What I loved most about this movement is : Its nature !
The movement was very very constructive , not a single paisa of public property destroyed (Learn something Shiv Sena and MNS), the movement was not about group of people standing up and vilifying the government with cliches like " Sab neta chor hain " and "Kill all the politicians". It simply said - System is flawed ,We want to change it and MOST importantly it gave a solution in form of a Draft Jan Lokpal Bill (this is always missing from most of the mass protests we have ) - Now if you dont allow me to correct this flaw - I will hold you at moral ransom and make you see things the right way. Another important aspect of this movement was the self less nature or if the self was involved it was - the Self as an Indian.
We have had telangana , gujjar , jat and various other mass protest before this - but all of these were by a certain group of people working for their own good , none of them was for India - I guess thats where this movement set itself apart from others and got the pan India mass support. So all of you, who say that this protest has set a precedent or step by step guide to arm twist, "blackmail" the government into accepting your demands ,cant be right, because people understand who are you and what are you asking and if you are really self-less then only you will get the kind of support Anna got. I must confess here that the success of this protest gave a glimmer of hope to a hopeless pessimist(when it comes to prospect of doing good in India) like me that - Good things can happen if the people leading the change have that much clean energy to blast through all the obstacles
So the mass Movement culminated into formation of the Joint Drafting Committee for the Jan Lokpal bill - with 5 Civil society members and 5 ministers , Question have been raised that do these 5 civil society members actually represent the civil society - I think even if they dont , it really doesnt matter (coz the requirement that they should represent is only by the principle of democracy - We all know that when given option to choose our representatives we choose Sharad Pawars, Suresh Kalmadis and A Rajas) ,what matters is whether they are Good at what they do ! As expected we had Digvijay "I hate everything that is Good" Singh , teaming up with (out of and hence looking for action) Amar Singh and retrograde Mulayam Singh to malign one by one all the 5 members.
Now Anna and Kejriwal have an impeccable record hence the targets were Bhushans and Hegde ! Bhushans because they have been alloted 20Cr Home for 1 lakh in UP and the (forged or original ?!)CD , Hegde for being ineffective as Lokayukta of Karnataka. I would like to argue that these people are on the panel not because they have a good track record and are honsest , but becuase we believe that they have the right intension and skill to draft a non loopholed Good Lokpal Bill. I say today almost nobody is perfectly white or black for that matter - each of us at some level has contributed to corruption , so if I have a checkered past does that mean I can never do anything good for the country ? The adage that "Even if you have indulged in 1 paisa corruption yourself - then you lose the moral right and hence will be termed jealous If you point out fingers at others who are more corrupt " doesnt apply here . The argument of purity of means should give way to objectivism . Bhusans certainly aren't as corrupt as Sharad Pawar (who as heard doesnt take bribe but takes % in the project and is supposedly atleast a Dollar billionaire), I say if the Bhushans do contribute in forming a Good Lokpal Bill they do deserve the 20 Crore house for 1 Lakh ! Come on if Yuvraj Singh can get Porsche 911 turbo for individual achievement in a Sport - Bhushans are contributing a hell lot more, that to not for themselves, but for the country ! About the argument that what if corrupt Bhushans compromise the draft bill ? Well arent there 5 Ministers on that committee to whom we have gladly accepted and Bhushans were the original authors of civil society draft. Also the fact that impeccable Anna and Kejriwal want the Bhushans as a art of the committee is more than an assurance for me and media bashing or maligning wont make me impugn their integrity !
I think that we should believe in these 5 guys for once and lets hope that under the leadership of Anna ,they draft a perfect Lokpal bill and take ahead a movement on which all of us Indians had pinned our hopes - Jai Hind !
