United India

The last few days have seen a different India in which the people of the country expressed their concern in certain ways.With non-violent demonstrations and silent rallies, they protested against corruption that is plaguing the country and appear to be really worried about the future of the country. This is one movement which has stirred everybody and there seem a unity of purpose to fight corruption. Social activist Sh.Anna Hazareji became a crusader and people followed him without questioning him when they came to know about his purpose.For the last three days (and also during his previous hunger strike in the month of April 2011) it is pleasing to note that no incident of violence took place. No inconvenience to the public has been reported from anywhere in spite of thousands of the people demonstrating on the roads.This is the virtue of the people of this country and also a tradition that they would follow a  person whom they really find dedicated to the noble cause for the sake of the country. It was a pleasant surprise to see young children and the old citizens joining hands and wanting to contribute their bit for making this country corruption free. Somebody argued that the people should not get involved in the practice of corruption by being a party to that in anyway.This is absolutely correct but the problem is, when the government is not ready to listen to the voice raised by so many people against corruption, all can very well imagine what would happen to someone who is alone.The honourable members of parliament and the political parties are finding themselves in a very difficult situation and are not able to decide which way to go.Our respected home minister says that he did not know anything about the arrest of Sh.Annaji and others and that he did not know his whereabouts for four to five hours of his arrest.Does it not seem to be a joke? Whom is he  trying to mislead? The citizens are aware of the political scenario and they cannot be befooled. Besides that the leaders must listen to the popular hindi song- "Ye jo public hai, wo sab janti hai". People in power should know that their negligent remarks will make them a subject of mockery .One of the spokesperson of the ruling party spoke in such a foul language against a person who is doing everything selflessly.The members of the same party visit the houses of the terrorists and addresses them with a lot of respect. Is it not very unfortunate? Some people were discussing that Annaji started this movement little early and the same should have been planned for the year 2013 because parliamentary elections are scheduled in the year 2014.In that case, those who are wailing on the supremacy of parliament and the constitutional rights of the members of  parliament would have got the reply. They are trying to act like the kings and treating  the people of the country as their subjects, the practice which was stopped by our forefathers in the year 1950.Another question asked by the people is, should not the MPs express the feelings of the people? Who elected them for parliament? The answer is very obvious, they are the representatives of the general public who is being treated like paupers.Our culture has been quite considerate to all the fellow beings but the kind of language and actions the people in power are showcasing, is not good for the democracy and parliamentary system of the country.I was stunned when some of the students came and said they want to join the agitation of Sh. Annaji.This shows the seriousness of the problem and our government is still not understanding and behaving as if they are fighting with someone who is an enemy to them,within the country.Another thing people are not able to understand is,why the government is trying to label it as a party affair ? The question asked here is, are the RSS people not Indians and do they not have any constitutional right to have an opinion for the sake of the people of this country? If the government feels that they are not, then should they not be thrown out of the country or legally banised? People are looking for an appropriate answer of this.

Few honourable MPs (whose party was rejected in the last elections have been in jail themselves due to corruption charges) were against civil society and questioned the authenticity of being the public representative. To expect anything else from them is foolishness.

Nobody is denying that the laws are to be made by the parliament and not the public but who stops government  from taking into account the views of the majority of the people. If you have any doubt about the movement, get the referendum done and make the law accordingly.When will the politicians stop diverting the attention of the people from the real problems and issues?Sh. Annaji is fighting for the cause of all and not a particular caste and religion and probably being treated that way, otherwise if he would have been leading an agitation for caste or religion, things would have been altogether different as they had been in the past. The people of the country have been suffering because of the caste based or religion based agitations and the trains and other public transport system was completely paralysed for months. The government could not do anything and was helpless. Let everybody try to understand how many agitations have been there in free India, where there have been no loss to the public or private property?

Our freedom fighters gave their life not only to keep the parliament supreme but also to provide the citizens a  free nation  where they can express their views and the same be heard by the people in power.This is true that the so called "aam aadmi" of the country is suffering the most due to the menace of corruption. If this is controlled this aam aadmi will become a free citizen in the real sense.

All countrymen have full faith in the constitution of the country and they respect the parliament the most but the ones who are the part of the parliament should also introspect and try to do everything possible to restore the faith of the people of the country in our democracy.Let there be healthy debate in and outside the parliament to reach to a consensus to build a corruption free nation.