One always though that shooting their mouths off without the slightest provocation and ending up putting their foots in their mouths was the exclusive domain and prerogative of politicians belonging to the two supposedly national parties and other misogynistic parties who have honed the same to a fine art.......
Alas, the fledgling Aam Aadmi Party, a party that really made a splash by being different and in a league of it's very own, but seems to have jumped onto the bandwagon wholeheartedly; what's with it's ministers and seemingly more erudite members taking pot shots at each other and trying to outdo each other in this regard..........
It all began with Kumar Vishwas shooting his mouth off, making unsavoury, sexist and strictly avoidable remarks about women and individuals with different sexual proclivities and being soundly criticised by the firebrand Mallika Sarabhai for doing the same; infact one also witnessed an age old video of the very same Mr. Kumar Vishwas eulogising his party's bete noire Narendra Modi and also comparing him to Lord Shiva in the same........
Somnath Bharti's antics would put many a baboon and langur to shame, he not only indulged in a finger pointing confrontation with Delhi Police Higher Up's but also acquired the dubious distinction of leading and inciting a lynch mob that made a hapless Nigerian woman urinate in full public view; thereby inviting the collective ire of both human right activists and organisations as well as the National Commission For Women........
His goose surely seems to be cooked now, what with the Delhi High Court directing the Delhi Police to file a FIR against him on the basis of a complaint lodged against him and other members of his lynch mob by the long suffering Nigerian women and also carry out a time bound and expeditious probe into the same.........
Incumbent Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal and one of his primary advisors certainly did their party no favours by levelling unsubstantiated charges against "rebel" party member Vinod Kumar Binny and calling him power hungry as this name calling only provided fodder to their political opponents and seemingly antagonistic medias houses who are always looking for an opportunity to ridicule this new kid on the block.........
Let me make it clear that I am neither a critic or opponent of the Aam Aadmi Party; if anything I am a well wisher and full time party member who has been duly allotted a membership number and taken upon himself the onus of propogating the aims of objectives of the very same as they highlight my concerns and hopes and aspirations for the nation's rosy future.......
But, these intemperate utterances and washing of dirty linen in public has surely left a sour taste in my mouth and left me examining my decision and motives in extending unconditional and unstinted support to a newfounded political organisation that indeed deigned itself to be different from the rest..........
Temperance and due diligence in utterances is the need of the hour and wiser and seemingly saner heads within the party ranks should take the lead in nipping any dissension within the party's ranks in the bud and assigning the role of party spokespersons to persons who weigh every word before they speak and those who do not have a penchant for creating headlines every time they open their mouths........
We embarked on our collective journey with the noble and seemingly utopian objective of indeed making a difference and showing the rest of the nation how one can run both states as well as the entire country without resorting to unholy corruption and political chicanery........
Once and for all, let us regain our primary focus and chart out a path of course correction as we owe it to ourselves and the rest of the nation; teething problems are par for the course, so let us not let the same overwhelm us and make us an object of ridicule in the eyes of the much maligned Aam Aadmi..........
Alas, the fledgling Aam Aadmi Party, a party that really made a splash by being different and in a league of it's very own, but seems to have jumped onto the bandwagon wholeheartedly; what's with it's ministers and seemingly more erudite members taking pot shots at each other and trying to outdo each other in this regard..........
It all began with Kumar Vishwas shooting his mouth off, making unsavoury, sexist and strictly avoidable remarks about women and individuals with different sexual proclivities and being soundly criticised by the firebrand Mallika Sarabhai for doing the same; infact one also witnessed an age old video of the very same Mr. Kumar Vishwas eulogising his party's bete noire Narendra Modi and also comparing him to Lord Shiva in the same........
Somnath Bharti's antics would put many a baboon and langur to shame, he not only indulged in a finger pointing confrontation with Delhi Police Higher Up's but also acquired the dubious distinction of leading and inciting a lynch mob that made a hapless Nigerian woman urinate in full public view; thereby inviting the collective ire of both human right activists and organisations as well as the National Commission For Women........
His goose surely seems to be cooked now, what with the Delhi High Court directing the Delhi Police to file a FIR against him on the basis of a complaint lodged against him and other members of his lynch mob by the long suffering Nigerian women and also carry out a time bound and expeditious probe into the same.........
Incumbent Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal and one of his primary advisors certainly did their party no favours by levelling unsubstantiated charges against "rebel" party member Vinod Kumar Binny and calling him power hungry as this name calling only provided fodder to their political opponents and seemingly antagonistic medias houses who are always looking for an opportunity to ridicule this new kid on the block.........
Let me make it clear that I am neither a critic or opponent of the Aam Aadmi Party; if anything I am a well wisher and full time party member who has been duly allotted a membership number and taken upon himself the onus of propogating the aims of objectives of the very same as they highlight my concerns and hopes and aspirations for the nation's rosy future.......
But, these intemperate utterances and washing of dirty linen in public has surely left a sour taste in my mouth and left me examining my decision and motives in extending unconditional and unstinted support to a newfounded political organisation that indeed deigned itself to be different from the rest..........
Temperance and due diligence in utterances is the need of the hour and wiser and seemingly saner heads within the party ranks should take the lead in nipping any dissension within the party's ranks in the bud and assigning the role of party spokespersons to persons who weigh every word before they speak and those who do not have a penchant for creating headlines every time they open their mouths........
We embarked on our collective journey with the noble and seemingly utopian objective of indeed making a difference and showing the rest of the nation how one can run both states as well as the entire country without resorting to unholy corruption and political chicanery........
Once and for all, let us regain our primary focus and chart out a path of course correction as we owe it to ourselves and the rest of the nation; teething problems are par for the course, so let us not let the same overwhelm us and make us an object of ridicule in the eyes of the much maligned Aam Aadmi..........
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