Revolutions are supposed to consume their own children and just as the French revolution consumed its revolutionary leaders Danton and Robespierre and the Janata revolution in 1977 only led to the implosion of the Janata Party, so also it seems as if the Aam Aadmi Party revolution is consuming its own children or at least its senior statesmen. Ousted ‘rebels’ Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan weren’t accused of any kind of personal impropriety. Their only fault was that they failed to realise the folly of questioning someone anointed with a massive mandate.
Political leaderships tend to fear those who are loyal to the party’s founding ideals rather than to the leader. In fact a deeper question arises in the plight of Read More
