Kejriwal Should Know That A Captain Is As Good As His Team |
Rajesh Gupta is not a prominent national leader, but he is a two-term MLA. On Saturday, he joined the BJP after being part of AAP for more than a decade; at the time of leaving AAP, he was the vice president of the Delhi unit. He became emotional and almost cried when he joined the BJP. He said, “I was a loyal soldier of the AAP and worked diligently, but today I am distraught as nobody was willing to listen to me. Every leader in the party showed helplessness, and I felt ‘used and thrown’.” The term ‘use and throw’ caught my imagination, and with the advantage of hindsight, I can say now Rajesh Gupta is correct.
I have known him since I was active in AAP. When I contested the parliament elections in 2014 from Chandni Chowk, he was the one who took care of one of the assembly constituencies and did a fabulous job. Later, he contested elections and won, becoming an MLA. He has a sharp political brain and could have become an asset for the party, but now he has joined the BJP. For a political party, losing a leader like him, who is young and energetic and is ambitious and wants to do well in politics, is a huge loss, but I know for sure nobody in the party is worried, as the party, over a period of time, has stopped caring for its workers and leaders, and one is relevant till the party thinks he is useful. It does not care for the hours and time a leader or worker has given to the party;........