After joining public life towards the end of February this
year, I
The AAP is a new political party born out of a movement
against corruption. The agenda and the vision of the party is to remove
corruption, establish grass-root democracy (Swaraj), transparency in
administration, social empowerment with bottom to top approach to bring about
transformation and change i.e. Parivartan (systemic change). These lofty ideas appealed to me, as I wrote
earlier also, and I joined the AAP to make my humble contribution towards that
much needed and visualized Parivartan.
Unlike the other political parties, I have found that the AAP
does not project new entrants as leaders but make them work as volunteers and
workers. Some of them may become leaders but it would happen through the
process only. The observers appointed by the central leadership in Delhi work
with the local coordinators to carry forward the agenda of the party and to
look after the organizational aspects. The volunteers and workers are advised
and directed by the observers and coordinators with regard to the activities of
the party. Being an Aam Aadmi and an ordinary member of the party, I have been
following the directions and conducting myself accordingly with regard to the
party activities as a dedicated student. I think my total involvement will get
registered.
Public contact is one of the important aspects of public and
political life. I remained in this
business but from a different perspective as a faceless diplomat. By now, I
have realized that in politics, it is done in a different fashion. One needs to
be pushy and noisy. One needs to be visibly vocal and loud mouthed. One needs
to be artificially humble. Let us see, how best I adjust myself to these requirements.
Some of my friends advise me to throw myself into the thickness, if I want to
succeed in politics. I have seen some of my fellow workers in the party, who
aspire to be leaders and party candidates in the forthcoming elections in
Punjab, know these unwritten rules of the game quite well. These slogan
shouting, loud mouthed leaders engage some non-descript, uneducated and
gullible young fellows, whom I term “Bhade Ke Tattoo”, and create scenes at
public meetings. I don’t know how the party leadership views them but I despise
and dislike them. The AAP is a party with a difference and we are to prove it.
Let us develop some good political culture and precedents so that good people,
sober people, considerate and thinking people could come and join politics for
the greater good of the polity and society. Let us bring some dignity and
decorum to the game of politics. Apart from numerous nukkad meetings in the
area (Jalandhar West), I have had opportunities to speak briefly at the AAP Jan
Sabha at Basti Guzan, Ambedkar Jayanti celebrations at Desh Bhagat Yadgar Hall
and the AAP volunteers meeting at Victoria Gardens. It was a unique experience.
As a diplomat, I was used to deliver both structured and impromptu
The AAP is a transparent, democratic and an open party. The
manifesto for the forthcoming elections in Punjab is under study and
formulation under the newly devised dispensation called “Punjab Dialogue”. The
experts are meeting the cross sections of the society to elicit their views on
various subjects and matters of concern and interest. They are yet to come to
Jalandhar where I reside. But on my own, I have already made suo motto,
suggestions and observations for consideration particularly with regard to some
of the issues pertaining to a sizeable, about 32% in Punjab and around 40% in
some of the constituencies in the Doaba region, dalit community. The dalit
community will play an important role in the politics of Punjab.
I would tend to be an active and result oriented fellow in
public life
मैं नहीं सन्देश स्वर्ग का लाया,
इस भूतल को ही स्वर्ग बनाने आया !
