Search list of corruption in India since independence, you will definitely be amazed to see its ever increasing length. CWG, 2G spectrum, Adarsh housing scam, UP NRHM, Food Grain scam, the latest Coal scam etc., it seems to be an endless list. In 2011, Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index ranked India 95th out of 178 countries. A study find that India's GDP can be increased by an additional 4 to 5 percent, to 12 to 13 per cent each year if corruption level is dropped to those of developed countries like U.S. Corruption is dominant everywhere- in news, in discussions, in parliamentary sessions etc. There is desperation between common citizens as they need to bribe for everything. From a small office to PM office everyone has gone corrupt in this country.
In the time of extreme darkness a ray of hope came with some anti-corruption crusaders under the leadership of Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejariwal, including some other eminent leaders, who united to form 'Team Anna.' Their views on corruption with proposal of 'Janlokpal Bill' and a spotless past, paved way into every citizen’s heart. Their first movement itself caught the imagination of people. They thought that they found a panacea against corruption. Many people dreamt a corruption free India and gave their full support.
Congress!!! India's largest and oldest party, which thrives on the name of Mahatma Gandhi but they themselves forgot his teachings. Gandhi enlisted seven deadly sins as -:
- Wealth without work,
- Pleasure without conscience,
- Science without humanity,
- Knowledge without character,
- Politics without principle,
- Commerce without morality,
- Worship without sacrifice.
Ironically, Congress is doing all the above sins rigorously. Not only Congress, others too are bathing in the same milk. At a time when trust on political parties and leaders fallen to zero, Team Anna provided a hope, a possible panacea for a mismanaged nation, whom people can trust. But with time, expectations dwindled away, especially, after their last agitation, which was unable to force government to even blink their eyes. Media termed it as dismal. Three months later the whole cause itself is in disarray. Every expectation and hope came to halt, with the official break up of Anna Hazre and Arvind Kejariwal, on the decision of forming a political party. On 19th Sep 2012, Anna Hazare sent a shockwave to Arvind Kejariwal when he told him not to use his name and photo in his political campaign. Anna Hazare while talking to media stated-:
"There is nothing wrong with fielding a political party but I will not be a part of it. It has my blessings and we will work towards the common goal of eradicating corruption. If they feel they can get a majority, it is a good thing, but they cannot use my photo or my name... The paths have been separated."
This partition is a huge upset not only for IAC (India Against Corruption) but also to those citizens who dreamt a corruption free India. Every effort has gone in vain. Some people may appreciate Anna Hazare for his decision to keep himself away from politics and keeping his faith in Gandhian way. But, the step taken by Anna Hazare is not only crucial and sensitive in regard to the IAC and Kejariwal but is more crucial to settled Indian political philosophy and politicians. The politicians were first to laugh. They are in a winning position where they can futher transpire the democratic delusion by easily relating to electoral politics. Anna's decision left a question which is not addressed by anyone, as media too take interest in only showing the gaps and differences between Anna Hazare and his disbanded team members.
Did Anna blocked the emerging way for good people to enter into politics so that corrupt can be replaced?
Politics has been turned into a taboo. Everyone describe politics a dirty place to step in, but they do not even remember the base of political system, which was constructed by those people who possessed a strong moral characteristic. Later politics got ruined by good people itself, who denied being part of politics. The nature of existence says that any place can't be left vacant; that is why immoral people filled those places.
People who are vicious possess tremendous political ambition while those who are good possess policy ambition.
A self- experiment can be done by anyone, which our team did in a survey about political interest of public. Around 70% people denied entering in politics with an answer 'we don’t like politics or we are not interested at all.' When we asked don't you think whether you are interested or not but you are affected? They came up with a strange expression and said- 'it is full of bad people that one can’t do anything.'
Everyone accepts 'Man is social animal', but give a thought on Aristotle's statement which states that- 'Man is by nature a political animal. Thus he cannot escape from politics.'
It is true that politics is full of immoral people. But how it will change?
"The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to you." ― Plato, The Republic.
This line perfectly fits into the context of Indian politics. If good people are not ready to take charge then they should prepare themselves to hand over the dignity of country to the culprits. If country is in hand of culprits then they can only be replaced by two means. Either virtuous people can replace them or they will be replaced by a more vicious personality, forming and strengthening the vicious circle. India is already in going through the most turbulent political situation, therefore there is no harm to give a chance to a person who possess strong moral ground and who can revive Indian politics. Politics is guiding our future from our birth to death, everything is influenced by politics and politics itself is not a conscious body. We bring it into a conscious state by electing our leader, therefore, it's our choice that, whether we want to be influenced by the hideous immorality or by virtuous vision?
But don’t forget-
"The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to you."
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