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| V P Singh in fur cap |
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| Arvind Kejriwal |
Arvind Kejriwal and late prime minister VP Singh have many things common.
(1) VP Singh was in Congress and was quite close to Rajiv Gandhi while Arvind Kejriwal is cloae to Sonia Gandhi.
(2) VP Singh resigned from Rajiv cabinet on name of Bofors scam. And fought loksabha election on name of bringing Rajiv and Amitabh to justice. Arvind Kejriwal fought Delhi election on name of Sheila Dixit to send her in jail.
(3) However after election VP Sinfh's party Janata Dal formed government with support of BJP and Left parties. Arvind Kejriwal formed govt on support of Congress.
(4) After winning election VP Singh too deviated from issue of corruption and diverted whole nation to mandal (reservation) issue. Nation was wholely polarised and some youths immolated themselves also. Arvind Kejriwal also did dharna against police and Union Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and diverted attention.
(5) VP Singh virtually did nothing in Bofors case. Arvind Kejriwal however talked too much in press conference, but not named Sheila Dixit in CWG street light scam. He again created controversy by ordering FIR against Veerappa Moily, Murli Deora and Mukesh Ambani, but did it smartly because it may not come under his ambit and ultimately quashed in court.
(6) VP Singh government fell down after BJP withdrew support. Here Kejriwal resigned himself as he failed to move JanLokpal bill in Delhi assembly.
(7) Narmada Bachao Andolan fame Medha Patkar is also common factor between V P Singh and Arvind Kejriwal. Medha ended her protest by accepting lime juice offered by V P Singh at Jantar Mantar in 2006. Medha Patkar also joined Anna Hazare's anti corruption movement in 2011. Medha has also supported Kejriwal's AAP and is believed that she would fight loksabha elections also.
(8) VP Singh govt and Janata Dal was full of contradictions. There were too much differences between the ministers and party members. VP Singh faced quite rough weather due to deputy prime minister Devi Lal. Arvind Kejriwal also faced rough weather due to his favourite minister Somnath Bharti. Also there are so much differences between members. Captain Gopinath was against Kejriwal's dharna. Kumar Biswas was praising Narendra Modi which was opposed by Mallika Sarabhai. Prashant Bhushan's advocacy of taking referendum had to be denounced by Arvind Kejriwal.
(9) One more similarity. Predecessor of V P Singh, Rajiv Gandhi was heavily guarded whereas V P Singh visited Golden Temple, Amritsar in open jeep. It was widely appreciated. Arvind Kejriwal too shunned security (however at auto risksha drivers conventions which was his last programme, and other programmes before he resigned, he was seen with guards and Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said, Kejriwal is provided security).
After VP Singh govt fell down, VP Singh never become prime minister again. It would be interesting to see whether Arvind Kejiwal meet same fate.
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