As if the less than encouraging results in the recently concluded parliamentary elections were not enough of a heartburn and a cause of deep rooted concern for the fledgling Aam Aadmi party, close on it's heels follows the perturbing news of voluntary contributions to the party's coffers having hit rock bottom during the course of the last few days.......
According to deeply disturbed and harried party bigwigs, contributions to the tune of a few lakhs was the daily norm until as recently as May 16, but the contributions/donations have perilously plummeted into the thousands ever since on certain days.........
One party bigwig who did not want to be named let the cat out of the bag by saying that the party which used to receive an average contribution of Rupees 6-8 lakh on a daily basis until the last week or so is currently struggling to come to terms with the irrefutable fact that these heady contributions have since mysteriously plummeted and is currently numbering in the thousands........
Sample this, on May 14, 15 and 18, the party coffers received nett contributions of Rs. 64,664, Rs. 44,527 and Rs. 88,266 respectively; however these dismal lows were more than offset by the more than heartening Rs. 22 lakhs received by the new age party on May 16 and Rs. 11 lakhs that it received on May 17, 2014.........
If past precedents are any yardstick or then parameter to go by, then there is definite cause for concern and consternation as the average daily contributions are even lower than that of August 2013 (around Rs.6.4 lakhs per day) when the political pundits did not even consider AAP as a "serious" political party and condescendingly wrote it off as a "four day wonder".........
Juxtaposed against this "rock bottom" phase is the "heady and intoxicating" phase between December 8-27, 2013 when the party was receiving an average daily contribution of Rs. 8 to 9 lakh per day in the period immediately following the elections to the Delhi assembly.......
As a harried senior party leader said, "we are staring elections to the Delhi, Haryana and Maharashtra assemblies during the course of the next few months and if the daily collections do not pick up drastically in the near future, the party might well be heading towards a repeat of it's performance in the parliamentary elections"...........
Trust the ebullient and effervescent Manish Sisodia to hit the nail on the head, "yes the plummeting daily contributions are indeed a source of worry, but we know that this is just a temporary phase, and we more than know that all we have to do is to approach the Indian citizens with folded hands and they will rally around and loosen their purse strings in a manner that it will shut the mouths of the doubters and naysayers forever".........
Hope does always spring eternal in the human heart and the same holds good for the Aam Aadmi Party too, the brightest morning always follows the darkest night and AAP's bright morning is just round the corner..........
According to deeply disturbed and harried party bigwigs, contributions to the tune of a few lakhs was the daily norm until as recently as May 16, but the contributions/donations have perilously plummeted into the thousands ever since on certain days.........
One party bigwig who did not want to be named let the cat out of the bag by saying that the party which used to receive an average contribution of Rupees 6-8 lakh on a daily basis until the last week or so is currently struggling to come to terms with the irrefutable fact that these heady contributions have since mysteriously plummeted and is currently numbering in the thousands........
Sample this, on May 14, 15 and 18, the party coffers received nett contributions of Rs. 64,664, Rs. 44,527 and Rs. 88,266 respectively; however these dismal lows were more than offset by the more than heartening Rs. 22 lakhs received by the new age party on May 16 and Rs. 11 lakhs that it received on May 17, 2014.........
If past precedents are any yardstick or then parameter to go by, then there is definite cause for concern and consternation as the average daily contributions are even lower than that of August 2013 (around Rs.6.4 lakhs per day) when the political pundits did not even consider AAP as a "serious" political party and condescendingly wrote it off as a "four day wonder".........
Juxtaposed against this "rock bottom" phase is the "heady and intoxicating" phase between December 8-27, 2013 when the party was receiving an average daily contribution of Rs. 8 to 9 lakh per day in the period immediately following the elections to the Delhi assembly.......
As a harried senior party leader said, "we are staring elections to the Delhi, Haryana and Maharashtra assemblies during the course of the next few months and if the daily collections do not pick up drastically in the near future, the party might well be heading towards a repeat of it's performance in the parliamentary elections"...........
Trust the ebullient and effervescent Manish Sisodia to hit the nail on the head, "yes the plummeting daily contributions are indeed a source of worry, but we know that this is just a temporary phase, and we more than know that all we have to do is to approach the Indian citizens with folded hands and they will rally around and loosen their purse strings in a manner that it will shut the mouths of the doubters and naysayers forever".........
Hope does always spring eternal in the human heart and the same holds good for the Aam Aadmi Party too, the brightest morning always follows the darkest night and AAP's bright morning is just round the corner..........
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