No Lokpal; Well, Boo Ourselves
Yesterday, an utterly disgraceful event in the Rajya Sabha demonstrated how our politicians behave when there is no deterrent like Anna to fear for.
Anna's Mumbai fiasco has been a booster for the politicians, and they have started justifying their misdeeds fearlessly. Watch Rajniti Prasad on TV.
It was not one-of-its-kind event that took place yesterday. We have seen time and again how easily a few unruly members of parliament can create disruption and subvert the whole idea of democracy. The fact that a few men can cause havoc in the parliament and disrupt the proceedings makes us believe that parliamentary democracy is nothing, but a big farce. The whole Indian democratic set up got completely sabotaged by a very few men. The most worrying thing is that this is not going to be a one-off event. This has just set a very bad precedent and this is going to happen again and again and again.
Blame it on ourselves for what happened in the parliament yesterday. By not listening to Anna’s call for agitation, we in a sense made a mistake. We are too careless, too self-involved, and very less patriotic.
The Congress Party, which is in minority in the Rajya Sabha failed to take into confidence its own allies on the Lokayukta issue and hence completely fixed the last hour proceeding by creating a ruckus along with RJD.
A television channel exposed this dramatic event much before it actually happened. Therefore instead of going for voting, they just organized a scripted drama and hushed up the proceedings thereafter.
Yesterday’s event in the Rajya Sabha certainly forces us to think why we need people like Anna in our democratic setup.
On the flip side, Team Anna failed to mobilize people for their agitation in Mumbai, and the whole event was a damp squib. Why there was so much apathy towards the agitation is beyond my understanding.
Now the questions we need to ask ourselves are, firstly, do we need Anna to fight against corruption? Secondly, if this movement dies, what would be the nature of politics that we will see going forward?
The answers are YES, we need Anna and we should not let the movement die, as it would be catastrophic.
But in the meantime, do not feel surprised and sad if any big scam comes to light in the future. Do not feel sad either if Lalu Yadav judges Anna Hazare.
Voh kehate hai na, Tab dhyan nahi diya, ab bhugto!!!
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