Aam Aadmi Party to bring swaraj.
Thank you Ajay and it is heartening to know that so many people are volunteering for a what they feel is a good cause. Hopefully, it will show in the election results as well.
I am hoping that AAP is able to win at least a single seat from Delhi. I agree 100% with your write up above. Unfortunately, I wont be able to vote as my voter card is of Dehradun.
Vibhu, if you are staying in Delhi for a long term, then why not migrate to the voter list here?
Yet another down with AAP syndrome. DUDE, congrats AAP has managed to sweep you off and hyptonize you with their enigmatic PR whereas on many accounts there were glaring errors in their own instances.
Say, Batla house encounter was fake according to them and the moment they come in power, they will release all the accused, whether proved or not (You can verify it from AAP’s website under manifestos). Class stupid act! And you support them. A great patriotic you are.
They say they cannot vilify their policy of not having any shady candidate for MLA…bang, Raghav Desraj from Uttam Nagar, a known land mafia and with over 17 cases including kidnapping, hooliganism et al. Upon asking Arvind the same, he told them its a media propaganda, there is nothign like this. Go ask for yourselves the residents of Uttam Nagar, where he is supposed to fight from, how infamous and hated he is in the streets of Uttam Nagar.
And you support them, very good!
Prashant Bhushan openly states that liberation is only solution for Kashmir and he is from AAP. And you support them!
And one last thing, Find the only thing oriented in AAP’s statements in following events:
Muzaffarnagar riots
Batla house
UP Riots of 2012
Bareily riots
The statement was, “Its a right wing propaganda led by RSS/VHP and BJP. Such communal politics won’t be allowed during AAP’s regine”
As if the Bukhari of Jama Masjid, with over 53 cases on him of all sorts (including a child molestation) who constitutes a part in almost all of his party meetings, is next to a gospel truth he has ever seen and THE most secular person.
Can’t help you in feeding guys like you, brainwashed and tinted to think only a dictated way.
Ravinder, next time please read the blogpost, before posting a comment. If you had read even the first paragraph, you would have understood where I stand, “I have all but decided to vote for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the coming Delhi polls. Even though I firmly believe only BJP or Congress can actually amass enough votes to form government at center and in Delhi and I seriously believe our country does not need another socialist party, which I believe AAP is.”
My decision to vote for AAP in Delhi Assembly Elections has no bearing on who I vote for in General Elections.
And as far as some of the nationalist issues are concerned; leaders from Congress, BJP and other major parties are just as worse, which is why we keep pampering Pakistani leaders, irrespective of which party is in power!
Great to hear! I too agree that in Delhi, they somewhat deserve but they look more like and sound more like Congressi agents.
Put congress out of situation for atleast next 50 years for general elections and communist party as well.
Ravinder, it isn’t as simple as that. Our area had always elected BJP MLA and MCD Councilors, however in last MCD elections, Congress won our seat because main roads were in a total disarray (which was under MCD) and wasn’t being fixed for past couple of years or so. While the lady who came in was a Congresswoman, she did eventually get the road fixed.
Now if before elections, we continue to face water and electricity crisis and perfectly ok roads get dug up to be rebuilt while roads which are actually in bad condition, don’t get anything, how do you think we should react?
Should we blame the central or state government or local MLA?
Entire point of the above blogpost was, AAP is winning over votes from people like me, not because they are doing something great or appealing to us with their policies, but because our current representatives, whether from Congress or BJP, are in a way, forcing us to look for an alternative.
After all, why think about voting against a guy who has won numerous times from your area, unless you feel disillusioned?
Of course, when it comes to voting for General Elections, I wouldn’t be looking at local issues, but rather what is a good choice for the country and that essentially means, choosing between Congress and BJP.