So, what is this new democtatorship terminology ? It is letting the people vote and make sure they keep voting for you. If at any time you feel people may gather to talk about the corruption in your government, impose section 144, talk of communal tensions inciting and beat the crap out of the gathering women and children alike.
Sound familiar ? Yes that has happened in the past and will keep happening unless something is done.
Some time back, in a first attempt of its kind, Anna Hazare went on a hunger strike in a satyagrah style against corruption following the footsteps of Gandhi. The government was sly enough to promise the old man action and made him stop. When he went back home a national hero, the government found loopholes and tried to talk its way out of getting caught with its hand in the cookie jar.
When the common man realised that he has been duped again, a man who stood by Anna Hazare, the most powerful yoga guru in India, Baba Ramdev stood up against the government in a peaceful hunger strike at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi with a support of oer 60,000 supporters.
What the government tried to do :
1. First the government sent its ministers to convince him not to do it. They tried to find a middle way somehow such that the government's corruption could be kept under the wraps and he could be prevented from going on a hunger strike.
2. When that did not work the government suddenly realised that situation posed a communal threat and asked Baba and his supporters to disperse.
3. When baba refused to budge, the government levied section 144 (which makes any gathering of more than 3 people a punishable offence). The government also cancelled his permit to host the gathering at Ramlila maidan. Not to mention they beat the crap out of the supporters ( which had the elderly and women). Baba Ramdev's PA got a broken leg out of the whole ordeal.
4. Congress called Baba Ramdev a fraud saying that he was not a yogi, but a bhogi; that he treated yoga like a business and has made millions out of it.
5. Popular stars of the big screen like Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan (who have always enjoyed the congress hand over their heads) were made to speak against Ramdev on media to get some support for the goverment.
6. He was also called a person who has his own benefits in mind when he sat on the strike ( like popularity for a political career ahead).
7. Media was forcefully removed.
My Questions to the government :
1. Why did the government go from licking to kicking ? If he was such a fraud, why send ministers to negotiate in the first place ?
2. If there was a communal threat, why did he government approve the permit for a lakh people in the first place ?
3. Why crack down on people ( with women and children) who were quietly sitting on a hunger strike ?
4. So what if Ramdev Baba was a businessman ? How does it make him a fraud and not worthy of people's trust. I agree that he has made millions, but he has done that helping thousands of people learn Yoga and get rid of their physical problems. He set his example for others which inspired thousands to start yoga. He was physically challenged himself before he started yoga and cured himself completely.
Above all .... how does it justify the government crackdown on 60,000 people supporting a man on hunger strike ?
5. We all love the movie stars but if they value their stardom and popularity, I think they should stay out of commenting on this one as the price hikes may not hurt them much but their comments against the anti corruption strike got the common man thinking against the movie stars.
6. So, Ramdev may have a political agenda in mind ? How does that make him wrong ? How does it make his protest to bring all the black money the current politicians are storing in swiss banks and getting everyone answerable to the Lok bill wrong ?
How does that justify the government's strong support for keeping all the guilty under wraps ?
7. Why was the media removed forcefully ? What was it that the government did not want the media to cover ? Did they really think it could be hidden ?
Other's Reactions :
1. Govt.'s crackdown on people standing against corruption has been compared to the Jalianwala Bagh episode in which the ruthless General Dyre fired upon hundreds of unarmed people who were quietly staging protest against the British Govt.
2. India Against Corruption said it condemned the "barbaric and unprovoked" action and demanded an explanation from the PM. "Last night's brutal assault of the government reminds one of 1975 Emergency. It is almost an emergency-like situation."
3. Anna Hazare said the incident has deeply saddened him and reminded him of the Jalianwala Bagh incident.
Now I personally feel our respectable Prime Minister should finally grow some backbone and face the media and put an end to the barbaric atrocities. We as Indians have become so used to keeping our eyes shut to corruption that it has breached every level of our existence. Now that someone is actually standing up against it, should we stay quiet and let our government crush it ? Or should we do something about it and take our country back from the people who are eating it away from inside like a termite infestation. Corruption is a pest in our home land and I think it is about time we called in the pest control.
Why Govt is trying so hard to stay in power :
1. Sonia Gandhi's unmanagable background :
Sonia Exposed Part 1
Sonia Exposed Part 2
2. Lots of flawed and corrupt moves by the Indian government, prohibited them from doing anything at many times and led to the current situation in the north. If the govt goes out of power, they would have hell to answer for.
Kashmiri Pundit problem - got swept under the carpet
I think it is about time, that these corrupt be brought to justice, that truth may prevail, that India be known for the strong leadership which it used to so proudly once flaunt ... it's time for change.
Sound familiar ? Yes that has happened in the past and will keep happening unless something is done.
Some time back, in a first attempt of its kind, Anna Hazare went on a hunger strike in a satyagrah style against corruption following the footsteps of Gandhi. The government was sly enough to promise the old man action and made him stop. When he went back home a national hero, the government found loopholes and tried to talk its way out of getting caught with its hand in the cookie jar.
When the common man realised that he has been duped again, a man who stood by Anna Hazare, the most powerful yoga guru in India, Baba Ramdev stood up against the government in a peaceful hunger strike at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi with a support of oer 60,000 supporters.
What the government tried to do :
1. First the government sent its ministers to convince him not to do it. They tried to find a middle way somehow such that the government's corruption could be kept under the wraps and he could be prevented from going on a hunger strike.
2. When that did not work the government suddenly realised that situation posed a communal threat and asked Baba and his supporters to disperse.
3. When baba refused to budge, the government levied section 144 (which makes any gathering of more than 3 people a punishable offence). The government also cancelled his permit to host the gathering at Ramlila maidan. Not to mention they beat the crap out of the supporters ( which had the elderly and women). Baba Ramdev's PA got a broken leg out of the whole ordeal.
4. Congress called Baba Ramdev a fraud saying that he was not a yogi, but a bhogi; that he treated yoga like a business and has made millions out of it.
5. Popular stars of the big screen like Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan (who have always enjoyed the congress hand over their heads) were made to speak against Ramdev on media to get some support for the goverment.
6. He was also called a person who has his own benefits in mind when he sat on the strike ( like popularity for a political career ahead).
7. Media was forcefully removed.
My Questions to the government :
1. Why did the government go from licking to kicking ? If he was such a fraud, why send ministers to negotiate in the first place ?
2. If there was a communal threat, why did he government approve the permit for a lakh people in the first place ?
3. Why crack down on people ( with women and children) who were quietly sitting on a hunger strike ?
4. So what if Ramdev Baba was a businessman ? How does it make him a fraud and not worthy of people's trust. I agree that he has made millions, but he has done that helping thousands of people learn Yoga and get rid of their physical problems. He set his example for others which inspired thousands to start yoga. He was physically challenged himself before he started yoga and cured himself completely.
Above all .... how does it justify the government crackdown on 60,000 people supporting a man on hunger strike ?
5. We all love the movie stars but if they value their stardom and popularity, I think they should stay out of commenting on this one as the price hikes may not hurt them much but their comments against the anti corruption strike got the common man thinking against the movie stars.
6. So, Ramdev may have a political agenda in mind ? How does that make him wrong ? How does it make his protest to bring all the black money the current politicians are storing in swiss banks and getting everyone answerable to the Lok bill wrong ?
How does that justify the government's strong support for keeping all the guilty under wraps ?
7. Why was the media removed forcefully ? What was it that the government did not want the media to cover ? Did they really think it could be hidden ?
Other's Reactions :
1. Govt.'s crackdown on people standing against corruption has been compared to the Jalianwala Bagh episode in which the ruthless General Dyre fired upon hundreds of unarmed people who were quietly staging protest against the British Govt.
2. India Against Corruption said it condemned the "barbaric and unprovoked" action and demanded an explanation from the PM. "Last night's brutal assault of the government reminds one of 1975 Emergency. It is almost an emergency-like situation."
3. Anna Hazare said the incident has deeply saddened him and reminded him of the Jalianwala Bagh incident.
Now I personally feel our respectable Prime Minister should finally grow some backbone and face the media and put an end to the barbaric atrocities. We as Indians have become so used to keeping our eyes shut to corruption that it has breached every level of our existence. Now that someone is actually standing up against it, should we stay quiet and let our government crush it ? Or should we do something about it and take our country back from the people who are eating it away from inside like a termite infestation. Corruption is a pest in our home land and I think it is about time we called in the pest control.
1. Sonia Gandhi's unmanagable background :
Sonia Exposed Part 1
Sonia Exposed Part 2
2. Lots of flawed and corrupt moves by the Indian government, prohibited them from doing anything at many times and led to the current situation in the north. If the govt goes out of power, they would have hell to answer for.
Kashmiri Pundit problem - got swept under the carpet
I think it is about time, that these corrupt be brought to justice, that truth may prevail, that India be known for the strong leadership which it used to so proudly once flaunt ... it's time for change.
