New Delhi: Alleging that farmer Gajendra Singh’s suicide was a “drama” enacted by the Aam Aadmi Party, which turned out to be a “tragedy”, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has advised the Arvind Kejriwal-led outfit to take right lessons from the incident. It also accused the AAP of becoming “a new epitome of lack of ideological perception and personality-based factionalism in Indian politics.”
Describing AAP’s recent farmer rally as one that touched the “lowest level” of politics, the RSS mouthpiece Organiser hit out at the party saying such “dirty” politics should be discarded. Challenging AAP’s claim that it is different from other political parties, the editorial argues that AAP has added to Indian politics an entertainment value that is unique and has gone to the extent of enacting a drama in the name of farmer’s suicide.
It further said that “for catching the public attention through media, instigating some supposed-to-be-farmer to enact a suicide attempt and the person actually losing his life is dirty politics, which should be discarded outright.” It said, after its brief political stint in Delhi in 2013 and then its political debacle contesting from Varanasi, many started arguing that the AAP is turning out to be like any other political party.
“But AAP’s comeback in the national capital with thumping majority and the aftermath show the other way round. The script, drama and presentation of this loose political formation are proving to be sensational, but foreign to be part of India’s democratic culture,” it said.
While seeking to defend the BJP’s policies in the wake of severe opposition to the land ordinance and other farm-related issues by the Opposition, it also accused the Congress for pursuing policies that harmed agrarian interests. “The problem of Indian agriculture is systemic and cannot be linked merely to other land development policies. India’s agricultural land is overburdened and was never boosted through innovation and investment...
The socialist pattern of philosophy of poverty started by the Congress and now dramatised by the AAP can only derail the real development in agricultural sector. Through such attempt, AAP can only add entertainment value to politics but cannot make any substantial change,” it said.
