10-20-2011, 11:32 PM
[quote name='Savithri' date='19 October 2011 - 06:31 PM' timestamp='1319044984' post='113395']
Are the people quitting Anna Team mere machines to be manipulated by the Congress? If not, they must be corrupt and vulnerable! Secondly, you cannot ignore that Anna movement was largely 'used' by so many different vested interests. The Congress itself felt secure in placating him and promoting his method. Now they are receding one by one, I suppose. By this argument I would say that Anna who tried to eclipse others who were in the forefront against corruption would inevitably end up yielding to those very people to carry the fight against corruption. In the interim Anna's movement has also played well in retarding and sidelining the real fight against corruption.
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You apparently fail to acknowledge the fear factor. The Government in power has the ability to do almost anything. While they may or may not use the government machinery to instil fear in others there are several other ways. Prashant Bhushan beaten up, Anna on maun vratha, two Anna supporters withdrawing and now Kiran Bedi under attack. How can you overlook all that??
Are the people quitting Anna Team mere machines to be manipulated by the Congress? If not, they must be corrupt and vulnerable! Secondly, you cannot ignore that Anna movement was largely 'used' by so many different vested interests. The Congress itself felt secure in placating him and promoting his method. Now they are receding one by one, I suppose. By this argument I would say that Anna who tried to eclipse others who were in the forefront against corruption would inevitably end up yielding to those very people to carry the fight against corruption. In the interim Anna's movement has also played well in retarding and sidelining the real fight against corruption.
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You apparently fail to acknowledge the fear factor. The Government in power has the ability to do almost anything. While they may or may not use the government machinery to instil fear in others there are several other ways. Prashant Bhushan beaten up, Anna on maun vratha, two Anna supporters withdrawing and now Kiran Bedi under attack. How can you overlook all that??