On one side, there is going to be this rat-race to take
credit on who got the Lokpal loaded finally into the enactment line of the legislative
procedure, with a rush to loot the ‘certificate’ of being the anti-corruption
harbinger in a country where corruption has been at alarming levels and where it
is has just found the status of being the central poll plank to become the
dominant factor in the Indian elections with Aam Aadmi Party’s stunning debut
in Delhi, ironically, the events happening concurrently, once again confirm, on
the same day, the duplicitous nature of these claimants and their make-shift
honest intentions.
Though, there is an amicable atmosphere prevailing right
now in sharing the mileage from the outcome, it is bound to get stinky as the
Lok Sabha polls approach near. And the
ones in the ruling coalition, who will be crying over the top in taking the
credit - their acts, on the day itself, were defying their very intent.
Lalu Yadav, who has been convicted and sentenced with five
years of imprisonment under anti-corruption charges leveled against him in the
much publicized Fodder Scam of Bihar, is given a grand welcome, after he walks
out of jail after getting bail from the Supreme Court, after spending 8 weeks
in the jail.
There was elation. There was jubilation. And there was
celebration. One could not say if there was anything demoralizing being felt on
his part, in the camp of Lalu Yadav, the former Bihar
chief minister and the former rail minister. It seemed after being convicted
and jailed, Lalu has got his acceptability even more increased.
And this Lalu says Sonia Gandhi, the number one in Congress,
in the UPA and in the government and politically the most powerful person in India Ranchi
Okay, we do not have any right to comment on if it is a
personal matter. But once it gets into the domain of forging political
alliances, it becomes a public matter. And the way Lalu is speaking on forging
alliance with Congress and supporting the Congress PM candidate for the
upcoming general elections gives us valid reason to raise questions.
It is sure we are going to have another addition in list
of repetitions that Rahul would tells us again and again in his electoral
rallies – we gave you the Lokpal, we passed the Lokpal Bill, like he
claims about RTI, Food Bill and other policy measures.
How pathetic, how phony, how ironic it would sound then claiming
to be the anti-corruption crusaders while forging alliances with those
convicted by the courts for their corrupt activities!
But, then, it not the first time for them, the
politicians! Isn’t it?
Yes, but the two developments coincided ironically on the
same day, when reported today, giving us yet another reason to remain beware of
the difference between what our politicians say and what they do; to remain
alert to the disconnect between their promises and their intent.
©/IPR: Santosh Chaubey - http://severallyalone.blogspot.com/
