Well…there are many things that have changed over the last one week…although, some things (in India) never change. And one such thing is Arvind Kejriwal and his polemically political brouhaha. Thus, it wasn’t surprising to see Arvind Kejriwal launch a scathing attack against the Indian Prime Minister, demanding that Narendra Modi roll back the Centre’s move to demonetise 500 and 1000 currency notes. His logic and rationale — well, as you can obviously guess – ‘Aam Aadmi’!
Then again, it is not really surprising…after all, Arvind Kejriwal has for a long time believed himself to be the self-appointed and self-proclaimed messiah of the common man. So what, if he has not bothered to check with the common man as to what he truly feels about the currency ban. For had Arvind Kejriwal bothered to just hold his horses, he would have soon learnt that 82 percent of the citizens are actually in favour of Modi’s bold move to combat the problems of black money and counterfeit, which is used in large quantities to fund both terrorism and the naxal movement.
The ‘Pulse of the Nation’ survey, which was conducted by Inserts (India’s highest-rated news app) in conjunction with IPSOS (which is a global market and opinion research specialist), highlights the common man’s perception regarding the demonetisation move, which is being viewed as a serious step by the Central government to combat the menace of black money. The survey results is a testament to the common man’s faith in his government and its strategic move to clampdown on black money hoarders and tax evaders. In fact, even poor people have hailed the government’s move and are willing to go through the inconvenience of standing in queues.
Besides, we live in a country where the common man has to queue up for everything — be it for essentials like food (i.e. from standing in the queue to obtain a ration card to getting subsidised ration for home to even standing in queue at a wedding buffet) or water (i.e. standing in queue for hours to fill a single bucket of water) to even hyped products like the Reliance Jio sim. Why then are we fretting about the fact that we have to queue up in an attempt to clean up this country?!? Is standing in a queue that high a price to pay? Of course, those questions are rhetorical for most people apparently don’t think so! And I am one of them! [Are you listening Mr. Kejriwal?]
Thus, the nation wants to ask you — where is the strong narrative against black money that was once-upon-a-time, your election pitch? Why are you not standing in solidarity with the move that will not only wreck havoc on tax evaders but also terror funding? Why are your political interests bigger than the national interest? And most importantly…do you realise the irony of your actions? From blaming Modi for not doing enough, you have now gone to blaming him for doing too much?!?
