Sunday, November 13, 2016

Use your political mandate wisely

Dear Arvind,

What's with you man? Stop behaving like Rahul Gandhi. Like his elder brother. People have been comparing the the two of you to Santa and Banta Singh. You've become an embarrassment to your supporters. Stop being a Kujliwal.

Use your brain man! You are an IITian. Stop acting like a garden variety politician. Look, the BJP wants to squash you, for you are a threat. That is no secret. Get off your soap box criticizing Modi. He is your Prime Minister too. So stop whining and complaining and figure out how you can outsmart Modi, the BJP and survive. Or is this your swan song while you are seeing your future evaporating?

Come on, you are made of better stuff. Your job is to serve Dilli and further the prospects of AAP. Forget MODI bashing. You have the mandate of the Dilli people. You are up against the LG who is an appointee and has more constitutional power than you. So what? Make his non performance a liability Rally the people of Dilli to shame the LG if he is delinquent in serving them. Go into problem solving mode. You're an engineer. Use your engineering skills. Engage in Gandhigiri.

Identify the person(s) responsible for delivering a service to the constituency. Publish their mobile number, e-mail address and office address if they are not performing. Get the people to call, protest. Put all this on a website. Issue, Proposed solution, hurdles and obstacles, who is responsible parties, mobile number, office number, home number, e-mail address, office address, home address.

And treat every community equally. Identify, publish and address genuine grievances that are hampering the community. Do not engage in vote bank politics by pandering to the communities. Equal Rights, Equal Opportunity, Equal Treatment ought to be the ethos.

May the force be with you.