Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Why waste money to hire ground for people's agitation ?
I think Govt is not going to take any action on the basis of Anna's third agitation.They have made a prestige point not to accept most of the provisions suggested by civil society in its prepared Janlokpal.Govt neither intends to keep CBI under Lokpal nor interested in giving autonomous constitutional status to the CBI.In democracy political parties make their strategy keeping votes in minds. UPA cabinet has already cleared the food security bill and they presume to have secured the votes of poor and are assured to come in power again like some states got advantage of cheap food grains for poor in the past. So they are not much worried about the impact of Anna's agitation on their votes.Some states are trying to give benefit of reservation to scheduled tribes or Muslims or taking some other populist steps just to get the votes. Team Anna doesn't have any vote catching power as they have not to contest any elections. They can at the most campaign against congress and what will be the effect of their appeal on voters can't be predicted as of now. In Hissar it was a question of only one constituency , that too the defeat of congress candidate was predetermined there. I don't think a pro or anti campaign can be run in a general election without a very strong organization because at the time of voting the voters have many issues and priorities except corruption including corrupt practices. Everyone in the crowd supporting Anna is not honest .Corrupts also support his agitation with their own vested interests. The so called intellectuals and awakened persons are more dangerous because they know how to manipulate the things in their favor.They will be with Anna till their interests do not suffer.After a symbolic final agitation of 3 days Team Anna will have to undertake rigorous awakening campaign throughout the country from grass root level if they really want a change in the political and social system of our country. The symbolic agitation and "Jail bharo" can be led from any place even from Ralegan Siddhi without wasting lacs of rupees to hire a ground in Delhi or Mumbai.
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