AAP Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal together with his entire cabinet blockaded Rail Bhavan to demand the suspension of three Delhi police officials and protest the alleged corruption of the entire police force. It is outside the pale of democratic functioning. Kejriwal seems to be committed only to gimmickry. The Aam Aadmi Party’s entry into politics was welcome. Its agenda is not to be faulted. But the AAP has said boo to democratic norms and resorted to theatricals. Laws are not to be enacted in the street. Chief Minister Kejriwal deserves plaudits for his campaign against corruption. But why should he invite policemen to agitate against the Union Home Ministry? It can only result in anarchy. The control of Delhi police has long been controversial. Should the force be accountable to MLAs or to MPs? But nobody would think that it should be under the control of the aam aadmi on the street. That would be like the early years of the French Revolution of 1789—the rule of the citizen leading to the reign of terror.
The Congress perhaps made a mistake by forming a coalition with the AAP which targets it the most. The reason it did so was apparently to avoid another election in Delhi. At the same time, it wanted to keep the BJP at bay in the vital area. As a result, the eight Congress MLAs in the Delhi assembly are in a tizzy and fretting against the ruling party. The AAP makes no bones of attacking the previous Congress government. The Union Home Minister, P Chidambaram is now facing flak from Kejriwal & Co. Chidambaram has already said that a fair section of the Congress was against the alliance with AAP in Delhi.
