Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Sunday, 19 January 2014

Thank you , Rajdeep Sirdesai !



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  )  

   

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