In this episode of Editorial, HW News Managing Editor Sujit Nair takes on Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party, why is it making it look Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) its subsidiary, and AAP's 'insecurity' over Rahul Gandhi's protest outside PM Modi's house. Mr. Nair questions AAP's stance and the larger message this sends out.
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[00:00:00] Rahul Gandhi's protest lacks sincerity says, AAP Admi Party. AAP Admi Party, Kho Kya Karna Hai? If media is giving attention to Rahul Gandhi is because Rahul Gandhi is more popular than Arvind K. Drival. Let there be magnification of the issue rather than Rahul Gandhi did that, he went there, he's doing...
[00:00:28] Namaskar. Welcome to another episode of Editorial. You know, long long back, I remember seeing this ad. This is one of the ad that stayed with me actually. This ad was of a brand called Rin and the ad went, Tumari Sari Meri Sari Se Safed Kese. That was the ad. And then you know, you have a CG which says,
[00:00:58] Rin Se Zyada Safedee, Vagare Vagare Vagare. Tumari Sari Meri Sari Se Safed Kese. It was an advertising, it was a television commercial. When I see the current whatever is happening around the students protest, NEET protest, I see now it has gone beyond a public movement. It has gone beyond people's movement. It has gone beyond NEET. It has become a political movement.
[00:01:28] There are leaders from Aam Admi Party, they are very peeved. They are very peeved because Rahul Gandhi is getting more attention than CJP. I don't know Rahul Gandhi getting more attention than CJP. I don't know what is Aap's problem in all of this, but we will get to that. There is a problem, we will get to that. But the point that I am trying to make here is,
[00:01:53] somewhere down the line, I am wondering what exactly is the deal here. Some of the statements that I hear, I read is, the protest lacks sincerity. The protest lacks sincerity. Rahul Gandhi's protest lacks sincerity says, Aap Admi Party. Aam Admi Party? What do you want to do, brother? Why is Aam Admi Party the judge to kind of gauge somebody's sincerity or not? Isn't that kind of weird?
[00:02:24] If they are fighting for the cause, that cause, apparently Aam Admi Party also believes in whether somebody lacks sincerity or somebody doesn't like sincerity, what is Aap's problem? Secondly, they say if Rahul Gandhi was sincere about the students, then he would have joined the students movement. Why did he do another protest? Hey, brother, see, it's like this. It's like this. If I want to protest, it is my protest. Okay? And I will protest the way I want to protest.
[00:02:54] I may decide not to eat or I may decide to eat from morning to night. I may decide to sleep on the streets. That's my protest. What is Aam Admi got to do with it? It is not necessary that I protest the way somebody else is protest. All this is weird. Somebody tells me that, you know, look, all the media limelight, all the Godi media is after Rahul Gandhi. Nobody is, you know, how is he getting so much mileage? It's actually natural. It is natural.
[00:03:24] If media is giving attention to Rahul Gandhi because Rahul Gandhi is more popular than Arvind K. Trival. Aap, come on. I mean, let's face it. And with no insults meant Aap is a, I'm sure they are working towards, you know, making them stronger. I'm, I'm agreeing. But today Aap is an autarixia party. Three members in Lok Sabha. Autarixia. All can fit into an autarixia and go to Lok Sabha for, to attend the parliament. It's an autarixia party. What are we talking about?
[00:03:50] Obviously, today Rahul Gandhi is way, way higher in popularity than what, what Arvind K. Trival is. Please don't get me wrong. I'm telling you a fact. Wake up and smell the coffee. So obviously, when Rahul Gandhi goes somewhere, he will get mileage. He will get media attention. And when you say Godi media or whatever media, what you mean is media that supports the government. The biggest, the party that criticizes the most is Congress. I mean, Aap today is actually irrelevant as far as any media is concerned.
[00:04:21] It is BJP and Congress. So the fact that if they are covering a Congress event, then well, I mean, it's good. I mean, as simple as that, that's another very, very important point I wanted to raise. Secondly, why are you making it so obvious? You have been complaining up, gentlemen, that, you know, RSS backs BJP, RSS is in cohorts with BJP and so on and so forth.
[00:04:50] You've been saying that you follow the same toolkit. You are openly now making it clear that BJP, that CJP, that is Cockroach Janata Party is a subsidiary of AAP. You are making it sound as if it's your branch office. Why are you doing it? Why are you making it so obvious? And most importantly, let me ask you a million dollar question.
[00:05:16] You see today, I have not heard much about Dharmindra Pradhan and his resignation. All I'm hearing about is why AAP feels that Rahul Gandhi is doing the wrong thing by protesting outside PM's office. Who is actually going against the movement? Are you going against the movement or is Rahul Gandhi going against the movement? Rahul Gandhi is doing his protest. That's his right.
[00:05:42] That's the constitutional right, the constitution that we all talk about, including our own leader. It is his constitutional right to do the protest the way he wants to do the protest within the framework of the constitution and within the framework of law. And he's doing that. What's your problem? What are you trying to complain about? What support are you trying to garner? And why are you garnering support for CJP? They're capable enough to garner their own support because their issue is such so strong.
[00:06:13] They have a strong issue that they are fighting for. Why are you trying to kind of put your two bits into it and spoil it? Let them do their work. They're doing a fantastic job. And if Rahul Gandhi does, let him do it. Let the issue be more known than your political parties. Let there be magnification of the issue rather than Rahul Gandhi did that. He went there. He's doing. Are you are you are you kind of getting what I'm saying?
[00:06:42] Third and last. You see, AAP will lose its credibility like this. AAP will lose its credibility. AAP went out and said that we are not going to be. In fact, India against corruption went out and said we never get into politics, got into politics. Then AAP happened. AAP said we will never align with anybody. Aligned with Congress. At one point in time in Delhi.
[00:07:11] AAP was seen cooperating with Bharatiya Janata Party. There are rumors rumors. People came in my channel and spoke about incidents where AAP was working with the RSS. There are people like Raju Parulikar who came into my channel and spoke to me. So what credibility are you talking about? What are you pointing your fingers at?
[00:07:35] What I'm asking again is by bringing Rahul Gandhi in the picture, you have actually diverted the entire issue. You have made Rahul Gandhi bigger than the actual problem. You started out by saying that you need Dharamendra Pradhan's resignation and today it's all about Rahul Gandhi. Who diverted from the issue? Now I want to ask a direct question to AAP. Was this protest meant for need paper leak?
[00:08:05] Or was this protest a prelude, a run up to Punjab campaign? Your Punjab election campaign. You see, if it is, and I think it is, it's a very rudimentary strategy. It is a very rudimentary strategy. It must have worked for you in 2012, 2013. It must have worked for you. But 2014, you didn't get much votes. This is not going to work even now.
[00:08:31] This is very rudimentary because people see it through and people see it through very easily. I hope and I sincerely request because India needs powerful, good opposition. You are one of them. Think a little more deeply. Think your strategy a little more deeply and try to be that selfless party that you aimed it to be at one point in time when you started off. It will do a lot of good for you. It will do a lot of good for this nation.
[00:09:00] That's the point I wanted to make till I see you next time. That's tomorrow at 10. Namaskar. But it is not the only thing I would argue for you. It's just the most careful thing I might not assume. You should have been pushing up cuz I need to leave this for you. You should have control over. You should have control over here.