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Kejri calls off street protest
Kejri calls off street protest, Najeeb Jung , Arvind Kejriwal, AAp, street protest. Vindicating his claim to be an anarchist and not an administrator, the AAP supremo, earlier in the day, had created a situation in the heart of the city, where chaos and anarchy marked the day.
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New Delhi: After drawing flak from all quarters, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal finally called off his protest, when the Congress-led UPA government came to his rescue and gave him the face-saver. Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung appealed to him to stop the agitation, agreeing to send on leave two of the five cops, whom Kejriwal wanted to suspend for dereliction of duty.
Terming it as “people’s victory,” Kejriwal’s called off the stir and brought relief to the people of the capital, besides the authorities in Delhi and the security forces, who were engaged in making preparations for the Republic Day, which falls barely after five days. Wisdom dawned on the Delhi Chief Minister, who was advised by his confidantes – Manish Sisodia and Yogendra Yadav – to call off the protest, after being reprimanded by the media.
Vindicating his claim to be an anarchist and not an administrator, the AAP supremo, earlier in the day, had created a situation in the heart of the city, where chaos and anarchy marked the day. Braving the wet and cold weather, the AAP members clashed with the Delhi police, provoking them for confrontation by breaking the barricades, pelting stones and trying to swell the crowds, as requested by their leader.
Flouting the Constitution and threatening to lay siege at Rajpath, Kejriwal and his colleagues dared the Central government to remove them. They were not prepared to heed the request of Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde to shift their venue to Jantar Mantar, the place where initially social activist Anna Hazare had started the agitation.
They demanded that the UPA government suspend the five cops, who refused to obey the orders of the Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti and Delhi Women & Child Development Minister Rakhi Birla, who had behaved like vigilantes a few days earlier, conducting raids at the residences of African nationals.
The Centre had little option but to partially meet the demands of the Delhi Chief Minister. Acting tough on the agitators would have created an unseemly situation in the capital, ahead of the Republic Day celebrations. Ignoring their demand, likewise, would have also cost them dearly, as the AAP was determined not to budge from their stand, seeing a political opportunity ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
Similarly, withdrawing support from the AAP in Delhi would have only enthused the BJP leadership, which is keen to dethrone the Kejriwal government in the capital, hoping against hope, to have simultaneous elections in the Delhi Assembly. According to the BJP political pundits, simultaneous elections in both, the Assembly and the Lok Sabha, would help the party in improving its tally as the wave in favour of Narendra Modi would even help them to form government in Delhi. For both the Congress and the AAP, working out a partial formula to end the impasse was the only option in hand. In the deal, it was Kejriwal, who had to make a climbdown and change the goalpost.
