The decision of the Aam Aadmi Party to seek the opinion of ‘people’ (which will be limited only to those who choose to take part in this self-mandated referendum) on whether or not they should take the Congress support and form a government in Delhi is bordering on the ridiculous.

The decision of the Aam Aadmi Party to seek the opinion of ‘people’ (which will be limited only to those who choose to take part in this self-mandated referendum) on whether or not they should take the Congress support and form a government in Delhi is bordering on the ridiculous.

The ‘people’ have decided. The ‘people’ have delivered a hung assembly where no party has enough seats to form a government on its own.

The operative words are ‘on its own’.

Chief Ministers and Prime Ministers are not elected by the ‘people’; they are elected by the legislators and parliamentarians elected by the ‘people’. Not just legislators and parliamentarians from one party – legislators and parliamentarians of all parties, independents, the works, all have a say in the election of the CM and the PM. And because of this, a party which might not enjoy a majority on its own can still form the government if there are enough supporters who come on board and help muster a majority.

The ‘people’ have no direct say in this.

If AAP wants to go by what the ‘people’ say, well, it’s time for another election in Delhi – not a referendum. Because the only people who matter are the people who voted in the elections, and this lot of people didn’t see the AAP good enough to run the government.

However, there were enough people in 28 constituencies out of the 70 in Delhi who decided to trust the AAP.

Trust them on water, on electricity, on corruption, on crime, et cetera.

Fundamentally, the ‘people’ have decided to trust the AAP to do what is right on all issues connected to governing Delhi.

That includes the decision on whether or not to take the support of the Congress.

The referendum exposes the AAP’s fear or inability to take a decision on it’s own. Will the AAP ask the ‘people’ for their views each time they are on the horns of a dilemma, or will they take decisions themselves?

The AAP that we have seen before this nonsensical decision was one that was firm, surefooted and confident. THIS is what they will do on electricity. THIS is what they will do on water. THIS is what they will do regularize unauthorized structures. THIS is the ONLY Lokpal bill that they will accept.

And suddenly, we have an AAP which seems to be incapable of taking a decision the very first time that they have been called upon to do so.

That’s confusing at the very least and frightening at the worst.

Perhaps the AAP should ask the ‘people’ what they think of their indecisiveness.