The defection to the Bharatiya Janata Party of seven Rajya Sabha members from the Aam Aadmi Party has prompted three sorts of reactions.
The first is aimed at the defectors, who are being seen as shameless opportunists.
The second is aimed at the AAP supremo, Arvind Kejriwal, who, it is said, sought to erect a personality cult around himself, and in the process drove away many able individuals from his party.
The third advances the argument that no sensible opponent of Hindutva should have voted for AAP in the first place, since the anti-corruption movement this party had its roots in was supported by the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, and since as chief minister of Delhi Kejriwal repeatedly flaunted his Hindu credentials and notoriously did not even visit the non-violent protesters against religious discrimination camped in Shaheen Bagh.
There is merit in each of these criticisms. The defectors indeed appear to be motivated by fear or greed rather than moral or ideological conviction, Kejriwal is insecure about others in the party getting too much attention, and AAP has been less than firm in standing against the dangerous majoritarianism of the ruling party.
Nonetheless, whereas for many observers the existential crisis that AAP now faces prompts a sense...
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