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Political position of AAP needs update to centrist only

There are many instances where AAP government is supporting facilitation of private businesses and also making for them to increase the position of Delhi or India in ease of doing business over all. We don't call Europe a left-centric because it's giving services to its citizens like minimum wedge, free health, free education like in Finland, etc. AAP also had removed a minister because he was asking for bribe even though he was a Muslim(so no minority appeasement as well, or economic control of state). During AAP Delhi has become a startup hub. Ideology should be Centric only. Attached some articles for reference: 1. https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/dipp-lists-aap-government-steps-in-ease-of-doing-business-achievements/articleshow/52330687.cms 2. https://aamaadmiparty.org/jobs-and-economy-economy/ 3. https://theprint.in/india/delhi-govt-plans-to-facilitate-food-hospitality-sectors-to-boost-night-time-economy/890771/ 4. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/capital-gains-how-delhi-turns-a-startup-hub/articleshow/89257491.cms 5. https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2022/feb/07/delhi-from-jugaad-to-startup-hub-2416355.html RashmikantT (talk) 22:35, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

The citation given for the Aam aadami Party being Central to Central left actually States otherwise: it states that Aam Aadmi Party is influenced by both Central left and Centre right ideology so omiting the right ideology is wrong. Aam aadami party is a centrist party RashmikantT (talk) 20:03, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

Speculated alliance with Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Old version In early 2014, there was some media speculation that an alliance might form between the AAP and the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Prakash Karat, the CPI(M) leader, thought that there were some ideological similarities between the two parties, such as their agendas relating to social justice and decentralisation of power. The AAP's Prashant Bhushan explicitly refuted any joining of forces, claiming that there was corruption within the CPI(M).
New version 1 In early 2014, there was some media speculation that an alliance might form between the AAP and the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Prakash Karat, the CPI(M) leader. The AAP's Prashant Bhushan explicitly refuted any joining of forces, alleging the corruption present within the CPI(M).
New version 2 In early 2014, there was some media speculation that an alliance might form between the AAP and the Communist Party of India (Marxist). The then AAP's leader Prashant Bhushan explicitly refuted any joining of forces, alleging the corruption within the CPI(M).

The sources cited for the above passage are as follows:

  • Joshua, Anita. "AAP's agenda has long been the Communist programme: Karat". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
    • This says: Without revealing the party’s hand on whether the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) could be a potential ally, Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat on Thursday said the virtues the new party claims for itself and its agenda of social justice, democratisation and decentralisation of power has long been the Communist programme.
  • Anuja. "CPI (M)'s Karat hails Kejriwal's AAP as communist". LiveMint. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
    • This says: “The virtues that AAP claims for itself—a clean image, incorruptibility, denial of perks and privileges of power, and funding based on people’s contributions—are all part of the style and practice of the communists from the outset,” Karat said in an article in People’s Democracy, the party’s organ.

So clearly the two cited sources support the old version of the text.

An editor wishes to make the change above. His/her argument is It is to justify the government stand on economic policies the webpage currently is dying to make the government as a communist which is significantly incorrect i strongly reject this point of making the government communist even though it is not.-- Toddy1 (talk) 16:36, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

@RashmikantT: In your edits you added new text and citations, and I have retained these, and fixed problems with citation templates such as URL errors, titles not as they were in the source, etc. I have also consolidated identical citations, and taken a citation used in the infobox for centrist and put it in the body of the article next to centrist.
Concerning whether the communists are corrupt, you changed "claiming" to "alleging". I have changed it to "and said that". He did say it; you were probably right to object to "claiming" as that expresses doubt. See MOS:CLAIM.
Your edits also deleted cited text, and you gave reasons in the edit summaries that I cannot see the relevance of. I have restored the cited text and improved the citation templates. Misplaced Pages is based on what reliable sources say. If you still object to these passages, please could you use the article talk page to explain your objections, rather than repeatedly reverting as you did the other day.-- Toddy1 (talk) 06:12, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
@RashmikantT: In one of your edit summaries you wrote The section for elevation belong to controversy section not funding section kindly do not do disruptive work this for the sake of doing to make your name. I respectfully want to want about the consequences of your disruptive editing regarding the unbiased info. I again request you to rise about your ego and provide the unbiased information. Please read WP:CSECTION, which says that Misplaced Pages should avoid sections and articles focusing on criticisms or controversies.-- Toddy1 (talk) 10:30, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
The passages currently deleted by RashmikantT are:

References

  1. "Kejriwal a CIA agent, says Chandumajra". The Tribune (Chandigarh). 31 January 2017.
  2. Joshua, Anita. "AAP's agenda has long been the Communist programme: Karat". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  3. Anuja. "CPI (M)'s Karat hails Kejriwal's AAP as communist". LiveMint. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  4. Dutta, Sweta; Kaushal, Pradeep; Vatsa, Aditi (19 August 2015). "Bihar: Arvind Kejriwal will campaign against BJP, to share stage with Nitish Kumar". The Indian Express.
-- Toddy1 (talk) 10:34, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

An editor is again censoring the article. The sentences he/she keeps removing are marked with strikethrough below:

In early 2014, there was some media speculation that an alliance might form between the AAP and the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Prakash Karat, the CPI(M) leader, said that there were some ideological similarities between the two parties, such as their agendas relating to social justice and decentralisation of power. The AAP's Prashant Bhushan explicitly refuted any joining of forces, and said that there was corruption within the CPI(M).

References

  1. Joshua, Anita. "AAP's agenda has long been the Communist programme: Karat". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  2. Anuja. "CPI (M)'s Karat hails Kejriwal's AAP as communist". LiveMint. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.

The explanations given for the removals today are as follows:

  • 08:01 (There is no mention of AAP joining CPM even not the "alleged part" anywhere in the source provided. If it is not present then the not joining by prashant Bhushan can't be justified or stated as well. Kindly provide the source if you have)
  • 08:19 (1. The AAP's Prashant Bhushan explicitly refuted any joining of forces, and said that there was corruption within the CPI(M). and 2. In early 2014, there was some media speculation that an alliance might form between the AAP and the Communist Party of India (Marxist).: these news are nowhere to be found in the source which is provided as a reference when stating these statements. I respect teddy's interest in the page however I want to express my concerns as his editing don't have any base.)
  • 12:39 (1. The AAP's Prashant Bhushan explicitly refuted any joining of forces, and said that there was corruption within the CPI(M). and 2. In early 2014, there was some media speculation that an alliance might form between the AAP and the Communist Party of India (Marxist).: these news are nowhere to be found in the source which is provided as a reference when stating these statements. I respect teddy's interest in the page however I want to express my concerns as his editing don't have any base.)

The cited article in The Hindu says: However, he did not answer the question the media has been posing on a possible alliance between the two parties. In fact, AAP leader Prashant Bhushan was quoted in a newspaper report as stating that the party would not tie up with the CPI(M) as corruption had seeped into its rank and file. This explicitly justifies both the sentences that the editor keeps removing.-- Toddy1 (talk) 18:18, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

After reading the quotes shared by Toddy1, I feel that this line is probably undue. It is common that parties explore and try to form alliances during the election. All such efforts need not be mentioned in the wikipage, especially when such an alliance did not come to realization. Toddy1 what is your opinion, keep or remove? Venkat TL (talk) 15:38, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
It all depends on what you think Misplaced Pages articles should aspire to be:
  • Advertisements or directory entries, in which case they need up to the moment details. They do not need too much on the subject's history; past leaders, alliances, rejected alliances, successes and failures should only be retained if relevant to currently selling products and services. Embarrassing stuff should be deleted, unless the article is meant to be an attack advertisement.
  • Serious articles about the subject, in which case editors should try to build up a history of the subject: for example, why some people think an alliance with the communists was appropriate, and why did AAP reject it.
I favour Misplaced Pages articles aspiring to be serious articles about the subject, but I know a lot of editors disagree with that, particularly those with disposable accounts.-- Toddy1 (talk) 09:55, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
@Toddy1 your comment went into some abstract mode. Here the facts as I see it. Please let me know if you disagree with any of these points.
  1. CPI(M) made comments about similarity of AAP agenda with communist Agenda, No evidence, just claims.
  2. AAP did not make any comments about such similarity.
  3. Neither AAP nor CPIM made any comments about plans to form alliance.
  4. AAP leader made explicit refutation when asked about Alliance.
  5. Even though CPM made these comments, CPM wiki page does not mention this.
As I see this. This alliance talk was pure speculation making its way into the article based on unconfirmed reports. It should have been removed from the wikipedia AAP article at that time itself. If one wants to keep it, then it should be at the CPM page, because the CPM had floated this idea. I am supporting the removal of the content from this article, and neutral for addition to CPM page. If there is no objection from other editors, I will go ahead and remove this line from the AAP article. Venkat TL (talk) 10:04, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
What you call abstract, I call principles. A principle is a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behaviour or for a chain of reasoning.-- Toddy1 (talk) 10:35, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
Your point (3) is contradicted by your point (4). Your point (5) is irrelevant.-- Toddy1 (talk) 10:39, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
@Toddy1 both point 3 and 4 say there was no alliance. How does it contradict. Since you did not confirm, I am assuming you are not objecting to the removal of this line. Venkat TL (talk) 10:49, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
I strongly object.-- Toddy1 (talk) 10:50, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
@Toddy1 objection acknowledged, so please elaborate, how this speculation is justified to be kept into the article. Remember verifiability is not sufficient for inclusion into the article and WP:DUE. Venkat TL (talk) 10:54, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

The flag of Aam Aadmi Party is missing

From the table the flag of the party is missing you should be put there RashmikantT (talk) 21:45, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

If you mean the infobox, it has their logo at the top, and the broom that forms their symbol is present in their logo at the top of the infobox and at the bottom of the infobox. We do not need it there a third time.-- Toddy1 (talk) 21:51, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

alignment is not as same as wing; hence should be removed from the state wing section

Bihar The party supported Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) in the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election against the Bharatiya Janata Party.

This piece should be removed as Alliance is not same as state wing. State wing means they have branches there of their own, Alliance have ever means temporary friendship so it does not count as state wing RashmikantT (talk) 12:55, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

This piece should be removed from ideology section

"In early 2014, there was some media speculation that an alliance might form between the AAP and the Communist Party of India (Marxist)"

It does not reflect the ideology of some party but merily some speculations only. that to not related with ideology however I want to express my deep concern about the Niche attempt to colour some organisation with some ideology. RashmikantT (talk) 13:07, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

@RashmikantT Please remove it. See WP:BOLD. Venkat TL (talk) 13:15, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

I cannot actually I tried in past however some individual always undo the work... RashmikantT (talk) 13:20, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

@Dhruv edits, any comments why adding it. I think RashmikantT's proposal is sensible. Venkat TL (talk) 13:25, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
@Venkat TL - I see there is already a section on talk page dealing with this and other edits by RashmikantT. See Talk:Aam Aadmi Party#Deleted text by @Toddy1 and edit summaries of edits made by both of them in May 2022.
@RashmikantT - Instead of opening multiple talk page sections, reply to Toddy1's comments under that thread. Dhruv edits (talk) 15:26, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
@Dhruv edits thanks, I did not see that section. Perhaps the title should be less generic. I will reply on that thread. Venkat TL (talk) 15:30, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Funding section needs improvement

"There have been allegations of funding of the party by CIA and Ford foundation as people close to these organisations have gotten tickets to elections"

This piece should be removed if there has been an allegation then put it in the controversy section maybe; not in the funding section. Also the source is hilarious: the source is actually the opposite party which is contesting this party in the elections.

PS. I tried to delete this piece however some individual always undo it RashmikantT (talk) 13:25, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Do not remove content

The reliable content under the Funding section is being repeatedly removed by @Venkat TL. Since the critical information that I added citing reliable sources was removed, the Aam Aadmi Party page is looking like a PR pamphlet of the party. Another user @David notMD restored the information that I had added. But @Venkat TL came again to remove it with some reasoning which is not satisfactory. Since there is massive critical information on Aam Aadmi Party and its leaders in the media, I want to add more information provided @Venkat TL or some other user does not remove it to keep the Aam Aadmi Party page(s) with only positive information. Please restore the information under the Funding section that I had added. Misplaced Pages must not be used as a publicity vehicle by political outfits or other people and organizations. Rrthakur22 (talk) 06:08, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

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