AAP claims Modi masterminded chikungunya in Delhi

                In a video addressed to AAP followers, Delhi Chief Minister & AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal claimed that dengue & chikungunya outbreak was a well thought out plan by PM Modi to defame the Delhi government.
               Kejriwal said that PM was terribly disturbed by the pace & scale at which AAP government was working in Delhi. He said that the mohalla clinics in Delhi were creating a revolution & soon WHO was all set to declare Delhi as the world's first disease free city. Referring to his sources in the Ministry of External Affairs, Kejriwal said that Modi government refused to grant visa to a WHO delegation which was going to come to Delhi to study the working of Mohalla clinics. He said that WHO Director had personally called him & said that he was keen to apply the concept of Mohalla clinics in New York & Washington. So in a bid to sabotage the working of the Delhi government, PM Modi in consultation with LG Najeeb Jung made extensive plans to wreck the health care system of the Delhi Government.
              Citing his sources in Health Ministry Kejriwal claimed that 5 months back the National Centre Disease Control(NCDC) received special instructions from the highest echelons in Modi government to breed highly infectious & potent mosquitoes which are

 lethal.
             Also sources close to Kejriwal confirmed that throat surgery was just a reason given by him to save his life from Modi made mosquitoes. Earlier in a video Delhi CM had claimed that PM was hatching a conspiracy to kill him & that this Chikungunya outbreak was a part of that well orchestrated conspiracy by the Modi Government. Deputy CM Sisodia's visit to Finland was also intended to save his life. Dy. CM Sisodia also addressed the video jointly with Kejriwal & said that his flight to Finland was also infested with Modi made mosquitoes & only after application of Patanjali made mosquito net he could save himself.
           Both CM & Dy. CM citing an internal AAP survey claimed that this episode had exposed the Modi Government & that in the next assembly elections AAP would win all the 70 seats in Delhi & all the opposition candidates were all set to lose their deposits.
            Meanwhile BJP Spokesperson Dr.  Sambit Patra mimicked Kejriwal coughing heavily & advised him to visit Patanjali Mansikrog Upchar Kendra for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD).

(The above article is intended as a piece of humour)
Bhaumik J. Kamdar
3rd MBBS
K. J. Somaiya Medical College & Research Centre, Mumbai

Delhi Elections - Vibrant Democracy

The spectacular & landslide victory of Arvind Kejriwal has many messages which are to be read between the lines. Keeping aside the sarcastic & confrontational election campaign, the elections were the 1st real challenge to the Modi-Shah duo. The Modi juggernaut which seemed invincible & unstoppable had to bite the dust. Haryana, Maharashtra, Jharkhand & JK were won handsomely mainly on two factors, Anti-Incumbency & Modi mania. In all of these elections, BJP simply banked on Modi's face. The local leadership was irrelevant. BJP could raise it's voteshare by 10-15% & could win the elections with comfortable majority.
Well the analysis given above doesn't excite the common man, it's of more interest to the TV Channel Political analysts. But the main clinching point here is that Modi-Shah duo got the message that public opinion cannot be taken for granted. The trust which the public has on the government is governed by the principles of mutuality. The trust has to be reciprocal. 10 months back BJP had lead in 60/70 Assembly segments. So something must've definitely changed that the results have just become opposite. Political analysis will go on but the point here is that Modi Government got a message that public trust is always subject to governments' actions & not its speeches. In a democracy, we've no option but to respect public mandate but my personal opinion is that I think people are unnecessarily getting impatient & restless. In my opinion, victory of AAP signifies win of populism over governance. AAPs freebie culture is in stark contrast to the principles of sustainable governance.
AAPs win has exposed the fragility of our democracy. With the same vote share as that in 2013 assembly elections, BJP got decimated & reduced to 3 seats. This fragility was also exhibited in LS Elections where BJP swept UP with 73 / 80 seats by having just 40% voteshare. This means in layman's term that with same number of people trusting you, your electoral presence in parliament can vary drastically.
So to conclude, the biggest takeaway of this election was that our democracy is very much vibrant. But it is too fragile because of its voteshare-to-seat conversion volatility. Let's just hope that these anomalies will be corrected in the future. And we get rid of this freebie culture. The ultimate aim of democracy is sustainable governance & rule of the people. I'm sure we'll achieve it.