Why Baba is also WRONG & Government is still STRONG?

The current political setup in India is such that whatever the government does or puts it's hand into turns into a mess. Be it those uncountable scams or scandals, be it the inability to curb inflation or be it the government's failure in maintaining the law and order situation. Interestingly with even half of such debacles any government would have failed to survive or remain in a comfortable situation to rule the country but ironically and much to the government's delight, the opposition itself is in such a disarray that the government hardly faces any serious threat despite such grave failures on almost every front. On their merry days with such a setup the BJP should have made the most of such opportunity and snatched the right of ruling the country quite comfortably from the ruling alliance. But the party (BJP) itself is in such a poor state that they can't even dream of such a turnaround. The party is still struggling to resurrect a mass leader of Vajpayee's class , they are still not sure about their core agenda and are still fighting to distance themselves from their age old nemesis of saffronisation and commualism, naturally the party is far from being a serious threat to the government. Hence, pragmatically expecting a quick fix to this quagmire is asking for too much.

So when the entire nation is united in the fight against corruption, what's so different about Baba Ramdev's, BRD, campaign. BRD's campaign against corruption is very much on the lines of Anna Hazare's campaign held two months back in the capital but if Hazare's campaign was a subtle Shyam Benegal flick, BRD's is an opuleunt and out of the world Karan Johar soap opera. Though it's a different matter that not many remember that even Ramdev's agenda is to fight against corruption as the entire issue has turned into a political drama rather than a constructive path to cleanse our system. It almost seems that BRD's main motto is to show his mass following and financial might, though this extravagance shouldn't discount the fact that even BRD's tryst is towards the overall good of the nation. But the bigger question is why Hazare wasn't treated with the same stick that thrashed BRD and his followers? Probably because the government couldn't digest the opulence associated with BRD's protest vis a vis Hazare's more sedate campaign. Or because BRD didn't gave much credence to the fact that four cabinet ministers recieved him at the airport and tried to cajole him. Or most importantly the government feared the fact that the presence of various religious leaders on the same dias could give this campaign a communally political color and thereby further fuel the fire that is already hitting the government quite hard.

But what government did on the night of 4th of June was totally unacceptable and grossly heinous, the brutal beating of sleeping children and women was inhuman and it killed the very notion of democracy. If the same government still ranks Babri demolishment and Godhra massacre as a shameful blot on the Indian history, the event on 4th of June was no lesser crime. Beating innocent people at midnight just because they are supporting a cause that might eventually cost the government its hold at the center, is nothing but an exhibition of the highest level of atrocity. Even the constitution of our country gives every Indian the right to express his or her views by means of speech or protest, so to stop an individual or a group of people to practise their constitutional right is a crime. The Government might put forth a logic that the presence of religious leaders at the campaign might be detrimental to the law and order situation in the capital but it can't dilute the fact the occasion is not to woo the masses for votes but it is to unite the nation against the severe vice of corruption. Probably the government thought since we can't provide a solution lets further complicate the problem, all in all it was an act of hooliganism and a total failure on government's part.

The Government is also raising questions on the multi million dollar BRD empire, but unless ofcourse BRD or his trust is not paying taxes or breaching any stipulated guidelines, I don't see any wrong in his wealth creation. And technically he is not a spiritual sanyasi or a religious preacher, he is just a yoga teacher practising naturopathy. Hence, if you want to buy his products buy them or else simply ignore them. So if the government is totally at fault in dealing with this issue can we safely give a clean chit to BRD? Well the answer to this rather trivial question is 'NO', though the cause for which BRD has come forward is a noble one but it's execution has certainly not been an innocuous one. On one hand where Hazare categorically refused to share the dias with any political figure, presence of saffron leaders at BRD's protest make his tryst a questionable one; where Hazare preached the Gandhian mantra of non violence to achieve the ultimate goal of a corruption free India, BRD announced the formation of 11,000 strong armed force of men and women to fight against the government employed forces, certainly this is not one of the most mature and sensible announcements made by a man who is supposedly fighting for such a serious cause. And this naturally attracts detractors and raises questions on the credibility of BRD's campaign.

Despite the fact that the Government is totally at fault and BRD is not completely right or wrong, things are not what they should be. BRD is still ploying hard for every ounce of attention and the government is still sitting pretty due to a weak and a disoriented opposition. Ideally, when after such a consistent string of debacles things should have worsenned for the government, it's not quite the case. And in due course if BRD eventually goes on to launch a political party as he has directly or indirectly hinted earlier, things will get merrier for the government. As it will further divide, dent and weaken BJP's vote bank in the same way as it happened recently with Raj Thackeray's emergence in Maharashtra and Chiranjeevi's entry in the AP politics. So the evil will prevail atleast for quite some time in the near future and it won't be an exaggeration to say that in true sense we are living in Kalyug!


Perspective: And it all boils down to the fact that a full toss delivery isn't a bad delivery unless ofcourse the batsman has the ability to dispatch it over the boundary.

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