Today I went to the office of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security at Mahipalpur, New Delhi for some official work(to collect my renewed Airport Entry Pass). I went to meet one Mr Parashar at the "Airport Entry Pass" section in the 1st floor. As Mr Parashar was not there, I asked the gentleman sitting at the desk beside Mr Parashar's desk about him. Unfortunately, the person replied to me in a very rude manner, completely without any reason. When I objected, he immediately said "I am from the Aam Aadmi Party". I was simply shocked with his use of Aam Aadmi Party tag as a power to boast of and justify his audacious behavior. Anyways, after having a semi-heated argument for some time I left the room. Later my work was also done smoothly by somebody else from that office.

However, what has left me very shocked and surprised is how that person boasted of his connection with the Aam Aadmi Party. His attitude made it very clear that he has taken it for granted that if he is associated with that party, then he can unhesitatingly misbehave with somebody at the drop of a hat. Yes, it may be just a stray incident. It may also even be so that the person actually lied about being associated with Aam Aadmi Party. However, it is a known fact that a huge part of the Party's supporter base comprises people coming from a socio-economic background where the culture of sobriety and sophistication is not that strong, thus resulting in a harsh and rough behavior being a common attribute of these people(though many of these people are actually good at heart). Yes, there are a number of educated and suave people among the AAP members, but the actual support base of the Party is formed of people coming from the socio-economic background that I referred to right now. And I feel this has already started influencing the over all culture and idiom of AAP. Here we may refer to the overtly aggressive language that is often resorted to by even the educated and sophisticated members of the Party, including Mr Arvind Kejriwal himself.

I just pray to god that Aam Aadmi Party's over obsession with(and over dependence on) the so-called "Aam Aadmi" - i.e. the so-called downtrodden people from the so-called lower strata of the society - does not turn the Party into a party of hooligans, who will dare to defy the basic norms of sobriety, decency and culture that every Govt is bound to protect. Mr Kejriwal must rein in his supporters and ensure that they do not dare to throw around their weight. Otherwise the same common people that he has vouched to serve will not think twice before kicking him out of power, in the name of that same democracy and governance that Mr Kejriwal claims to be the watchwords of his political mission.