The anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal, who rose to prominence and power promising to take on the mighty and powerful, has left more than his party members disillusioned. After hugging fodder scam convict Lalu Prasad Yadav during the swearing-in ceremony of Nitish Kumar in November 2015, Kejriwal was seen joining hands with Sharad Pawar of Nationalist Congress Party during the ‘United India’ rally hosted by TMC chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday. Kejriwal’s bonhomie with Pawar, who has his own share of allegations of corruption to his name, didn’t go down too well with Aam Aadmi Party IT cell members who were at a loss of words trying to defend the indefensible.
Twitter users dug out the old, embarrassing tweets of AAP IT cell members where they had called all sort of names to Sharad Pawar, the same man their Dear Leader was found hobnobbing with.
AAP ka ye kaunsa rule number hai? pic.twitter.com/tgxMbHcQiJ
— अंकुर सिंह (@iAnkurSingh) January 20, 2019
Other AAP supporters also expressed their disillusionment.
I have lost all the emotional connect with AAP long ago…
Still such photographs pinch somewhere ! pic.twitter.com/zmSzPPFe86— कोमल 🙂 ?? (@Komal_Indian) January 20, 2019
Amusingly, Arvind Kejriwal, who has suddenly found an ally in Mamata Banerjee, at one point had sworn he would not back her even if Anna Hazare would.
I won’t back Mamata Banerjee, even if Anna ji backe her: Arvind Kejriwal.#FBlivechatwithAK
— Ankit Lal (@AnkitLal) March 4, 2014
Old tweets of Arvind Kejriwal himself were dug out where he had accused Sharad Pawar of having ‘black money’.
3 Qs Modi ji-
1) Who has black money-
Adani, Ambani, Sharad Pawar, Badals, Subhash Chandra
Or
Housewife, grocery shop, labourer, farmer
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) November 12, 2016
ये मोदीजी की सचाई है। शरद पवार के साथ मिलकर देश से काला धन दूर करेंगे। मोदी जी को लाइनों में खड़े लोग चोर नज़र आ रहे हैं और शरद पवार ईमानदार https://t.co/PfzLKDtYzo
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) November 13, 2016
शरद पवार, सुभाष चंद्रा, अडानी, अम्बानी, बादल बहुत ख़ुश हैं
महिलाएँ, व्यापारी, किसान, मज़दूर बहुत ज़्यादा चिंतित हैं। https://t.co/pICS7Db7X2
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) November 12, 2016
Clearly, things have changed a lot since November 2016.
That is not it. Former AAP leaders, who left the party after being disillusioned, too, took to Twitter to express their disappointment at the way things have taken turn in Aam Aadmi Party.
Oct 2014. Kejriwal told us that he wants to defeat Sheila Dixit as Cong was disastrous for the country. We believed him as we felt that he was worried for the nation.
Little did we know that it was not about Cong nor BJP, but about gaining power. 1/3
— Mayank Gandhi (@mayankgandhi04) January 21, 2019
Mayank Gandhi further added how Kejriwal, in his desperation for power, has joined hands with the disruptive forces in India.
Now he is again desperate for power. He is now keen to tie-up with Cong and all corrupt and disruptive forces. This time he projects that BJP is disastrous for the country.
It is getting clearer and clearer – who is disastrous for the country.
— Mayank Gandhi (@mayankgandhi04) January 21, 2019
Arvind Kejriwal has been facing a lot of criticism from his supporters, many of whom have quit the party complaining about his dictatorial tendencies and unwillingness to take criticism. Kejriwal has also been accused of straying from the core principles the party was formed on.
