Conspiracy theory: Why AAP is a creation of the BJP/RSS

Conspiracy theory: Why AAP is a creation of the BJP/RSS

At the outset, it does appear that AAP and Arvind Kejriwal are against both BJP and the Congress. Who can forget AK’s vitriolic moments castigating both BJP and Congress leaders, listing corrupt politicians from both parties and announcing Swiss bank accounts of multiple netas. Since, most of the corrupt netas were from the Congress, it was clear that AAP was a BJP/RSS creation. But to rip the suspicion in the bud, Kejriwal contested against Modi in the 2014 elections. He must fully be aware nobody had the wherewithal to defeat Modi, that too from Banaras, a traditional BJP seat.

But, why did Kejriwal contest against Modi of all people? Specially, since his purported fight was against corruption? Surely, Modi is not corrupt by any means. The conspiracy theory is that by contesting against Modi, Ak dispelled the remotest possibilities that he was a BJP sympathizer. Any perceived sympathies were immediately killed with the announcement.

Circa 2015. Delhi elections. It was a triangular contest between AAP, BJP and Congress (in that order). By limiting himself and bringing in a Kiran Bedi, the BJP ensured, AAP got the majority votes. And what a majority it was! 67 out of 70! In theory, it did hurt the BJP. But, who was worst affected? The Congress. It drew a big zero.

Delhi was a state where the Congress was in power for 15 years in a row, and overnight became reduced to zilch.  

We have seen corporates do it – cannibalization is a very common strategy adopted to break a competitor’s market share. And that is exactly what the BJP/RSS are doing with AAP and the Congress. By creating a party that usurped the SAME EXACT identity of the Congress, the BJP/RSS have ensured the Congress sails smoothly towards becoming a non-entity in Indian politics. Who can forget the famous Congress slogan – “Congress ka haath, Aam Admi ke saath”. Now the Aam Aadmi no longer wants to be associated with the Congress – it is either the BJP or the AAP. AAP has the new long term patent for “aam aadmi” now.  

Anyone following AAP’s growth will see it is growing in states where the Congress had been traditionally strong – the next battleground is in Punjab, where the Congress fancies its chance. A strong AAP will reduce it to a BJP-AAP war, with one of them winning and the Congress slipping out of existence.    

  

AAP is growing, not at the cost of BJP, but rather at the cost pf Congress. And with Rahul Gandhi at the helm of affairs in the Congress, the timing couldn’t be any better.

Is it going to hurt Modi? – not at all. Modi will retire in another 10-15 years, which is roughly the time, it will take AAP to become the next major party and for the Congress to be reduced to a regional party or a non-entity.

It remains to be seen how this strategy pans out and if the BJP/RSS plans of a ‘Congress mukt” Bharat will come true.