No more Janata Darbars, to take grievances online: Arvind Kejriwal

mangaloretoday.com

New Delhi, Jan 13: After the first Janata Darbar in Delhi so utter mismanagement, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that there will be no more Janata Darbars in the city. He said that he will meet people once a week, but for grievances, an online system will be set up.

"We will use technology now. No more Janata Darbars will be held, call centres will be set up instead and complaints can be sent by post or online as well," Kejriwal said on Monday.

Kejriwal also yet again said that he does not need any security even as the Ghaziabad police provided Z category security to him. "I do not need any security. There is no threat to my life. The aam aadmi should be given security," Kejriwal said.

 

 

The first Janata Darbar by Kejriwal and other Delhi ministers on Saturday was marred by chaos and mismanagement leaving thousands who had thronged the road outside Delhi Secretariat disappointed. While Kejriwal and his ministers had hoped to listen to the people’s issues, talk to them, solve their problems, but that’s not what the Janata Darbar was all about this Saturday.

There was huge crowd, chaos and ultimately disappointment among those who could not meet Kejriwal as he left the Darbar mid-way due to the possibilities of stampede. Not just Kejriwal, Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia too left mid-way after crowds started swelling at his desk.

Kejriwal reached Delhi Secretariat at 9.30 am and had to leave before 10.30 am after crowds started pushing and breaking barricades to reach his table. Kejriwal himself admitted that there was mismanagement as people stormed his table. Questions are now being raised as to whether it was the right way to listen to people’s issues on the roads of the national capital. With an open-for-all Janata Darbar, was each person in the crowd of thousands wanting to discuss an issue with a minister or was it the desperation of people of seeing and meeting Kejriwal?

Delhi Labour Minister Girish Soni admitted that not every person present at the Janata Darbar had a genuine issue to discuss and that many had come just to meet Kejriwal. "Some people have come only to see or meet Arvind Kejriwal. Some people have come with genuine issues, some have come with issues that are not for the government to solve. Someone came saying he wanted us to solve a fight between him and is neighbour," Soni said.

The desperation of people to meet Kejriwal was evident at the Janata Darbar. Kejriwal, after leaving the venue, returned and apologised to the people for the mismanagament. But at that moment, people who said they were waiting for their turn at the respective ministry desks, simpley left to reach near the spot where Kejriwal was speaking.

The Janata Darbar saw criticism from across the political fraternity. In fact, former Kejriwal aide and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi too lashed out at Kejriwal.

"For God’s sake,Arvind and Team,Secretariats are not run from Roof Tops! Pl take time to listen/absorb! And then take considered decisions! (sic)," she tweeted. "Governance demands solid maturity of Governance+Administration which institutionalizes change Secretariat is meant for!Not Streets always (sic)," she added.

BJP leader Vijay Goel said that that the AAP is seeking attention of public but are not concerned about solving their problem.