My opinion on the latest Aap-ka-Drama for control over Delhi Police:
1) If Delhi Police were under state govt’s control, do you think Kejri would take ‘responsibility’ for poor law and order situation? Almost certainly, he would still pass the buck on ‘Delhi Police’! May be he would transfer or sack some policemen in order to show some action, but in any case, whether Delhi police is under state’s or center’s control, Kejri govt would still not take responsibility. So why all this drama to ‘own’ Delhi Police?
2) If Kejri does not command ‘respect’ from Delhi police, let us remember its history. Kejri/Aap called Batla House encounter ‘fake’ and hence insulted Delhi Police’s martyrs (so as to exploit minority votes) and hence if Delhi Police does not respect Kejri from day one, it is because of his ‘Karma’! And Somnath Bharti type episodes did not make Delhi Police fall in love with Aap either.
3) Kejri should be happy that Delhi Police is under Center’s control because the state is getting “free” policing! Salaries and expenditure of Delhi Police, which are not small since New Delhi is India’s Capital, is being paid by the Center! So State Govt has its funds free for its popular schemes of ‘freebies’, which actually win votes!
4) If you notice the ‘timing’ of the latest tirade on Delhi police or war against LG; it happened exactly when Bhushan-Yadav camp started gaining popularity and Aap members started resigning! So by launching this drama, Kejri camp is sending a message to its cadre and to media – “This” is where all the drama is!”, “This is where all the TRP is!” Kejri camp is trying to snatch away attention/TRP from Bhushan-Yadav camp; because this camp with same strengths and weaknesses is most difficult to defeat otherwise!
5) If you think about it, state govts have been running in Delhi for last 20 years; there have never been such drama over ‘ownership’ of Delhi Police or over LG’s rights. Congress was ousted for corruption and people chose Aap because it promised the moon to them. A shrewd politician like Kejri knows that he won’t be able to deliver on promises and hence he should have preserved this ‘passing the blame’ drama for last 1 or 2 years of his term. By playing all his cards now, he is ‘peaking too early’! Why is he forced to do it? I think the reason is point# 4 above!
Disclaimer: Views are personal.
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