In a trademark emblematic of UPA2, the government has yet again got entangled in a web of confusion. It has sneeringly put its feet of clay on show in (preventively) arresting the social crusader Anna Hazare before the much publicized fast unto death - equally much feared by the government. Obviously, the ruling party has not done its home work well before venturing into the misadventure. By arresting him the government was surely asking for trouble, underestimating the supremacy of the people in democracy and overestimating its strengths. Those responsible for this ignominy have grossly misjudged the popular backlash, failing to gauge the popular pulse against the government. Curiously, Aam Aadmi is unprecedentedly influenced by the fervent appeals of the modern Gandhian. Ironically, the whole episode has further dented the image of the government in general and the Prime Minister in particular. Interestingly, the Congress think tank has also unsuccessfully tried to add a feather to the Wuthering cap of Rahul Gandhi by giving the credit for the promised release of Hazare. The Congress party has also miserably failed to see through the tacit support the political parties and some organisations have been extending to Hazare. The cliff-hanger in the whole episode is the dubious role being played by the opposition parties, who should have supported the government stance that parliament is supreme in a constitutional democracy and pressure groups cannot dictate terms to the parliament for legislation. Whatever turn this might take, the outcome remains ominous for the future of Indian democracy. The actual loser may be neither Hazare nor the government, but the
Constitutional order and the Indian Republic, which has been betrayed by various vested interests.
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