Indian rights activist Anna Hazare who had announced an indefinite hunger strike to demand tougher anti-corruption laws in the form of the Jan Lokpal Bill was detained early this morning. What began as an early morning swoop on the anti-corruption crusader was to later turn out to a mammoth support of the man and his mission. The 12 hour drama today was nothing short of poor management by the UPA team with the ministers trying to explain that they had no choice but to arrest Anna. The government surely shot itself in the foot today and as a salvage counterop should now try to contain the public acrimony and the outrage. I fervently hope that there is some sane soul within the government who can follow the “buy peace and show reason” approach. All is still not lost and the government (for the sake of this country and its helpless citizenry) try and cut its losses and engages Anna Hazare rather than confronting him. Whether that happens will be as much a function of the voice of sanity within the UPA while mass support for Anna’s campaign gathers.
What is more baffling is the ineptitude of the UPA government -It took 9 months to arrest Kalmadi ,4 years to arrest Kanimozhi and Raja but just 3 minutes to arrest Anna Hazare. Hope saner sense prevails
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