The country, that's known to the world as largest democracy, saw the devil face of its democracy. Yoga guru Baba Ramdev was evicted by police at midnight hours and thousands of followers were just tear gassed, lathi charged and cerfewed out. This was neither a political agitation nor a violence with 'bandhs'. It was just a 'satyagraha' of fasting for country. But the cruelty shown can put your breath to stop for a moment.It took them an year to act against A. Raja, 6 months to arrest Kalmadi and one day to detain Baba Ramdev ! Irony is PM had tons of evidence to enforce arrests, detain Raja and kalmadi and none against Ramdev. A civilian who tried hitting a minister (June 6th, 2011) with a shoe is sent to Tihar Jail in a day. And when 500 policemen beat up peacefully protesting civilians, Lathi charging them, the PM defends the action as NECESSARY !
After writing articles on government's dodging and dribbling in the case of CWG scam, the massive face of the corrruption devil and the theory behind the lokpal bill, its time for me to have a strong stand about the Ramlila maidan case in the national capital. Yes, the massacre of this era. But what a joke was it made of by the media ! They called it a "drama" ! Unbelievable !
In Delhi, however, the government spent Friday trying to woo Mr Ramdev away from his hunger strike. The Baba wants the government to explain how it will tackle the vast amounts of black money that have been stored in foreign bank accounts by Indians. He also wants the death penalty to be awarded in corruption cases. Two ministers - Kapil Sibal and Subodh Kant Sahay met with him at the Claridges Hotel - a five-star in Delhi - to address his charter of demands which also includes using local languages instead of English as the medium of instruction in medical and engineering colleges.
As expected, that fast was not a low-proflie or a lonely one. Mr. Ramdev desccribed the movement that will unite all those "who love their motherland". Social worker Anna Hazare also gained , massive public suppport two months ago with similar agitation. This made the government fear in case of Ramdev. Such movement by Mr Hazare had already forced to get work started upon the making of new anti-corruption law.
Some section of people did believe that the movement by Baba Ramdev was politically motivated. Obviously this included the government ministers like Mr. Digvijay Singh, Mr. P. Chidambaram, etc. Mr. Singh was the front crusader from Congress side who kept attacking at Baba Ramdev as a businessman, saying "If Ramdev wants to do politics, he should give up yoga". This list didn't exclude SRK, who said "Koi support nahin karunga...unka agenda hai...jaise hi koi neta ho jata hai...voh yeh sab karne lagata hai (I will not support him...he's got an agenda...as soon as one becomes a leader...he resorts to such kind of agitation)".With talks from both sides going, Delhi police swooped down on Baba a little past midnight and detained him after firing tear gas shells and resorting lathi charge on his supporters to end his day-old indefinite hunger strike on black money issue. His supporters tried to help him best by stopping forces away from him. But the heinous lathi charge and arrests made, broke down backbone of many. Alas ! What a face of democracy !
Before going on further let me ask a question. Even if (notice: its said "even if") the movement was a political one, it was about getting our money, common people's money back to ourselves. It was committed to stand with a flag of anti-corruption. It included Lokpal Bill issue that is nothing other than making India a better democracy. So, why such personal attacks? Why are we thinking politics an issue in this people's verdict?
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has termed police action against baba Ramdev and his supporters "unfortunate and unavoidable".
Read the above line once more please. Don't it seem like a country's head giving a non-reactive statement on some victim of war in a far-land? Were not those people, beaten down by police, His own people? Were they not non-violent good-will people?
With questions being raised over his huge assets, Baba Ramdev will make public, his personal financial details and also the assets of firms and trusts associated with him on Thursday."We will come out with financial details of Patanjali Yogapeeth and all our companies by tomorrow. We will upload it on our website also," Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna told reporters in Haridwar. Mr. Digvijay Singh please come up with yours sir. Oh, Mr. Lalu Prasad, you are too welcomed with yours. And SRK, I guess you won't mind this, huh !
However, if that is unavoidable unfortunate, then the fortunate part is that if you go for such a movement in d good part for your democratic country, you shall be "lathi-charged" and tear gassed !
I will surely blog in recent future about what was actually included in Baba's agenda and to what extent did the government agree. Please stay tuned for that. Next is what, Baba is banned in the capital city but still continuing with his fast. Media has lost its interest in that and as lack of TRP of such news is just on urge for better ones.
We shouldn't just forget this all. We need to stand against the corruption. The movement was not conducted for our entertainment. The bill will not bring profit of money to them. Please come forward with your support for them. Its not a fight of political parties. Its for the rights of a common man.
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