Thank you for conducting that brutal interview of Arvind Kejriwal , Saturday evening

Normally , Arvind is a very reticent fellow

But you managed to rattle him !

But for your penetrating questions , Arvind would not have volunteered to reveal on his own , the following :

> RESERVATION OF 90 % SEATS

– It is only for 28 colleges which are partially or fully funded by Delhi
Government

It is for ANY student ( from any state of India ) , who passes his / her
10th standard from any Delhi school

> FREE WATER

– Only 20KL per month is free

Our goal is to ” Reduce Consumption / Conserve ”

Hence it makes sense to charge those who continue to consume more
than 20 KL .

If they want FREE , they must cut back on consumption !

Again it makes lot of Economic Sense , to give water free , only to
those who have meters

Lakhs of households will now get motivated to install meters !

A very powerful incentive

That will introduce ” Measurement of Resource ”

> NO WATER IN SLUMS / UNAUTHORISED COLONIES

– This is a physical problem of laying 150 Km of new pipe-lines /
installation of pumps etc

No one asked Congress government re this for 15 years !

It is totally unfair to expect AAP to do this in 15 days !

> DIFFERING VIEWS / OPINIONS AMONGST AAP LEADERS

– This is what democracy is all about !

We encourage ALL to speak their minds without fear / reservations

Ideas must flow unhindered

We believe in brain-storming , not in suppressing views !

But ,

PAC members / MLAs / Core Committee Members etc will need to toe the

FINAL PARTY POSITION ( arrived after fierce internal debate / evaluation /
consensus ) in public , irrespective of their personal views

As far as millions of ORDINARY MEMBERS are concerned ( including Capt
Gopinath / Mallika Sarabhai etc ) , they are at liberty to criticize even the
FINAL PARTY POSITION

We impose PARTY DISCIPLINE , only on office bearers

And since Vinod Binny is our MLA , he is bound by this internal CODE OF
CONDUCT .

He must leave the party , if he cannot comply

> SOMNATH BHARATI TAKING LAW IN OWN HANDS

– If Delhi police won’t act against drug mafia / sex racketeers , despite a
pile of complaints from local citizens , then our ministers will come out on
the streets , in support of the oppressed

We will not hesitate to join their agitation / revolt against the corrupt !

Even Mahatma Gandhi , had to break the unjust British Laws

We will do the same

If we cannot change the law with the support of our MLAs , then we will
break it with the support of the suffering public

Make no mistakes about it !

> AAP ENGAGING IN ANARCHY / CHAOS / POPULISM

– Another TV channel editor said , we are continuing ” Activism ”

Still another TV anchor says , AAP failed to graduate to ” Governance ”

Use any – and all – adjectives you can , to describe our behavior / actions

We are not guided / governed by any ” Ideology ” ( Left / Right / Center )

When we take any decision / action , we only apply ” Gandhi Guideline ” ,

viz ; ” Will this help the poorest person ? ”

> AAP TAKING CONGRESS SUPPORT

– If they like , let them withdraw their ( unasked for ) support today

Let there be re-elections

People of Delhi will bring us back with 50 seats

> CONTESTING LOK DABHA SEAT ?

– I may , if Party asks me

[ Arvind ,

Whereas all the rest of your answers were most appropriate , this was
the most disappointing !

If you succumb to the " wishes " of your colleagues , not only the
people of Delhi , but of entire India , will conclude that ,

# You are an opportunist

# You are after power

# You cannot be trusted

# You have betrayed them ]

Once again , thank you Rajdeep ,

But for your grilling , public would have continued to believe the canards being dished out by those pseudo – experts trying to drown out each other , on panel discussions / obsessions !

* hemen parekh ( 20 Jan 2014 / Mumbai )