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.
