12-30-2011, 03:46 PM
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned without voting on the Lok Pal Bill last night.The proceedings indicated that non of the political parties were serious to have the bill passed. On the other hand Anna Hazari had to call off his fast due to poor public response in Mumbai.
The biggest mistake of Anna Hazari and his team was that they alienated the political class , in particular the members of parliament. They overestimated their public support and tried to dictate terms to the Members of Parliament. The Congress Government initially tried to accommodate the demands of the so called representative of the civil society. This gave a false sense of importance to the Anna team members and they continued to press for an early Lok Pal bill containing their own terms and conditions. Initially, a few of the opposition parties extended support to team Anna just for the sake of embarrassing the Government. They soon realized that their support to team Anna will soon undermine not only the supremacy of parliament but also their own power and position. The subsequent political deliberations inside and outside the Parliament was ment only to ensure that there is no major popular movement. The moment the political leaders realized that Anna does not have much public support, they felt more confident and the end result was that the Lok Pal bill has been kept 9in the freezer.
The team Anna by its arrogant behavior and big talks have lost mass support. They gave an impression that they can dictate terms to the Parliament and the legislations needs to be done on their terms and conditions. Thus an impression was created that the Anna team wants to subvert the most important institution of our democratic system.
The biggest mistake of Anna Hazari and his team was that they alienated the political class , in particular the members of parliament. They overestimated their public support and tried to dictate terms to the Members of Parliament. The Congress Government initially tried to accommodate the demands of the so called representative of the civil society. This gave a false sense of importance to the Anna team members and they continued to press for an early Lok Pal bill containing their own terms and conditions. Initially, a few of the opposition parties extended support to team Anna just for the sake of embarrassing the Government. They soon realized that their support to team Anna will soon undermine not only the supremacy of parliament but also their own power and position. The subsequent political deliberations inside and outside the Parliament was ment only to ensure that there is no major popular movement. The moment the political leaders realized that Anna does not have much public support, they felt more confident and the end result was that the Lok Pal bill has been kept 9in the freezer.
The team Anna by its arrogant behavior and big talks have lost mass support. They gave an impression that they can dictate terms to the Parliament and the legislations needs to be done on their terms and conditions. Thus an impression was created that the Anna team wants to subvert the most important institution of our democratic system.