How Arvind dared to do this?

Delhi's chief minister for the last two months (49 days to be specific) Mr. Arvind Kejriwal finally resigned. He has promised that if he cannot pass the Jan Lokpal bill in the Delhi assembly, he will resign. This is the bill for which a few of them back then started the India Against Corruption (IAC) movement and later formed the party (AAP) and fought the election in Delhi. This was the first promise in their manifesto, the basic foundation on which their party was formed, and the reason they fought elections. Now some people and two major parties of India (BJP and Congress) are calling AK a traitor and a coward who ran away from responsibility. One of them (BJP) called him opportunistic and power-hungry when he accepted the unconditional support offered by the Congress to form the government and now they are blaming him for creating crises in Delhi by resigning from the CM post. It is not uncommon for these parties to criticize no matter what their opponent does, so it's not a surprise that this tamasha (drama) has been going on in India for the last many years and still people enjoy this sitting in their living rooms.

I think AK should be arrested and tried in court for crimes he committed during the last few months. It will at least prevent something like this from happening again in the near future. How did he dare to challenge such a robust establishment? How did he dare to challenge the norms and rules set by the central government? How did he dare to protest in Delhi when he was chief minister of that state? Do chief ministers even behave like this? How did he dare to challenge the power of the central govt., Delhi police and Lt. Governor of Delhi at the same time? How did he dare to name the most powerful businessman of India and a cabinet minister both in one FIR? These are the few serious mistakes he made during the last few months. Wasn't he scared? Wasn't he worried about his CM post? What was he even thinking when he challenged this mighty political establishment that has been running this country for the last 65 years or so? How he dare to think that a common person like him could form a political party and challenge the grand old political parties who all know how to govern India as politics and governance flow in their blood. They all know how to win the elections and govern this great country and this maniac thought he could govern better than them? Anarchist, what else one can call him?

Didn't he know that many people are not yet ready for complete freedom (Swaraj)? People are against power decentralization, they want some messiah or dynast to rule them, not some common person, because all these people coming from the establishment know how to rule, how to govern, what a novice who didn't have any political background know about governance, right? People want some charismatic hero whom they can worship, adore, and believe blindly without questioning anything. What is a common man like him doing in politics? Clearly, he was a complete misfit in our corrupt system and therefore he needed to go, it was just a matter of time. Here, I am not talking about AK as a person but AK as an idea. As a person he is not that important, he may have all the drawbacks or strengths that we all have, but this idea of a noncorrupt novice leading any government needs to be crushed so that there can not be another AK. If common people realize that any one of them can become a leader then it will be dangerous for the current establishment. One AK is so difficult to deal with then imagine if everyone becomes like him. No, this should not happen at any cost, if this happens it will be like a death sentence for the current system, that's why AK's actions should be treated like blasphemy or treason. Actually, I am a little surprised to see that he dared to stand by his promise (to resign if Lokpal is not passed). Very few political leaders in India show the courage to renounce power like this, his government was short-lived but it tried its best as long as it existed. I am sure everyone from our grand political establishment has only one question in their mind, how Arvind dared to resign from CM's post like this? 

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