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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

How Strong can be too strong

In their endeavour to show support to Team Anna's cause people are forgetting the example of Pakistan where a strong army always takes control of power. By making an all powerful authority there can be danger of coup by the strong Lokpal. Democracy is about compromising with diverse groups and it is not about hegemony of a single powerful authority. Many people are reeling with anti-congressism because it is the Congress which has ruled over India for most of the years. It happens with any brand leader when all other brands tend to eat into its market share. But people should remember why does a brand become a brand. Other parties got opportunities to form government at the centre but they wasted such opportunities and hence could not bounce back to power. Time and again people had to elect a Congress government at the centre. When almost all political parties are promoting a family business culture, I fail to understand why people are hell bent against congress. Sonia Gandhi did not grab the PM's post which was for her to take. Rahul Gandhi was not forced on the people, rather he was elected by electorates of his constituency. Yet since he is a popular face, we tend to hurl all abuses at him. Let Anna take responsibility and then try to change the system. It is very easy to pass judgment when you do not have responsibility. Let us take example of Jay Prakash Narayan, who did not take responsibility and handed over power to all sorts of power hungry people during the Janta Pary government. What we got in lieu of that was for everybody to see.

Lokpal and Anna Hazare

By introducing the Lokpal, Congress party is planning to execute a masterstroke which will take air out of sail of Anna Hazare and Opposition parties. Once the Lokpal bill is passed through both the houses of parliament, there will be no agenda left for team Anna. Probably, this is the main reason of Anna's anger. Moreover, for reasons which are beyond comprehension, Anna's decision to shift the venue of fast from Delhi to Mumbai has further eroded his saleability. Indians are anyway loath to harp on an idea for a long time. They want new masala, every time, in a reality show. Anna's reality show has lost its TRP and even electronic media is growing weary of team Anna and its mobocracy. Forthcoming assembly elections in five states will give more food for thought to the media and to the public and Anna's cause will be lost in the din. Thanks god, at least many of us will get rid of the opprobrium caused by Team Anna and its so called 120 crore supporters.