Finally, it seems that there will be an end to all corrupt practices. Everyone will be transparent and accountable. People will become sovereign and lok pal (ombudsman). Pray this happens!
But I cannot stop thinking what is so special about the said Lokpal or Jan Lokpal Bill. Will it be able to do what all anti-graft bills failed to do miserably? That is yet to be seen. But one thing is sure that the accumulated angst of people has finally found a vent in the form of Anna and his rallying crowd. I will take the liberty of calling it a safety valve, which indirectly has only helped the government ease the tension against corruption.
When the Right to Information (RTI) Act was passed in 2005, people had similar expectations. In fact, this is the very act that has made both Anna and his newly found lieutenant and media savvy Arvind Kejriwal. In fact, both of them subsequently won the prestigious Magsaysay award as well.
However, Anna now seems to desert the same RTI. I remember the incident when a few months back, an RTI activist went to him taking the case of the irregularities being practiced in the appointment of the Maharashtra information commissioner, but this Modian Anna did not listen to him. The RTI activist then sat on dharna (sit-in) before Anna's ashram. At that time neither Anna supported him nor even any media organisation. Perhaps, he did not know how to manage the media and was not strategic enough. It's a different story though that he himself has worked in the mainstream media. The irony was that Anna, who himself sits on hunger strike for a "noble cause," called the police and got the RTI activist thrown out from that place. This is how a person who has been termed anti-corruption crusader treats his fellow comrades...................................................
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