He has a bold message for Indian National Congress; inclusiveness without
pragati will not cut it, and the message to the other extremity Narendra Modi,
unnati without inclusiveness is not sustainable either.
When there is a lack of leadership, or leaders have no idea how to proceed,
Arvind Kejriwal, the leader of the new Aam Aadmi Party has found the way, and he
is just doing the right thing, asking the very people who elected him! Indeed,
Mr. Kejriwal is redefining what Government of the people means.
The only worry, I have about the Aam Aadmi Party is – how will they ensure
the corrupt people from creeping in to their system? As long as they are a
Delhi based manageable party, they would be fine, but if they go national, do
they have the time to place safeguards and checks and balances in place?
It does worry me, in a press conference in December 2001, General Pervaz
Musharraf gave me 6-7 minutes in the midst of huge media crowd in Washington DC.
My major question to him besides Cricket Diplomacy was – have you got a “what if
plan”, should you not be there, do you have institutions built up to carry the
democracy forward? His answer was typical Desi – Oh, yes, don’t worry, we have
figured it out everything.
I wish our damned politicians, particularly my fellow Republicans learn the
lesson - to reflect the needs to the public rather than what they want. Arivind
Kejriwal has redefined and clarified what it means to be Government of the
People by the people for the people.
I will ask the same question to Arvind Kejriwal, what if you fell sick or
become dear to God in an accident, is your system established to move forward on
its own? Do you have enough people deeply oriented with your ideals to carry the
mantle? A sustainable government should be based on a system and not
individuals.
My recommendation for Kejriwal is to establish the party in Delhi, be a
part of the opposition or form the governance if the Delhi voters say yes, but
don't expand to other parts of the country yet, as you are likely to fall like
all others.
IBN network has bestwoed the Indian of the year award to Arvind Kejriwal, a
well-deserved award. Congratulations Mr. Kejriwal! The following 6 minutes
video on YouTube is worth watching to understand a genuine democracy – of the
people by the people for the people
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Mike
Ghouse is a speaker,
thinker and a writer on pluralism, politics, peace, Islam, Israel, India, interfaith, and cohesion at work
place. He is committed to building a Cohesive America and offers
pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at www.TheGhousediary.com. He believes
in Standing up for
others and a book with the same title is coming up. Mike has a strong
presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a frequent guest
onSean Hannity
show on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he contributes
weekly to the Texas Faith Column at Dallas Morning News; fortnightly
at Huffington post; and
several other periodicals across the world. His personal site www.MikeGhouse.net indexes all his work
through many
links.
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Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker and a writer on pluralism, politics, peace, Islam, Israel, India, interfaith, and cohesion at work place. He is committed to building a Cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at www.TheGhousediary.com. He believes in Standing up for others and a book with the same title is coming up. Mike has a strong presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a frequent guest onSean Hannity show on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at Dallas Morning News; fortnightly at Huffington post; and several other periodicals across the world. His personal site www.MikeGhouse.net indexes all his work through many links.
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