Hafta letters: Kejriwal arrest, farmers’ protest, defection

Hello,

In the past couple of weeks, panellists (mostly Abhinandan) have been talking about how most Dilliwale see the BJP to have finally crossed the line by arresting Kejriwal. 

But in an Al Jazeera report, Sreenivasan Jain asked a bunch of people on the streets about what they thought, and most approved of the arrest, saying that the AAP should not worry if they haven’t done anything wrong. One person went so far as to say that no one goes into politics without intentions of making money. 

This reminded me of Sudipto talking about how certain social groups can be apathetic and cynical. 

I wonder if the different responses that Abhinandan and Vasu received has to do with caste and class, and I would like to know what y’all think about it. Thank you for continuing to wring those in power in these trying times.

Praneel

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Faraz 

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I disagree with Manisha’s view that we should vote for the MP we want to see represent us in the Lok Sabha and not look at the political party. The anti-defection law has made it almost impossible for individual MPs to go against the party whip/diktat. 

In fact, every time India voted a single party to majority in the parliament since the enactment of the anti-defection law, we essentially became a presidential system of democracy for that five-year period. The only way to preserve the parliamentary form of democracy is to ensure that no single party gets a majority in the Lok Sabha. A practical way to achieve that is by voting MPs from regional parties to the parliament.

Cyril 

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Hello NL Hafta team,

I am a fan of your show. Love Manisha and Abhinandan. I have a question, why did you guys stop reporting on farmers’ protests? They were already ignored by legacy media but this time around even digital media has ignored them. Is there a reason?

Inayat Khan 

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