With reference to "Much to meditate on" (August 6), if one refers to the all-time bestseller "Games People Play", Arvind Kejriwal truly comes across as a persistent game player among politicians in India. Eric Berne's book describes the psychological drama that human beings resort to for creating a commonplace social disturbance to gain a "payoff". In Delhi's context the origin of the game between the lieutenant-governor and chief minister is the ambiguity of Delhi's constitutional status. It appears, for all practical purposes, Delhi is a Union Territory with an elected CM who has to work amicably with an appointed LG if he has to show results. Kejriwal is consistently playing the rebellious stifled "child" while the LG plays the bureaucratic "parent" asserting his procedural authority.
One wishes our young emerging politicians emulate Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who always made effective use of humour and repartee to make his point without offending anybody. Even his adversaries in party politics looked forward to hear him speak. Since Kejriwal has opted to run an obstacle race it is not entirely fair of him to ask for removal of hurdles midway. He needs to evolve a new workable action plan for result-oriented governance and a credible strategy for conveying to the public the constraints he faces in discharging his responsibilities. Meanwhile, our lawmakers should sincerely initiate steps to get Delhi out of the constitutional and political mess to. Courts can only interpret law, not amend it.
Vinay Kant Kapur New Delhi
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