The Aam Adami Party has come out as a face of the aspirations of Aam Adami as well as a reaction to deteriorating trust towards our political class. Its a simple distinction between institutional politics as it has become and instrumental politics as it should be. Politics for the sake of power is an open invitation to corruption while using politics as a tool to serve people and develop the country, no matter who is in power, is what the AAP offers.
The vicious cycle of corruption which starts from politics has to be broken. First someone 'invests' money to come in power and then misuses his power to get the 'return' on that investment. The people and the democracy remain limited only to the ballot box. The politics has become a business while it used to be one of the greatest kind of service to the people. The AAP has given people hope that they won't have to choose between the devil and the deep sea. It has also forced the existing political parties to think again that they can not go on ignoring the people. The politics is not just about winning elections but also about delivering governance to the people.
In an era where honesty and truth does not seem to be valued, this new movement has given a hopeful picture which takes us away from cynicism and actually talk about real participation of the people. Lets hope this movement will achieve it's objective. Otherwise, as Mr. Kejriwal says, it's not the question about what AAP, his party, would do, it's about what we, the people of India, would do!
