Holy Team Anna have now come under the public scanner. The holier than thou approach against other civil society groups that do not support the Jan Lok Pal has come full circle. The humiliation of Swamy Agnivesh by the arrogant Kiran Bedi and Arvind Kejriwal in particular is taking its toll. What has been exposed of some of these leaders is hopefully just the tip of the iceberg. Having observed tactics of politicians and governments quite closely, the worst for Team Anna is yet to come. Politicians are wonderful actors. They will play dumb, helpless and beaten, but will strike back in their own leisure. Wasting amunition by firing at their opponents at the wrong time is not their habit. One has to be practical. Reasoning with a hysterical mob is impossible. That is exactly what this nation has witnessed with Team Anna and his supporters, A MASS HYSTERIA. In such chronic cases time is the best healer.
From day one it was amply evident that the Sangh Parivar and BJP supporters were behind Anna's movement. We conveniently forget that Baba Ramdev's Goa unit of Bharat SWabhiman had publicly declared that they were sending 1000 people for Anna's agitation at Jantar Mantar. It was impossible for Anna and Team to galvanise such mass support in such a short span of time without the support from the right-wing groups. All the talk about the power of social media, techies and the rest is a market created bull shit. If that was the case then how are so many environmental issues which are extensively debated on social media sites not sparking off the much required revolution? The symbols and icons, the rhetoric, the slogans and all else, bore the mark of right-wing promptings. No matter how much Team Anna may deny, the saffron stain will just refuse to lie hidden.
As it appears, the right-wing groups also never totally relied on Anna and had their plan B in place with Baba Ramdev. The ultimate aim seemed to be that of bringing down the government and ushering in a mid-term poll. It was their underestimation of the Congress government that took the conspirators by surprise. To add to their misfortune and embarrassment was an excited Baba attempting to hide under a woman's skirt and run off in woman's clothes. This was worse than what we see in Bollywood comedy. Having failed on Plan B the right-wing groups were compelled to fall back on Anna and the events unfolded according to the script. They compelled the government to act in a particular manner, got Anna dumped in jail, mobilised crowds at Ram Lila and metros to generate a national hysteria. After all what is mob psychology all about? There comes a time when people just do not know what they have assembled for. Everyone just wants to wear an Anna topi just because the other is wearing. There is little doubt that the right-wing leaning scribes played their bit along with right-wing sympathisers in the government administration. With the BJP taking on a country wide yatra on the issue of corruption, the right-wing agenda is clear. The anti-corruption issue whether on swiss Bank accounts and the CWG was kicked off by the right-wing groups much before IAC was born or probably conceived. ON the other hand the government seems to have deliberately given a long rope to team Anna which in turn has helped reveal many hidden truths behind the movement. The government knew that the more higher Team Anna is allowed to rise, the more mighty would be the fall.
Team Anna knows well that their Jan Lok Pal will never be accepted by this nation in its present form. They are aware that Civil society groups would never agree with the Jan Lok Pal draft. they have created a situation to justify their anti-Congress approach. If not, what was the reason for Anna to take off on a Congress hatao campaign in the Hissar polls? This just defied all reason after Team Anna had agreed to a Government porposal that a Bill would be tabled in the in the winter session of parliament. Should it not have waited till then? Now team Anna is already campaigning against Congress in U.P. much ahead of the polls which are due. And the latest is that Anna is abusing Congress leaders and threatens to teach the Congress a lesson in the 2014 polls if it does not pass his Jan Lok Pal Bill. This clearly demonstrates that the anti-corruption movement is basically an anti-Congress campaign of the right-wing groups directed towards the 2014 Parliamentary polls. The insistence for only a Jan Lok Pal is a deliberate posture adopted by Anna.
As the Anna hysteria dies down, the supporters will realise how their emotions were exploited by certain forces. The fashion industry and the media made a quick buck. Going by the approach of Team Anna, it appears that they will express dissatisfaction on one point or another even if a Lok Pal Bill is passed by Parliament. Their ultimate design is to defeat the Congress and bring in BJP rule in 2014. This is a well hatched conspiracy.
-Soter
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