Who is Aam Aadmi ?

As of now , Planning Commission has not come out with any official definition of Aam Aadmi

And given the controversy surrounding its earlier definition of a Poor Aadmi ( Below the poverty line ? ) , don't expect the Commission to come out with one , anytime soon

But some of our media ( Newspapers / TV Channels ) have just concluded that , 5 out of 6 candidates fielded in Mumbai by Aam Aadmi Party , are no Aam Aadmi  !

Why  ?

These 5 have declared assets of more than Rs ONE crore each  !

Media seems to be asking :

"  How can a Crore-pati , be called an Aam Aadmi  ?  "

Going by that definition , how many of the 8,000 + candidates contesting the Lok Sabha elections are Aam Aadmi  ?

Latest info on the web site of Association For Democratic Reforms ( ADR ) , gives following figures :

Of the 1,594 candidate-affidavits analyzed , 456 ( 29 % ) were found to be Crore-patis

If this ratio holds ( I expect it to go up  !  ) , then expect some 2,500 candidates out of some 8,000 likely to be contesting , to be Crore-patis  !

And believe me , this ratio will further go up when ADR counts the number of Crore-patis amongst the 543 elected MPs  !

Expect it to be around 50 % , ie  270+  Crore-pati MPs

None of them , Aam  Aadmi  !

Now , fast - forward to 2019  !

By then , the remaining 273 Aam Aadmi MPs would have ceased to be so  !

Possibly , leaving out a lady candidate of AAP to be the only Aam Aadmi in Lok Sabha , by the time 2019 arrives  !

Amen  !

*  hemen  parekh  (  06  April  2014  /  Mumbai  )