Anna, Baba fast!!! Government (read Congress) responds with allegations of their allegiance to RSS. What the heck???
As a citizen of this country, I am extremely disappointed by the reaction of the establishment to the ongoing anti-corruption movement. Instead of replying back to the people with strong confident building measures they get back with a counter allegation with a dirty old political weapon - "Anna & Baba motivated by RSS".
Though the question "What if Anna & Baba owe their allegiance to RSS? We are fighting corruption not right wing religious extremism?" comes up first, and could be a separate topic for discussion in itself, we are not oing to discuss that. The question that we are going discuss today is "Should people who fight corruption be non-corruptible and credible?".
My answer is "NO" and this could stump anyone who reads this. But do you think anyone in our country could be credible at all in the first place? We lose our credibility right at the time we approach a government office.
The establishment over the past 60 years have made sure nothing happens without a bribe. And this list includes the most basic things in a democracy - Driving License, Voters ID Card, Ration card and a never ending list...
All that we need to lead a movement in this country is popularity and less of credibility. This is what is leveraged by all popular people - Sharukh Khan to demand more money, Netas to gather more votes, Tendulkar for bigger ad-rate, TV channel to command higher TRP ratings... This is what Anna & Baba are doing, except this time they are doing it for a good cause.
So my dear government, forget about credibility of the people who are leading the movement and think just about the lakhs and lakhs of people who are attending the event.
And we the people should stop questioning the credibility of Anna and Baba and support them. Just think, for more than 60years post independence, not one person from more than a billion people in our country had the balls to do this. So please, stop questioning and extend your support. This could be the last chance with us to fight corruption in a democratic framework. Remember we don't want to be the largest democracy in the world, but the most effective democracy in the world.
Jai Hind!!!
As a citizen of this country, I am extremely disappointed by the reaction of the establishment to the ongoing anti-corruption movement. Instead of replying back to the people with strong confident building measures they get back with a counter allegation with a dirty old political weapon - "Anna & Baba motivated by RSS".
Though the question "What if Anna & Baba owe their allegiance to RSS? We are fighting corruption not right wing religious extremism?" comes up first, and could be a separate topic for discussion in itself, we are not oing to discuss that. The question that we are going discuss today is "Should people who fight corruption be non-corruptible and credible?".
My answer is "NO" and this could stump anyone who reads this. But do you think anyone in our country could be credible at all in the first place? We lose our credibility right at the time we approach a government office.
The establishment over the past 60 years have made sure nothing happens without a bribe. And this list includes the most basic things in a democracy - Driving License, Voters ID Card, Ration card and a never ending list...
All that we need to lead a movement in this country is popularity and less of credibility. This is what is leveraged by all popular people - Sharukh Khan to demand more money, Netas to gather more votes, Tendulkar for bigger ad-rate, TV channel to command higher TRP ratings... This is what Anna & Baba are doing, except this time they are doing it for a good cause.
So my dear government, forget about credibility of the people who are leading the movement and think just about the lakhs and lakhs of people who are attending the event.
And we the people should stop questioning the credibility of Anna and Baba and support them. Just think, for more than 60years post independence, not one person from more than a billion people in our country had the balls to do this. So please, stop questioning and extend your support. This could be the last chance with us to fight corruption in a democratic framework. Remember we don't want to be the largest democracy in the world, but the most effective democracy in the world.
Jai Hind!!!
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