Anna wave , anna lila, anna's movement.. Anna Hazare has taken nation by
storm and media is playing important role in taking the movement in
drawing rooms of every citizen who has television.
I have been hearing this name at most places I visit. Be it be chai
ki ketli or be is be corporate conference room. My chai waala becomes
very excited when ever I visit his ketli. His question is always the
same 'anna ka aage kya hua?'.
Anna hazare or Kishan Baburao Hazare as Manish tewari puts it , has
become symbol of opposition to system of corruption. Anna has never
participated in elections and doesn't seem to intend to. Anna hazare is
not threat to political parties as far as their seats is concerned.
But anna movement does give wake up call to all politicians of India. Be it be MLAs or MP's or even gram panchayat officials.
We have seen protest in every city of India. Be it be Bihar or Gujarat or mp or Delhi or Tamil Nadu or up. In Bihar ,Gujarat,mp NDA
rules while in up we have BSP , in Tamil Nadu we have AJADMK and in Delhi we have congress. The movement is not against one party but it is
against corruption.
Ironically even after government giving so much opportunities to
opposition , they have not been able to grab it. UPA-2 is arguably most
corrupted government ever in independent India and they could not have
helped opposition in better way than churning out one scam after another
and irrespective of that neither BJP ,nor left ,nor any regional
parties have been able to make use of this opportunity.
Question is why?. There seems to be disconnect among MP's, MLA's and people. There seems to be lack of trust on our politicians.
Opposition needs to think about this and introspect where as
government should leave its arrogance of winning two general elections
back to back. Anna movement is wake up call and what these distinguish
800 people who sit in lok sabha and rajyasabha as well as all mlas in
India must realize that they represent people and it is not otherwise.
They must work towards more able governance or risk becoming irrelevant.
I am prime supporter of parliamentary democracy and believe in
strengthening the system but politicians must understand mood of people ,
their concerns , their anger , their outrage and work to address that.
Moral of story is that politics is accused to be dirty business and
if politicians want to alter that they need to work for people and not
use people for their (politicians) personal end.
Pradeep Singh
