There is a recent news item about Anna Hazare and his decision to campaign against the Congress party at Hisar in the by-poll elections, not stopping there, continuing the same in the State elections if the govt doesn't pass the Jan Lokpal bill during the Assembly's Winter session. This is an interesting development considering the fact that so far we have seen Anna Hazare as an activist against policies/amendments, but suddenly to target a single party or a coalition for not passing a resolution or a bill in the parliament doesn't make sense. The question arises as to what would Hazare do if the NDA ruled states don't support the bill, will he be travelling to those states to campaign against them as well? Somehow this doesn't sit well with me, in my opinion I think Hazare has made his point through his fast and protests and it is time to sit back and let the government do its work.
Lets just see how this will be viewed or how this situation will be manipulated by politicians. BJP & Co will portray or showcase this as a support to their ideals and party in the coming elections in both state and central. This will again be a fight between BJP and Congress and the entire Hazare movement will be lost in this melee, all because of an innocent remark/action. You don't get a second chance in politics and in today's India, media plays a major role in determining the winner. Hazare has so far steered cleared from any party affiliation or support and it is an wonderful achievement in democratic India where nothing can garner support and attention without political clout. He has achieved this through his Gandhian ways and every political party is seeing him a potent force which could erode their vote base, but with this comment, I think he is squandering this advantage. I suppose, his intentions were to challenge the government once again, but i don't think this is the medium or the right time. I think he had the government with its back against the wall and was ready for the final strike, but this is not the path or direction. By this comment, he is just losing credibility amongst his supporters, he garnered so much public support only due to the fact that he was a no party affiliated Gandhian and in India, if you campaign against a single party, you are part of the opposition party or thats how the media will paint and will make the public take sides again.
I think Anna's close lieutenants and media manager realize this fast and try to stop the "Hindutva" colour that will be poured over this entire news item. Arvind Kejriwal's interview with Karan Thapar did not convince me much, I think we need to wait and watch on how this drama unfolds.
Lets just see how this will be viewed or how this situation will be manipulated by politicians. BJP & Co will portray or showcase this as a support to their ideals and party in the coming elections in both state and central. This will again be a fight between BJP and Congress and the entire Hazare movement will be lost in this melee, all because of an innocent remark/action. You don't get a second chance in politics and in today's India, media plays a major role in determining the winner. Hazare has so far steered cleared from any party affiliation or support and it is an wonderful achievement in democratic India where nothing can garner support and attention without political clout. He has achieved this through his Gandhian ways and every political party is seeing him a potent force which could erode their vote base, but with this comment, I think he is squandering this advantage. I suppose, his intentions were to challenge the government once again, but i don't think this is the medium or the right time. I think he had the government with its back against the wall and was ready for the final strike, but this is not the path or direction. By this comment, he is just losing credibility amongst his supporters, he garnered so much public support only due to the fact that he was a no party affiliated Gandhian and in India, if you campaign against a single party, you are part of the opposition party or thats how the media will paint and will make the public take sides again.
I think Anna's close lieutenants and media manager realize this fast and try to stop the "Hindutva" colour that will be poured over this entire news item. Arvind Kejriwal's interview with Karan Thapar did not convince me much, I think we need to wait and watch on how this drama unfolds.
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