I have read the IAC's Code of Conduct.It is meant to hem in political discussion. However, given that corruption is an issue directly impinging on and is a side-effect of politics,sometimes the occasional comment just happens spontaneously.Even so, the idea of this status is not to stir up dissent but to clarify one's status. Thus,one hopes to have the temerity to speak up because one is contributing one's mite to IAC's might and one may continue contributing in whatever manner possible.
Having said that,one would like to contribute one's riders to the general concept—particularly in view of the demand, by some, of a political party out of the IAC. I,for one,say NO. My reasons are the following.MANY have/and are contributing to IAC. IAC,is thus growing into a huge behemoth by the day.It would not be right for IAC to divert all this anti-corruption support to a political agenda which has so far not been declared.There is no guarantee that just because of the personalities involved in this Jan Lokpal and anti-corruption movement,people will necessarily agree with their politics. Nor would I agree with the choice of Anna Hazare as a Prime Minister(that question has figured on the IAC page). Also, when we registered with IAC ,we were asked to say that we would vote for the party asked for or give our reasons for not doing so. I think it would not be fair for this movement to foist its choice of political party or political candidates on people.I think people are quite capable of making up their minds in the light of India's political history and the awareness being created currently. It would be unfair for this movement to metamorphose into a political entity and run away with this huge following up a political path.
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