AAP success on Delhi election is still a miracle
sending shock waves not only to other parts of the county but to the entire
world. In industry there is always a fear for the unknown that is someone from
nowhere comes and disrupts the entire Market and becomes the Market leader, but
now this notion is applicable for politics also with the success of AAP in
Delhi. When AAP party came to power in Delhi(with support from INC) I had a
good feeling for its success. I'm sure that the AAP's success will bring positive
changes in all part of the country because ruling parties now knew that if they
keep on giving poor governance they'll be thrown out of the political race. But
AAP itself proved that I was wrong and it is also a normal political party by
it's populist measure. After coming to the power AAP's reforms to curb
corruption and spur growth is by giving free water supply and slashing the
power tariff. Delhi AAP
government created a anticorruption helpline and i agree that it is welcome
move. But still providing free water supply and slashing the power tariff is
not what we expect from a anti corruption reformist AAP government. But by
doing so Aravind Kejriwal proved that he is just a aam aadmi and not a good
leader. One question I have for the AAP government is that "Is it
sustainable in longer run?". What about the money deployed for those
giveaway schemes. Everyone is the state pays tax in some form either by direct
or indirect by means of VAT, service tax e.t.c., it is not fair to waste all
the hard earned tax money in free schemes. I agree that it is the task of
government to provide water and electricity at low cost, that doesn't mean that
government should provide those below the market price of the product. AAP
should have done something more like improving the infrastructure of the power
distribution and water supply which in turn increases the efficiency of the
system which can reduce the cost of the product. The more scaring thing is the
spill out effect of his measures; more state governments may end up giving more
free schemes disrupting the efficiency of the system. If people can get
everything for free then who'll work. I think political parties need to think
twice before giving freebies. It is better if government can create more jobs
and make the citizen to buy products in Market price instead of reducing the
cost of the product and giving away as freebie, we expect the government not to
indulge in such unviable and unproductive activities in name of reforms.
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