Leader In Making : Arvind Kejriwal

He Might Have The Key in 2014 Elections

It was last year in April or so that the movement picked momentum, India Against Corruption (IAC),a fight aimed at rooting out corruption in the public system. Veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare leading the movement, it was his impeccable image which took the movement to what it is today.The team of leaders , christened ‘Team Anna’ had representations from the civil society, they were experts in their respective fields.

One of the better known faces of the movement is Arvind Kejriwal, Kejriwal graduated from IIT Kharagpur with a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering in 1989. He was an Indian Revenue Service official. He was awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2006, for activating India's Right to Information movement at grassroots and social activities to empower the poorest citizens to fight corruption by holding the government answerable to the people. Kejriwal is also a Saathi (fellow) of the Association for India's Development, a Global Impact award winning NGO. In 2006 after resigning from IRS,he founded an NGO Public cause Research Foundation by donating his Magasaysay award money as corpus fund.In 2010, he along with a few like minded people formed India Against Corruption which aimed at enacting of strong and effective anti-corruption law in India.This resume cannot be of any common man.The IAC may have been dissolved but the fight is still not over yet!

Politicos both in power and in opposition kept on delaying the passing of the ‘Lokpal’ an Ombudsman to look for the public grievances especially relating to those of corruption charges. Lack of ‘political will’ ensured no fruitful developments in the regard,  Arvind Kejriwal then decided to go political. Anna Hazare distanced himself from the move but stressing on the fact that he would continue fighting against corruption while being completely apolitical.

Kejriwal’s decision is a welcome step,you better do it yourself rather than asking for the ‘favour’. Politics in present scenario is out of the reach of the common man,but wait,here is a man who we know has worked for bettering the system,is well educated. So,do we have an option before us? Here are a few reasons as to why he might be the key in 2014 general elections;

1)First and foremost,he is educated not just another literate like the many out there.

2)Candidates,the candidates put up by his party, hopefully would be at par with his ideology with the ‘aam admi’ connect.

3)This is an opportunity for those who don’t vote citing poor candidature and likes. This is the  chance for them.

4)The scams in the UPA II regime have done them no good and the NDA have done nothing to help themselves, lack of central leadership being the topmost irritant. His party might slice away a significant number from both these camps.

5)Last and by no means the least,the common man is fed up with the current political system,a change is needed desperately which he promises and has worked for.

I do not expect many seats for his party but a change is inevitable here,he maybe not be having political experience but I am hopeful he would be having enough numbers to be the key in govt formation in 2014.This can be a good start while taking into the account the 2019 general elections.