Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Anna's master-stroke




The politics in recent months is presenting very incredible game. The Congress choosing a bad bowler to ball, then dropping catches, missing ball to boundary, giving extras with no and wide deliveries. Anna, Sachin-Sehwag combine of the game, hitting stroke over stroke. It seems, he is teaching Congress about how not to take granted everything once Gandhis on your side! His recent appeal to Hissar people to not to vote for congress, is master-stroke! 
The Congress always wanted to hold its views to be center of any debate. Anything opposite, is usually being condemned as anti-India, anti-Secular! Anna, by openly opposing the Congress in election without actually taking part in election, is widening and deepening our polity. Here, he is not choosing his candidate or supporting any other party. He just wanted to declare - Don't take us granted till winter session! By not taking direct part in election and still campaigning for a cause is in itself master-stroke. It is also a reminder for our politician and parties that politics is not about them and election. It is also about people participation. The participation, that goes beyond mere vote, but widening the debate, setting agendas, reforming the polity. Its now for Team Anna to spread this message. The Parties and politician (including Congress) should come to terms atleast now than never and should pro-actively engage at this historic juncture of India. 

Friday, October 07, 2011

JP and Anna..

My Comment on DNA Article - How Anna Hazare Succeeded where JP failed by NV Subramanian.

http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_how-anna-hazare-succeeded-where-jayaprakash-narayan-failed_1595481#comments


Abhishek from Parbhani
'Anna’s recent reiteration not to run for political office and never to midwife a political party will prevent him from making the blunder JP made.'These are two very different movement. The Author, sorry to say, himself making blunder to call JP blunder. JP's call of Janata Party and then went on making Govt was itself a historic moment in history of Democratic India. What are the achievement of this Govt then?If we look at it empirically, then not much in it. But on deeper look, It had shown the Congress and Indira that they were not only to run the govt. The opposition broke the 'anti-congressism' syndrome to give or atleast tried to give alternative. The govt has repealed many provisions of 42nd Amendment and restored the constitutional balance. It reiterated the power of People of India, its youths. Comparing Anna and JP will defeat every purpose of them. We have to wait for time to come, don't forget JP continued for 4-5 yrs. Anna has just started his inning... 
I wish debate would have been 'JP's Movement and Anna's movement', rather 'JP and Anna'...


Wednesday, October 05, 2011