Presto! India, the largest democracy in the world, has successfully emerged as the one only nation with two distinct oppositions viz. one consisting of communal party namely the BJP with like-minded sympathizers and the other, a hood under Kisan Baburao Hazare, with the residue of communal elements which include, among others, the RSS, VHP, Bajrang Dal, Shiv Sena, Ram Sena etc, all in the disguise of crusaders against corruption. The latter has been singularly dying to dye the Indian sub-continent in bad light, with only a fraction of the populace heeding his groans!
Where exactly are we lacking in dynamism? Are not the individuals collectively steering the wheel of a largest democracy, all in one voice, with a sense of restraint keeping all extremes at bay, united with resolve and contributing to the progress of the nation, boosting the image of a progressive alliance in a free nation of diverse communities with a populace estimated at 1.3 billion spread out in 28 states and 7 union territories, the elected representatives of the very people who chose to adopt a Constitution on 26th January, 1950?

Are we Indians in favour of a stable government functioning on an ideally disciplined platform catering to the needs of diverse communities on a land spread out over an area of 3,287,240 sq. kms or are we beckoning a state of barbarity and blackmail by a select few villagers to envelope the nation with their chorus orchestrated by some mean minded and disgruntled people of yesteryears of uneven category?

Incidentally, the real opposition has lost all sense of ethics. Their lofty views merely hoist destructive and empty verbal blasts from time to time, which hardly meet the parameters required to build a nation and people. Far from being constructive, the opposition has lost their teeth of conviction, while their intermittent blurts only fuel the fire of ignominious disharmony among the right minded people. Do we need statistics to read in to reality or do we make up our mind to assert our voice for the real democracy which is presently ransacked, shattered and held to ransom by a few mean minded individuals?

Have the likes of Hazare and Ramdev including many of the stalwarts playing second fiddle to the social worker & other crusaders reconciled to holding a democratically elected government to ransom under an excuse that some unscrupulous elements played false with the nation’s wealth? Are these mean minded crusaders aware of the harm they are doing to the reputation and integrity of the country? How do these select crusaders opt to wield an authority, which ought to be the prerogative of a government and ruling elite, and go ahead to blackmail the government or vilify individuals of integrity and high standing? Are such acts of a select few worthy of being condoned in a democracy which has no weight-age or voice of the 1.3 billion? The culpability of these people needs to be traced.

To start with – every crusader flings vague aspersions on individuals of integrity and righteousness without any base merely to vent their ire at the real culprits who would never come out of hiding till the government makes cautious inroads in to their nefarious deeds. But this needs to be done cautiously without alluding to information obtained through particular channels of government machinery. The need of the hour is, therefore, to infuse ethics and righteousness among a people and the nation, a majority of whom are uneducated, uncultured or ill-informed of the real picture. By slinging mud at any and all within the government amount to smearing innocent and righteous people and government without any rhyme or reason. This directly harms the nation, the government and individuals who work day in and day out for the welfare of the people. Such unwanted references to people in high places get blown out of proportion in the course of gossips and discussions.

If any individual including Hazare decides to incite people against the government and individuals of dignity and status, if these very people project themselves as the ones entrusted with power to flout norms and laws of the country in the guise of agitation, if they decide to promote personal prestige and individuality, in the process deflating the government machinery from functioning, then the least we can suggest to them is to burn the constitution, desist from electing any government and get back to barbarity of old. However, they must realize that the nation and the Constitution is not a pack of cards or papers for Hazare and his ilk to play with, nor is the government a property to fiddle with. These men of mean wisdom need to realize that they do not stand to represent 1.3 billion.

Moreover, we the people of India need to realize that, whereas we slammed the perpetrators of Parliament attack case during 2001, today Hazare and his ilk are denigrating the very same Parliament, Constitution, institutions, government and people who deserve to be respected as custodians of the nation, the rights of 1.3 billion people and people elected through proper democratic channel.

However, the acts and commissions being resorted by these crusaders amount to inciting mob, defiling constitution, spreading hatred against government and individuals and blackmailing the nation, the government and the majority of people for which not only Hazare but the very people following in his footsteps ought to be taken to task. To go about this, the law enforcement people need to first tackle the followers, detain the lot of them without any mercy and then send Hazare back to his village, for this is in the interest of the nation, people and the non-agitating people who accept democracy and the constitution.