Friday, August 3, 2012

Anna to go political

Social activist Anna Hazare may not have political ambition but one thing is certain that his Team members have been harbouring political ambition since the day one of their protest. If their dictatorial behaviour and speech are anything to go by, it is certain that their political innings will not last long. They must also know that only the national capital Delhi, all metropolitan cities and some other big cities do not constitute India. India resides in villages where the majority of the people are unable to manage their meals twice a day. How could they access internet to send sms about their view on Anna Hazare’s announcement of ending fast abruptly to find political alternative? They have been impractical and irrevalent to adapt themselves to parliamentary form of democracy as they have shown in the last 16 months. With the government refusing to play ball, Team Anna has decided to end their indefinite fast at 5 pm on Friday — the tenth day of the protest — even as they announced their historic decision to give the country a political alternative. Undoubtedly, social activist Anna Hazare had aroused hopes and aspirations among the people. But people’s hopes were crashed with the same intensity as it was aroused by him 16 months ago. Now social activist to be turned political activist Anna Hazare will have to go through the process of litmus test of electoral politics, which he has so far abhorred publicly. If any individual or group tries to change political, social, economic and educational system through the change of government in which the corruption is deep rooted, they will have to join electoral politics by forming a political party to enter Parliament. To enter Parliament, one is required to be elected by the people. As Parliament is supreme, it can not be dictated by an individual or a group which Anna and his Team had not realized so far. Though their behaviour, camera savvy attitude amply reflected that they wanted political power without being accountable to the master, that is the people, they are now prepared to tread the political path. Have they now forgotten the un-parliamentary words they had used against the members of Parliament from the protest sites in the last 16 months? Anna Hazare and his Team members have shown impatience, injudiciousness and dictatorial behaviour at every step of their 16 months of protests, though they had undoubtedly become the Centre of hope for the people of the nation. People believed at least in metropolitan and big cities that Anna would take his fast protest to its logical end. Government of the day in democracy has to be strict and to apply wait and watch policy to measure the people’s response on the nationwide level on one hand and let it die its own death on ther. People’s turn out to the protest sites started dwindling after Ramlila Ground protest in August last year and in the ongoing fast unto death protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi which is to end at 5PM today, the people’s turn-out has been relatively low. This certainly has caused disillusionment among Team Anna. They are ending their fast, taking excuse of exploring political alternative to end corruption. 23 eminent persons have rightly appealed Anna Hazare to end fast and give the people a political alternation to end corruption.

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