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| Anna protested and fasted to conquer the corrupt | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 28: He came. He protested and fasted for 13 days. To be precise he fasted for 288 hours. He is none other than the Gandhian Anna Hazare who could sustain 13 days' fast because he rode on a wave of peoples' unflinching support.
While breaking the fast he did not say "it is my victory." He said "it is the victory of people." Can one disagree with those who say that during the last 13 days the country had been experiencing unprecedented Anna wave. Mark the intensity of the wave by watching one woman, belonging to a middle class family in Maharashtra, committing suicide when she harboured fears that the Government may not concede Anna's demands.
Pranabh's speech in English with a marked Bengalian accent, Sibal's legal rehtorics, Chidambaram's tasty words from his puckered lips, Rahul Gandhi's fiery, fried chips like crisp written reply, Sushma's belated but well argued and sweet defence of Anna, Lalu's dig as coarse as fodder and Sharad Yadav's "Aleel Daleel" (ailing tale) spoke of fragmentation of Indian political scene.
For most of these days Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh seemed to be unmoved and unfazed by the turbulence triggered by Ana's fast. But in the end his brief speech turned the tide against Ana's critics. By that time Manmohan Singh had gauged the level of peoples anger against the Government.
Had Manmohan Singh intervened effectively the row between the Government and the Anna team would have ended a week earlier. Manmohan Singh was personally in favour of bringing the Prime Minister under the umbrella of Lokpal. But he could not enforce his will and wish because Sibal had unnerved him with legal harangue against Anna's demand.
What the Government conceded on Saturday it could have done so a week earlier. It did not do so because Anna's critics, especially people like Sibal, Pranab and Lalu Yadav, had believed that the public protest would prove as short lived as dew under the sun rays.
The Parliament has adopted a resolution conceding three demands of Anna Hazare. It has to go to the standing committee whose members will review the Lokpal and the Jan Lokkpal bills and submit its recommendations to the parliament which has to adopt or reject or amend the recommendations. This way Anna is right when he has told people that the battle has been won but the war against corruption will continue. He said he has neither broken the fast nor ended the anti-corruption struggle. He has simply suspended it.
One could say it was a happy ending to a woeful story. But the Government can ill afford to play a game of deceit with Anna because people expect the Congress led Government to do something for reducing the level of corruption in the country. But it would be equally better for the team Anna to avoid dictating terms to the Parliament.
After all a law has to be framed which stands the test of time. Any bad law may ultimately throw the country in bigger political wilderness and turmoil. |
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