I've been restraining myself from posting on the hottest topic around today - Anna Hazare, Baba Ramdev and the Congress responses simply because of 2 reasons
- I thought we had great representations from across the country and I'd not really be adding value to the discussion ?
- Frankly, am not an admirer of Baba Ramdev and his ilk ?
I feel now that I thought wrong ?
What seems to be happening is that there seems to be a NEW definition of democracy !
Sample this :
When Baba Ramdev jumped into the fray the first official statement from the ruling party was
"Baba Ramdev is supposed to be a Yogi - let him stick to that and not get into politics" ?
Are we so stuck in our social lineage that we now believe that the right to politics is always INHERITED ??
When Anna Hazare and the team demanded that the PMO & Judiciary be included in Jan Lokpal bill, the official statement was
"The parliament is supreme and civil society should not be dictating term to parliament"
Since when did the government become "supreme" and "above" the will of the people (that too in a democracy) ?.
Today, I understand from the papers that the ruling party is now going to go on the "OFFENSIVE" by launching it's own counter protest on Jun 26 at Raipur against the civil society ? stating that the original protests were politically motivated ?
Is that not what is being pushed for on Jun 26 ! A political agenda ??
I only hope that there is no untoward incident in the meeting : Like the one in Delhi, where so many citizens were hurt / caned while the government (nay - protectors) was trying to PROTECT THEM FROM POSSIBLE DANGER !
What seems to be in danger is the meaning of the word DEMOCRACY :-(
- I thought we had great representations from across the country and I'd not really be adding value to the discussion ?
- Frankly, am not an admirer of Baba Ramdev and his ilk ?
I feel now that I thought wrong ?
What seems to be happening is that there seems to be a NEW definition of democracy !
Sample this :
When Baba Ramdev jumped into the fray the first official statement from the ruling party was
"Baba Ramdev is supposed to be a Yogi - let him stick to that and not get into politics" ?
Huh ?
Who gave the "birthright" to the current politicians to play in the arena of politics and took away that right from a citizen of a democratic country ?Are we so stuck in our social lineage that we now believe that the right to politics is always INHERITED ??
When Anna Hazare and the team demanded that the PMO & Judiciary be included in Jan Lokpal bill, the official statement was
"The parliament is supreme and civil society should not be dictating term to parliament"
Huh ?
Since when did the government become "supreme" and "above" the will of the people (that too in a democracy) ?.
Today, I understand from the papers that the ruling party is now going to go on the "OFFENSIVE" by launching it's own counter protest on Jun 26 at Raipur against the civil society ? stating that the original protests were politically motivated ?
Huh ?
Is that not what is being pushed for on Jun 26 ! A political agenda ??
I only hope that there is no untoward incident in the meeting : Like the one in Delhi, where so many citizens were hurt / caned while the government (nay - protectors) was trying to PROTECT THEM FROM POSSIBLE DANGER !
What seems to be in danger is the meaning of the word DEMOCRACY :-(
