For Arvind Kejriwal - and his team of ministers and
MLAs - lesson number one is :
TALK LESS / WORK MORE
You did not have to declare ( from roof-top too ! ),
" If
elected , we will shun government bungalows / cars / servants etc "
No one had asked you for proof of your simplicity
But you went ahead and did it on your own !
Now that you have placed yourself under the microscope
, people of Delhi are asking :
" Why is
Arvind moving into a 10 room bungalow ?
Why has he
accepted security from UP government ?
Why are AAP
ministers using government cars ( - chauffer driven too ) ?
What were you
trying to achieve - except perhaps fool the public - by
travelling in
metro / auto / Wagon-R , for first 4 days ?
"
People of Delhi think that ,
> they have
been taken for a ride ( - no doubt , on metro ! )
> you have
pulled a fast one on them
> you have
betrayed their trust
DEAR ARVIND ,
There was no need for you to have made those lofty
declarations
But for your failed attempt to project your simplicity
as a virtue , no one would have bothered to wonder why you are moving from a 3
bedroom flat to a 5 bedroom flat
People may have even appreciated that you intend to
continue your office work ( beyond office hours ) , in a 5 room office attached
to your residence
Every single Chief Minister of India has to do that !
More than 50 years back , Dr Jivraj Mehta ( - the first
Chief Minister of Gujarat ) , spent a night at my father's modest house in
village Vadia
He had just one peon in his retinue ( - apart from his
driver ) , who carried a heap of files inside the house
After dinner , he sat down cross-legged , on a bed laid
out on the floor and answered questions of the villagers
When I got up next morning , I saw him going thru those
files and making notes . My father later told me that the CM had started work
at 4 am - still sitting cross-legged on the floor !
Dr Jivraj Mehta did not have to declare his "
Simplicity " to anyone !
Then 3 years later , corrupt Congress MLAs of Gujarat ,
who could not stomach the honesty of Dr Mehta , got High Command to replace
him !
DEAR ARVIND ,
You have many lessons to learn from history
Lesson No ONE is :
> Do not
undertake / promise anything that you cannot sustain
> Once you
promise anything , don't go back on it
> Always ask , " Will I be able to defend my position later ? "
> Always ask , " Will I be able to defend my position later ? "
> TALK LESS / WORK
MORE
* hemen parekh
( 04 Jan
2014 / Mumbai
)
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