Indian Politics in Reference Anna Hazaare

Anna Hazaare is the most dangerous thing to have happened to Indian politics. He is a fake copy of Gandhi. I pity those people who become brands because they have no life of their own and are nothing more than just commodities. A human brand in politics is the worst. The brand Gandhi was managed by the Congress, who seem to have abandoned it now. And the Sangh Parivar seems to have captured the opportunity: they have chosen a person who has lived the life of a miser for several years. The RSS is fond of people who live in misery: that is why they never allow women to come anywhere close to them because women are considered as doorstep to materialistic pleasures by the RSS. I have no doubt whatsoever that the RSS is the most crooked political group in India. People have a natural affinity for those who live simplistically, and the RSS takes full advantage of this propensity of people to further their ulterior motives. The RSS is dedicated to the ideology of so-called Hindutva, which, after lots of thinking and research, I have found nothing more than an Indian replica of right-wing extremism of the West. The right wingers are nothing more than the agents of the business, small or big. All their activities are targeted towards maintaining the capitalistic order. The military and the police of the states often end up collaborating with the right wingers in furtherance of the business interest. A similar thing is happening in India too. Rather India has become just like the UK, which is by far the worst country in the world. The business has become the biggest force, and the Indian military, the para-military and the police are helping the business grow by not only providing protection to them but also by actively working as their agent. Unfortunately, presently, there is not a single political party in India which is not helping the business in some way or the other in its nefarious activities.
In this scenario, the people felt the need for a political group which could give them a ray of hope. The opportunity has been misappropriated by the business by projecting Anna Hazaare. The BJP, as expected, provided active support, and the Congress kept mum. Even the left came out in support. However, at the same time, Baba Ramdev also came into the limelight propped up by the Congress this time. In fact, Baba Ramdev, unlike Anna Hazaare, is not a miser by any means. He seems to have felt dejected when Anna Hazaare got all the limelight even though he was also the founding member of India Against Corruption (IAC). The things, it seems, turned sour with the Congress, and Baba Ramdev once again turned towards the BJP/RSS, and the rest is history. Most interesting is the reaction of CPM’s Brinda Karat to all this. She, who till not long time ago was the biggest critic of Baba Ramdev, came out in open support of Baba Ramdev. Therefore, I say, there is now a political vacuum in India. Every political party is now on the same side. The BJP and the Congress just keep fighting with each other for the sake of it, as do Coke and Pepsi.
Coming back to Anna Hazaare. These bunch of so-called activists, who came together under the umbrella brand of IAC are nothing but moderate right wingers affiliated to the BJP/RSS. They are basically opponent of the NAC, which is the activist group of the Congress. Things in the Congress are generally more straightforward, and in the BJP, more subtle, therefore the Congress has come under the big grip of this corruption agitation; however, I know for a fact that the BJP/RSS have institutionalized corruption in their socio-economic activities. Nevertheless, corruption is corruption, whosoever does it in whatsoever way, is guilty, whether it’s the Congress or the BJP. However, this is where Anna Hazaare comes into picture. He has been highlighted as a corruption free individual, but, in fact, he is none better . He has, rather, done the biggest corruption by adopting the Gandhi brand name. He is nowhere like Gandhi. His thoughts are always violent: Nobody, except Anna Hazaare, endorsed a stringent law for protection of journalists when journalists themselves don’t prefer it. The Lokpal Bill is full of such stringent measures, ironically, more for those who make complaints under the act. I have nowhere heard of a complainant going in jail for one year for making a frivolous complaint. The message is clear: only the political criminals, who can afford to keep an army of people ready to go in jail, shall file complaints against the Lokpal. Even otherwise, the bill is amateurish. If the bill is passed in its present form, the courts will keep spending hours in just interpreting the intention of the legislators while passing the bill. Let me tell them in advance, the intention of the legislature in passing this bill will be to allow the big corporates and the political groups to punish those bureaucrats, judges and ministers who don’t toe their line. So, better the judges toe their line else they face the fire.

The emergence of Anna Hazaare is the most dangerous thing because he has misappropriated that political space which was reserved for the true servants of the people. By the time people will realize this, they would have become either the guinea pigs or the sex workers. India has become vulnerable to all sorts of criminals and will be butchered in the way one Mustafa was butchered in Bihar by the criminals in khaki, i.e. Police (Re http://tehelka.com/story_main50.asp?filename=Ne020711Beat.asp).

© 2011 Ankur Mutreja

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Ankur Mutreja
Ankur Mutreja is an advocate-cum-writer, and his blogs are amongst his modes of expression. He has also authored number of books, which can be downloaded from the links on the top menu.

1 Comment on "Indian Politics in Reference Anna Hazaare"

  1. im no big fan of Hazare (see my post about him here) still I admire him for spearheading the anti-corruption movement, and the consciousness it brought about among the people, also the lokpal bill is not so bad….may be you are a bit too cynical about him/his team!

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