The contrast between
two most talked about CMs couldn’t have been starker. One, a media darling,
projected as the savior of the aam admi, crusader against corruption. And the
other, projected as a right wing militant who would destroy the state, pushing it
back to the stone age!
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| CM Arvind Kejriwal |
In three years as CM, Kejriwal has proved that he’s a complete fraud and a
failure as a CM, coming nowhere close to the brand image that was built on Anna
Hazare’s anti-corruption platform. The signs were there to see from the beginning
of his tenure, when founder members and well known anti-corruption activists
were thrown out of Kejriwal’s party so that there would be no one to question
his autocracy. What followed in last two years has been a nightmare for
the voters of Delhi. Ask anyone, it’s a lesson they will not forget soon.
Kejriwal and his
supporters used frivolous arguments as defense against numerous cases of
corruption involving ministers and party members. However, all these fell apart
completely after the latest report from the Shunglu committee exposed them.
From using taxpayer money for his party advertisements to lavish foreign trips
while his state was facing dengue and garbage crisis to zero action on his sky
high promises, the media’s erstwhile blue eyed boy has failed the people of
Delhi in every aspect. Accusations of nepotism and of rewarding party workers
with plum posts are just a few examples of how Kejriwal and his cronies feel
they can get away with anything under the garb of ‘aam admi’. In spite of the recent
drubbing in Goa and clear signs that people have realized their folly,
Kejriwal’s claim that govt should foot his bill to fight a personal criminal
defamation case probably is the best example of his arrogance.
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| CM Yogi Adityanath |
Compare this to UP’s
new CM. Yogi Adityanath was portrayed as the worst choice to lead the state by
the media and so called liberal thinkers who couldn’t stop speculating on worst
case scenarios, just as they did in 2014 after Modi was made the NDA PM
candidate. But Yogi has swung into action right from the word go and is working
on fulfilling his promises one after the other. Not even a month has passed
after he was sworn in, the saffron wearing straight talking CM has made his
priorities clear – steps for women safety, crackdown on lethargy and corruption
in public office, closure of illegal abattoirs, swach UP push, reforms in
education, infrastructure and a road map for uninterrupted electricity for
every household – all within a span of three weeks. And the best part is Yogi
doesn’t pretend to be what he’s not. From his attire to speeches, he doesn’t
seem to hide behind pretentions.
While Kejriwal claimed
to be a poor, unassuming aam admi, took a complete u-turn after becoming CM to
claim all the luxuries as his right and forgetting all about his promises, it
still remains to be seen what power does to Yogi. Looking at the simple village
lifestyle of his family members and the focus and urgency shown so far towards
the development of UP, Yogi clearly seems to be far better as a leader and
administrator than not only his Delhi counterpart, but also from what the media
tried to tell the world.
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