Anna movement demystified

Anna hazare had started his fasting on 16 august and his fasting is still continuing. He seems determined to give India a strong lokpal bill. The government, close associated of the government and a very few social activist question the methodology and constitutionality of the protest. Right to protest is a fundamental rights and no body can dispute on this fact. Here are some of the question which needs to be analysed to bring out the truth.

 

1. Is this  protest a way of  threatening / coercing the government?

The government formed a joint-drafting committee. The government latter in the committee meeting refused to accept some of the major points raised by the civil society. The government then presented it’s version of the bill before the parliament which means joint drafting committee actually did not draft a bill jointly. The government constituted joint draft committee was just acting like a standing committee and listening to views of civil society.  The anna hazare team protested this and demanded some of there views to added but the government showed deaf ears to the request. It was an arrogant behaviour of the government. This arrogant behaviour needs to be dealt with way it has be dealt. This can be compared with use of force in act of self defence. It is certainly coercion on an arrogant and inefficient government which it’s rightly deserves.

2. Cannot make laws in the street?

Certainly if a group of draftsman sit in the street certainly can come out with very good bills.

The argument that cannot make laws in the street is so vague and ridiculing the civil society , certainly anna’s team has not drafted the bill in the streets and certainly has not asked the government to pass it but just requesting the government to consider their point of view.

3.People sovereign or parliament sovereign in India:

Our democracy is not that of UK where the parliament is supreme. In India constitution is supreme. In constitution the people are first and then the institutions formed under the constitution. It’s the will of the people and not the will of the parliament. so the voices of the people have to be heard. some may argue that there are only few hundred thousand people protesting and it’s not the entire population. In a democracy it’s always the majority wins, here there is no counter protest or voices against the movement in any part of this country which it’s self shows that team Anna has majority in the issue. 

The movement is right in every aspect and it’s the government which needs to act rather than making tuff talks, counter arguments etc

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The congress during the pre independence and also for short period after the independence remained a true representation of the Indian people. During Independence struggle the congress used to fight against the British raj or then government now there is protest against the congress government. The congress has lost the people’s trust and no longer the true representative of the Indian peoples.   Will the  government continue to act arrogantly and bring up fantastic stories to defend themselves against the movement or will they prepare a very well drafted legal defence against the problem. It’s seems that UPA is heading towards a biggest disaster.

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