“…If Anna Hazare wants to get into politics, he should form his own party…” Renuka Chowdhury, Congress spokesman.
It’s out in the open in Haryana, where Hazare has directed voters to vote against the Congress in the by-election. The man who went on a much-publicized fast against corruption, has started focusing his fight against a particular political party. The guru has now walked into the boxing ring, not to fight with his own bare fists, but to jump on the back of the opposition parties and help defeat the Congress.
“So sir, why don’t you do the fair thing and form your own party; the Anna Party.”
“The Anna party?”
“Yes, but first have an election, elect a President! Let that be your first move against the corrupt practices of ‘high commands’ and ‘supremos’ Have a party election as the constitution says you should and elect a leader!”
“Elect?”
“Yes sir, where your people will elect who they want as the head! You or Kiran Bedi, or that young man who waves the flag so well, or that man who’s always on the mobile whenever the cameras focus on him?”
“B..but, I am the leader!”
“Let it be said through a vote! They may want someone else.”
“It is I who started this movement against corruption, I went on a fast. It is I who built this whole dramatic uprising! How would they dare choose another?”
“Maybe someone like Kejriwal, clever speaker, or someone who dresses like Kiran Bedi; latest kurtas and kurtis, with the chakra embroidered so prettily in the middle!”
“It is not about kurtas and kurtis. It is about….”
“Let the people decide sir!”
“But they may fall in the trap!”
“What trap?”
“They may chose someone who wears better kurtas than me, or with little chakras embroidered in the middle?”
“That is democracy sir!”
“People are foolish!”
“We have noticed you think that others are foolish sir. Either you accept my bill, or face repercussions. When you lie on a couch in public and say do or die, do you know who is going to die sir?”
“Corruption?”
“No sir, it is the death of democracy. When you put a sword to a man’s head..”
“I do not believe in violence!”
“A fast to death is a violent act sir, dressed in the camouflage of non-violence!”
“So what do you want me to do?”
“Start your own party, elect a leader…”
“No, either my way, or no way!”
“Thank you. That is exactly what a ‘fast unto death’ tantrum also says sir..!”
It’s out in the open in Haryana, where Hazare has directed voters to vote against the Congress in the by-election. The man who went on a much-publicized fast against corruption, has started focusing his fight against a particular political party. The guru has now walked into the boxing ring, not to fight with his own bare fists, but to jump on the back of the opposition parties and help defeat the Congress.
“So sir, why don’t you do the fair thing and form your own party; the Anna Party.”
“The Anna party?”
“Yes, but first have an election, elect a President! Let that be your first move against the corrupt practices of ‘high commands’ and ‘supremos’ Have a party election as the constitution says you should and elect a leader!”
“Elect?”
“Yes sir, where your people will elect who they want as the head! You or Kiran Bedi, or that young man who waves the flag so well, or that man who’s always on the mobile whenever the cameras focus on him?”
“B..but, I am the leader!”
“Let it be said through a vote! They may want someone else.”
“It is I who started this movement against corruption, I went on a fast. It is I who built this whole dramatic uprising! How would they dare choose another?”
“Maybe someone like Kejriwal, clever speaker, or someone who dresses like Kiran Bedi; latest kurtas and kurtis, with the chakra embroidered so prettily in the middle!”
“It is not about kurtas and kurtis. It is about….”
“Let the people decide sir!”
“But they may fall in the trap!”
“What trap?”
“They may chose someone who wears better kurtas than me, or with little chakras embroidered in the middle?”
“That is democracy sir!”
“People are foolish!”
“We have noticed you think that others are foolish sir. Either you accept my bill, or face repercussions. When you lie on a couch in public and say do or die, do you know who is going to die sir?”
“Corruption?”
“No sir, it is the death of democracy. When you put a sword to a man’s head..”
“I do not believe in violence!”
“A fast to death is a violent act sir, dressed in the camouflage of non-violence!”
“So what do you want me to do?”
“Start your own party, elect a leader…”
“No, either my way, or no way!”
“Thank you. That is exactly what a ‘fast unto death’ tantrum also says sir..!”