Sunday, August 21, 2011

An Achievement indeed....

Poor Manmohan Singh, his carefully crafted image both that of an economist and Mr.Clean have all just disappeared into stratosphere. He is now heading the most corrupt, most inept and most immoral government in Indian History. That too it is a remarkable achievement considering that he has done one better than likes of VPSingh, IKGujral & DeveGowda! I myself have to stop and admire this significant achievement!

We all have had seen the reports on 2G (not the SoniaG&RahulG kind), how systematically the government has kept under wraps the names of black moneyed account holders in Switzerland, how they using all kinds of underhanded tactics have tried to undermine the civil society protests…

The latest tactic from the Un Perfoming Alliance is that “this is a middle-class movement, largely upwardly mobile crowds”. I am shocked that they still haven’t’ learnt their lessons. The only question for MMS to answer is who is he protecting? Who is being shielded from responding to the calls for probity, whose ill-gotten wealth is at risk ? The answer is obvious to all of us, but not to the NDTV brigade. They are now increasingly shrill in deriding the base of Anna’s movement. There is a popular mis-conception that only the middle+upper class sections pay bribes. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Our maid, who had to give our postal address (as they are homeless) was in a heated argument with the postman, who refused to give her family’s Aadhaar Cards, unless she paid Rs.20 each! Shocking but true. I had to yell and threaten official complaint for the postman to relent! That is the reality of corruption today in India.

So for those that think, that this somehow a very small subset, stop and reconsider. Against, all odds, despite these unfortunate events, I am hoping that Anna will triumph. We simply can’t afford another failure. I hope that the people revolt in front of the MPs who are representing in each and every constituency, so that the MPs get the gravity of situation.

But for congress, the only tactic left is to somehow brand this movement as inspired by “Hindutva” forces again. It will surely get the NDTV brigade on their side. I am waiting for that comedy show to unfold…..Watch out…

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