Time and again history has shown to us that the masses can be easily misled. All you need is a good marketing campaign, a likeable face and most importantly a dysfunctional governance setup.
Since 1947 Indians have only been subject to treachery and deceit from the dominant political establishment - the "Dynasty" led Congress party. The Rajwadas and the Raj got replaced with a proxy feudal dynasty.
This proxy dynasty ensured complete and total capitulation of democratic values. A simple tried and tested formula of “divide and rule and if you can’t rule don’t let anyone else rule” was implemented by them. A casual reading of the history of modern India shows how the dynasty and the Congress party sabotaged alternative political formations.
The powder keg:
Resultant to this has been the massive loot of our wealth, aspirations and dignity. 67 years of treachery has lead to total breakdown of the moral compass of the society and has created a completely dysfunctional governance setup. Corruption and crime are the end result of the decay in the moral fabric of the society. This deadly concoction is an exact replica of the situation which existed in Germany during the period from 1925 to 1933, the pre Nazi Germany era. This is the ideal launch platform for a “common man” to don the mantel of the “Führer”.
Déjà Vu:
The Aam Aadmi Party (The common man’s party) AAP is structured and replicated exactly on the lines of the National Socialist German Workers' Party – the NAZI party. History tells us the NAZI party was formed by a group of disparate people who combined to take advantage of the deep social discontent arising out of a dysfunctional Government.
The NAZI party was clandestinely supported by vested business interest and the ruling party itself as it wanted to curtail the rise of rival political formations. Initially, the Nazi political strategy focused on anti-big business, anti-bourgeois and anti-capitalist rhetoric to gain mass acceptance.
This striking resemblance to the AAP strategy is almost déjà vu. The AAP was formed by a disparate bunch of rabble rousers and self serving people. It core consists of Maoist intellects, separatists, anarchists, professional NGO rabble rousers, militant environmentalists and anti nationalists. In a bid to broad base their credentials the AAP dispensation has recruited some retired industrialist, corporate honchos and bureaucrats.
The Gobbelsian Strategy:
“Repeat a lie a 1000 times and you will believe it is the truth …”
“The masses are gullible, given them a Popsicle and they forget reality …”
The genesis of AAP has been based on one simple statement – “all political parties are corrupt, all politicians are bad”. The only way to change this would be by a complete purge of the current system through the Lokpal.
The Lokpal was marketed as a mythical elixir by the likes of Arvind Kejriwal and was front faced by a likeable, marketable and gullible Anna Hazare. In the Anna, the youth and the middle class saw redemption. The dynasty and the Congress party had ensured that India never got a hero figure. Anna Hazare filled in the vacuum.
Very smart marketing by the Arvind Kejriwal Gang and the sensationalist 24x7 news hungry (read it as TRP hungry) TV media created an unprecedented upsurge of emotions. Lokpal was the solution to all the problems India faced, or so we were told. All politicians are corrupt and the Lokpal will be able to bring them to Talibanisque justice. The mass hysteria was infectious.
The Storm Troopers:
The current AAP rhetoric is anti-big business, anti-bourgeois and anti-capitalist to attract the discontented lower middle class youth. The Nazis used this as a strategy to recruit the youth to form their muscle base.
The Nazi Sturmabteilung (storm troopers) were formed to “maintain order” at Nazi meetings. They later morphed into a large organized terror mob which fought with the opponents of the Nazis in the streets and finally they were used to terrorize the common people and run pogroms against perceived enemies.
The entire AAP strategy is focused on recruiting gullible and discontent youth to form their muscle brigade. The indoctrination of this youth base is relatively easy given the amount of discontent which exists in this social segment.
In the modern Indian context we see a reflection of this brewing in West Bengal where the Trinamool Congress is using a similar strategy to mow down the common man and their political opponents.
The AAP Sturmabteilung has just shown the world a reflection of things to come. Its Law Minister Somnath Bharti (convicted for evidence tampering by the high court) led a late night “street justice” mob against people who did not seem to conform to the local sensibilities. This distasteful and disgraceful episode reminds us of the Nazi Sturmabteilung and the ethnic cleansing pogroms they conducted against people who did not fit into their version of society.
The First Push:
In 1930 Hitler and the Nazi party were asked to form a minority Government in Germany. The politics of Germany was so fragmented that no political party could gain majority. Hitler and the Nazis were rank outsiders and considered as upstarts in the political scene. The established Germany political parties assumed that Hitler and the Nazis would make a complete mess of the Government and at the next elections they would regain control.
By 1933, Hitler and the Nazis had assumed absolute control of Germany. Immediately after coming to power in 1930, Hitler declared a series of very populist measures for the common people. On the side Hitler cut deals with shady industrialists and businessmen. These shadowy industrialists and businessmen were instrumental in pushing for Hitler’s complete takeover of Germany.
The current AAP Government in Delhi is an exact replica of the situation which existed in Germany in 1930. The AAP was propped up with outside support of the dynasty and Congress party to keep out the BJP.
In a backroom deal which was stuck with the AAP, the Congress agreed to support their Government formation on 2-conditions:
1. Create chaos and garner the maximum footage in the 24x7 TRP hungry news channels. Keep Narendra Modi and the BJP out of the news rooms.
2. Cut into the vote bank which the BJP was gaining at the expense of the Congress
The Congress wheeler dealer gang of Chidambaram-Patel-Sibal formulated this strategy in keeping with its age old tradition “if you cannot rule, don’t let your opponents rule”.
The Mystery Brigade:
In hushed tones, political pundits and seasoned journalists are beginning to ask a very important question, “Who is funding the AAP?”. Seasoned observers are clearly seeing that the AAP could not just be surviving and growing on public and disclosed donations. The growing hooligan base of the AAP, its street muscle needs to be fed and kept. This cannot just be done with the peanut donations the AAP has gathered so far.
Simple arithmetic tells us that there are unknown sources of funding for the AAP. Who is funding them? What is the agenda of the people who are funding them? The hushed conversations are now veering around to pointed observations that the dynasty and its crony industrialist supporter are managing the AAP in proxy. Even more dangerous is a theory that the funding is coming through the Maoist – Chinese – Gulf – ISI route. Given the background of the AAP core committee members this could very well be true.
History is unforgiving to societies that choose to ignore history. The AAP has all the makings of a dark episode for Indian politics. The solution is staring at our face. It is now up to us to decide our fate.
While reading this my observation was on the nature of allegation and the comparable drawn to the Nazi party with the AAP. History is always written by the victors and their opinions. The annals of history conveniently forget what actually was and what is.
ReplyDeleteThe proof of pudding being the rhetorical statement – “Repeat a lie a 1000 times and you will believe it is the truth” by admission.
Imagine a scenario where a kg of onion was available at INR 20 and subsequently sold at INR 80 in a few months. Finally the prices stabilized and bottomed out at INR 40 in a year’s time. We hear a lot about the current political scenario of West Bengal. Didi and her terror tactics are now the talk of the town. But it was just over a year ago and for over 3 decades that the just ousted party had been following the same tactics of coercion and complete submission. Memory of the common man while being short-lived is also coupled with an ever-forgiving nature. After all we call the “Mahatma” the father of the nation and have failed to adopt the ideologies of a gentleman called “Netaji”.
What remains as the basic question and is often misunderstood under so called acceptable social norms is whether a peaceful approach is the best one or do we need to adopt a more circuitous route of violence. The end results of both approaches are in my opinion same. It is only what we choose to embrace adhering to these prescribed norms which makes one approach a better among the equals.
Bottom Line
The common man is always misled due to lack of information and education. Disparities will always remain in a country having a population in excess of 125 crores. Governance, rules, law, equality, good politics and its ilk cannot survive the onslaught of THH factor (The Human Hunger). This is what is giving rise to an AAP, a Didi or any other regime. To survive in this urban jungle the common man is being forced to choose, adopt, preach and practice what they perceive to be best solution of that time.
Rather than boasting of having the highest number or young work-force in the world for which more than half are unemployable due to lack of knowledge and education and the remaining chasing the proverbial pot at the end of the rainbow, the country should adopt drastic measures like China and its likes to control this decay.
Growth numbers in GDP & PPP terms sound good, however in population terms on a sustainable basis spells nothing but doom. We are leaving a country for our children filled with bitterness, fragmentation on the basis of caste, religion and language and too few resources.
Unless we arrest this slide, the country will keep on producing the likes of an AAP and its fanatic brigade. It will always be fed by the capitalists in any form to keep the divide alive.
Lastly, regional parties to form or be a part of a government formed by outside or minority support will always have vested interests. While sounding extreme, it is my opinion that the country be broken up into smaller domains rather than pretend to be one. North-east states are any which-ways alienated from our customs, beliefs and culture. The rest of the country is a ticking time bomb waiting to explode into fragments.
Unless Lokpal is created to completely delineate any party or individuals from the power center, it will never be a true champion of the common man in its present proposed form. Rather than political parties and leaders and the so called dynasties running the show, the governance should be on the lines of guardians and captains taking the helm of affairs. Regular review and monitoring of these office holders should ensure progress and weed out corruption. Non-performance should lead to immediate ousters.
P.S. These are my personal views and should not be construed as the influence of anyone associated with me.