{"id":120,"date":"2011-08-19T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T09:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sibha.online\/wprandom\/2011\/08\/19\/fast-forward-anna-hazare-way-some-crystal-ball-gazing\/"},"modified":"2019-06-28T09:07:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T09:07:59","slug":"fast-forward-anna-hazare-way-some-crystal-ball-gazing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/2011\/08\/19\/fast-forward-anna-hazare-way-some-crystal-ball-gazing\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast Forward Anna Hazare Way : Some Crystal Ball Gazing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">A poser before getting down to details&#8230;.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Did TN Seshan require any enhanced Powers for  Election Commissioner to do what he did ?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">In fact suddenly people found that he had too much powers and it was diluted by having a panel of three members instead of all powers being vested on just one person. Do we lack laws or just the will to enforce the laws ?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Anna wave is as strong as ever and at the time of writing this Anna Hazare has given the clarion call for the second freedom struggle.  <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">So for he has been getting his way, thanks to low credibility of the Govt and the huge wave of public sentiments. There is no sign of the wave abating and we may safely  assume that he will continue to get what he wants.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">So far, the Govt has agreed to his demands, in <em><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">deference<\/span><\/em> to the public sentiments and just to keep anna Hazare alive. Govt has agreed to :-<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">co-opt civil society members in \tdrafting the bill<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">let anna hazare protest &nbsp;mostly&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">on<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;his own terms<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Further along the road, with similar tactics:-<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">He will coerce the govt to table \this version of the bill in the parliament.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Coerce the parliament to pass the \tbill (Bill or my life ?!)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;Anna hazare and his team will claim a great victory and go home.  Public will be jubilant.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Then the Act will become effective and it  it is time for people entrusted with the job of implementing to have good hard look at the various clauses.  <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I am cynical, but this cynicism&nbsp;&nbsp;is not unfounded. Till the time there is a change of hearts, change of value system, what can mere laws do ? Why is it that we routinely see vehicles jumping traffic lights ? Why is it we see people travelling&nbsp;ticket less&nbsp;on trains ? Why is tax evasion not&nbsp;considered&nbsp;a serious issue ? This is a land of speed breakers not sign postings. I hope some Anna Hazare can change that.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">The political parties will look for ways and means to fix their adversaries through this new found weapon. There will be intense lobbying at all levels for being  part of the Lokpal or on the right side of lokpal, the new power centre.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Janta will continue to bribe their way through, particularly when making unreasonable or illegal demands.  Simplest example is &nbsp;jumping the queue for anything from a &nbsp;gas cylinder to college admission. (It is the shortage of gas resulting in corruption, not lack of laws).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">This new law may create another layer of absolute power. It may create a Frankenstein monster. If that happens who will take responsibility ? Not the Govt ? Not the parliament ? As for Anna Hazare, will he repeat his moves this time to amend the law ? Very doubtful.  <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">There is no dearth of unresolved conflicts in our great country. Delhi Police will receive a bunch of applications from Telengana movement, Hurriyat, VHP, etc to follow the footsteps of anna hazare and get their agenda through. Everyone of these movements will whip up public sentiments locally if not at Delhi. Smaller communities \/ states like Manipur will be left high and dry , after all democracy works on the will of the majority.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">As Ambedkar said while introducing the Constitution in November 1949, once the Constitution came into force, we should avoid all non-constitutional methods like protests and satyagraha, <span style=\"color: red;\">for they are the grammar of anarchy.<\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\"><b><i><span style=\"color: red;\"> <\/span>If two persons go&nbsp;on fasts until death for two opposing reasons, we cannot decide the issue by allowing one person to die first. <\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/div>\n<div style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: red;\">Yes, Anarchy it is&#8230; it all seems so nightmarish. If I am awake I want to go back to sleep and If I am asleep , it is time I woke up.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poser before getting down to details&#8230;. Did TN Seshan require any enhanced Powers for Election Commissioner to do what he did ? In fact suddenly people found that he had too much powers and it was diluted by having a panel of three members instead of all powers being vested on just one person. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/2011\/08\/19\/fast-forward-anna-hazare-way-some-crystal-ball-gazing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fast Forward Anna Hazare Way : Some Crystal Ball Gazing&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-society"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":726,"href":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions\/726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}