Theatrics or Ploy: Why does Kejriwal always demean the office of the PM?

While I was in Delhi in 2015, a week before Kejriwal’s party won the Delhi Elections with a thumping majority, I came across an auto driver, proudly wearing the AAP Cap (or as I like to refer to it, the refuge of the retard). Curious, I questioned his inclination, and this is what I got for an answer.

“Sir, my heart says that he has the capability, and he is the one that always challenges Modi’.

Since we are trying to decipher the psychology behind the theatrics of Mr. Kejriwal, it is of utmost importance that we focus on two very specific words in the above answer, which are ‘heart’ and ‘Modi’.

The mere fact that Mr. Kejriwal was elected signifies the emotional tendency of Indians while electing their representatives. We saw that in Bihar recently, where the caste-card was played along with a coalition without any conscience. So what if the politician was indulged in cheap theatrics or rampant corruption in the past, for the Indian population, the vote is where the heart is, and this is exactly what drives Mr. Kejriwal to an insane limit when it is about mocking/questioning/abusing the Prime Minister.

CM Narendra Modi rose to prominence after a successful show in Gujarat. Without getting into static numbers, let’s simply recall the phenomenal efforts put in by him to help the state after a devastating Earthquake, prolonged droughts, and all this while tackling an army of corrupt NGOs and famous media personalities. The rise of Narendra Modi wasn’t the rise of a CM alone, but of countless Indians who still believed in the Constitution, but were sick of the Congress, who still believed in the vibrant social structure of our democracy, but were plagued by the communal faults created by the Indian National Congress. However, Kejriwal relishes both, a sickening Congress and the communal divide, without any love for the constitution.

Unlike the Prime Minister, the rise of Kejriwal was on an emotion that was temporary. While the former focused on taking the country forward, the latter’s primary priority was himself. A couple of years have passed since the elections, and today, we witness theatrics of a very different kind. With time, Kejriwal has evolved in his theatrics. Is he really obsessed with Modi? Does he work on the orders of Congress? What makes Kejriwal chant Modi day and night?

Let’s take a look at some tweets from Kejriwal:

From movies to cartoons, Kejriwal blames it all on Modi (and these are tweets from the past fortnight alone), and he doesn’t stop there. Any tweet, any link, anything that questions the Modi Government is immediately endorsed by Kejriwal. For the ones who are curious, visit the Twitter timeline of Kejriwal and you shall learn that the frequency of endorsements and mentions outshines that of original tweets by a huge margin.

So, why does he do that?

Kejriwal doesn’t have the intellect or intelligence that is essential to run a State or an Election. If you left him alone in a room with the documentation of a scheme that was to be implemented, chances are that he would be found protesting the documentation itself for not criticizing Modi.

Today, he doesn’t only rule the news cycles (thanks to his ‘krantikari’ connections), but also succeeds in creating a diversion that lowers the discourse of our own daily discussions. When we should be discussing the possibility of a bullet train, we end up focused on college degrees. While we should look to focus on startups and entrepreneurs, we are left discussing the fascism that exists in the dreams of Kejriwal.

Let me give you an example, last week, when our focus should have been on the visit of our Prime Minister to the US Congress, we were left agonizing over the pointless controversy of a movie that ‘tried’ showcasing the drug problem in Punjab. This wasn’t the first time the diversion card was played. Earlier this year, when the ‘Make in India’ event was going on, another pointless controversy was cooked up for the attention to shift from the Prime Minister to Kejriwal.

So, when Kejriwal repeatedly mentions Modi on his Twitter timeline, he gets the following things done:

• Shifts the attention from developments that are way more important than his theatrics;
• Tries to create an atmosphere online where people can see him as the rival to the PM;
• Projects himself as an alternative to the governance setup, he claims, is flawed;

Kejriwal is not stupid. He realizes that Rahul Gandhi has been discarded by everyone but the leadership of Congress. His continuous attempts to demean the PM are an attempt to fill in the vacuum created by the low IQ of Rahul Gandhi. As we approach the next elections in 2019, the theatrics are just going to increase.

Addressing the next question, what really happens when the lunatic with a muffler demeans the stature and office of the PM?

• He gets to share digital space with the PM in the form of articles, mentions, tweets and so on.
• The news cycles have to focus on him, irrespective of the great work being carried out elsewhere.
• Even without any national standing, he is seen as an equal to the leader of the ruling party.
• He doesn’t end up in a discarded corner of Indian Politics, which he fears can be the case given his party’s negligible history and achievements.

A recent report by ‘Fountain Ink’ discussed how the party had been using SEO (Search Engine Optimization, used by businesses around the globe to get the top spot on Google, thus gaining more potential customers) to expand their reach, get articles with positive feedbacks and reports closer to the top page of Google, and so on.

To summarize it all, from a single Tweet from the Delhi CM to a 200-word pointless article on TOI or ‘Bloody Wasted Mary’ is a part of a puzzle, a puzzle when completed would form a larger picture, with an aim to disrupt the PM, to divert attention from the work being done, and most importantly, to confuse the Indian voter.

Railway Ministry has successfully helped the drought-hit districts with a consistent supply of water in the past few weeks, but what did the news cycles focus on when the relief services were being initiated; on a single tweet from Kejriwal that requested Kapil Mishra to arrange for transport services to one of the drought-hit districts. This is a fine example of how Kejriwal plays the game of ‘disrupt, divert, and divide’.

Today, we mock how Kejriwal is obsessed with Modi, but around us, there are thousands of voters, young, uninformed, and starting out to understand Indian Politics who see the Delhi CM as the prime competition of our PM (even when the PM doesn’t give a second of his critical time to the theatrics of Delhi CM). Where the work done, policies implemented, and governance structure should form the basis of merit, a part of the public is being left confused with pointless tweets. This is the age of information, and Delhi CM has mastered the art of using information as a tool to divide instead of development. Kejriwal, with his madness and mad supporters, has managed to create a projection through which he wants people to believe that he happens to be the alternative to the PM in 2019.

So, addressing the final question, what should we do as voters?

All we can do is take a look at the larger picture. Look beyond a single news cycle, a single Newshour debate, and understand the game that is being played in the name of developmental politics. I wish to put the entire fiasco in a simple tale:

‘The dog barked for long hours to get the attention of a curious audience, and he did manage some success, but what he lacked was the respect commanded by the lion.”

Unfortunately, in India, votes aren’t cast on merit alone, and hence, it is important to understand the psychology of Kejriwal and everything he does in the name of AAP.

Kejriwal is no fool, but he intends to make a fool of 1.3 Billion people. He is not obsessed with Modi, but simply aroused by the idea of seeing himself on a political platform which equals that of the PM, and that is a far more dangerous obsession, the consequences of which can hamper the progress of India.