TIME TO ACT

 My kudos to Kejriwal, Ramdev and Anna Team: To achieve his aim of corruption free India kejriwal/Ramdev’s partieshave to win majority seats in the Parliament: How will they do it is not clear. It is not likely that they would get absolute majority in Parliament. I think Anna, Ramdev, Kejriwal and some new influential and honest individuals like Gen. VK Singh who are entering into politics on the plank of anti corruption should join hands, drop their differences, get elected and form an alliance to save India from the unscrupulous looters. Even if they get 100 MPs, they can make their presence felt. These parties and honest individuals with no corruption and criminal stigma attached would have better chance to win. But in Indian politics cast and money play great role. How will they deal with that is to be seen? Perhaps they would have to find honest chaps at village/grass root level in the cast dominating constituencies? All the political parties are corrupt though having a few honest ones also. In the present scenario where Kejriwal has opened front against all the political parties and corporate houses, they may join hands against Kejriwal/Ramdev’s parties to save themselves from prosecution at a later date by the strong Jan Lokpal Bill which the new parties would like to pass after coming to power.  Political parties other than the UPA should work to topple the UPA now taking advantage of the corruption wave against it and form a new alliance on the plank of anti corruption, may be with Kejriwal/ramdev’s parties after elections. Politicians are known to be strange bed fellows after all. 

Kejriwal has declared that he will form his party in November 2012. Meanwhile he is revealing scandal after scandals every week thus creating awareness in public of the massive loot of national wealth and tax payer’s money by a few and embarrassing the concerned politicians, corporate houses and powerful individuals. In the process he is making powerful enemies also though gaining the sympathy of the masses. This may be a dangerous but good strategy for a short period if elections are held within next six months. In the long run, till 2014 if he keeps repeating this, people may get bored in absence of concrete follow up and loose interest as all this would become a routine and one or two days news for the benefit of the electronic and print media and a little talking point or gossip for the day. He must be aware that mass memory is short. Politicians know better than I. Time is short; he has to move fast. Meanwhile let us look forward for a better democracy. 

Wing Commander Vishnu Singh (Veteran)