One is a self proclaimed anarchist. The other is destructionist activist. Arvind Kejriwal and Medha Patkar combine has been changing our democracy into mob activism. They first locate flash points where mobs can be aroused and media can be attracted. Then they walk into these zones provocatively and conspiratorially, just with an intention to stir up commotion, challenge law and order and walk out with a mask of martyr. From within the melee they cause, they succeed in painting the face of governing establishment with excesses, albeit provoked.
Medha Patkar has mastered this technique for years and is now gifting it to AAP as value of her addition to the party. And since she has no face or courage to campaign in Gujarat, she has sent her front man Arvind Kejrival to the State to create chaos and confusion on the eve of polls.
BJP needs to stay calm and remain unprovoked. Action and reaction cannot be equal and opposite in the political strategy because the reaction will always look larger than the action and will come under 'not so generous' scrutiny of the media. Yesterday i.e on 5th March, what happened in Gujarat, Delhi and Lucknow concerning violence abetted by AAP is an example, wherein BJP has come under higher criticism than AAP. This serves the purpose of AAP and its anarchist strategies.
At a time like this when the largest democracy on the planet is preparing to test its own tenacity, we should not give in, to the machinations of those like Medha and Arvind, for whom - the meaning of people and mob are the same.
In the forthcoming election, we need to preserve the nation for the people and save it from the mob. We need to rally behind people's leaders and not behind mob motivators.
VK Saxena
President
NCCL
Ahmedabad
