Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Fight against corruptions - JANTAR MANTAR is next IN thing?

Anna Hazare's agitation against corruption of the central government has made an impact but on a second thought, the government's actions AFTER A HUNGER STRIKE by an activist sets a dangereous example. There is an earlier precedence of government-action-after-a-hunger-strike set by West Bengal govt following Mamata Banerjee's 'fast unto death', where the government's project had to be scrapped ( and ulimately the TATA Nano factory had to be moved out of the state). However, somehow, the yielding of govt to such pressure, in case of Mamata's agitation, was seen more like a failure of WB govt but not after the Jantar Mantar agitation.
What's next ? Now if an well respected person like Amarta Sen starts a hunger strike demanding 'free kashmir' or 'stop actions against Maoists or 'Gandhis with Guns' ... what should the govt do ?
True, that, most of the Monmohansingh's ministers are inundated neck deep in corruptions but same is the case for almost every state governments, parties - But's Anna's gun seems to be unidirectional and the whole agitation seems to be hijacked by the english speaking elites.