Numerologically,astrologically,socially and culturally JayaprakashNarayanan was a great Gandhian.
But he never claimed that he was a Gandhi.
There is difference between salt and salt-mixed!
JP’s “total revolution” movement in the 70s was supported by a
heterogeneous combination of divergent idealists(from the die-hard
socialists to the hard-core RSS.
Emergency Rule from June 1975 was its after-effect.
In the Lok Sabha election conducted in 1977,the ruling Indian National
Congress was completely wiped out from north India.
Even Indira Gandhi was defeated
The Janata party came to power.
But the new political experiment was subsequently proved to be a flop.
JP was totally disillusioned and died in 1979.
In the new election conducted in 1980 Indira Gandhi returned to power
with a thumping majority.
What did JP achieve?
He achieved nothing by his “total revolution”.
The Anna hazare phenomenon may be watched against this background.
When compared to JP Anna Hazare is nothing.
Similarly most of Hazare’ssupporters are rootless ones.
Hazare is a good person.
But he is severely suffering from an“incarnation complex”.
He believes that he can wipe out corruption.
Whatever may be the shortcomings,Indian democracy is the largest one
in the world.
Our thousand-tongued intellectuals who support hazare may kindly
remember that they enjoy the freedom for doing so only because of the
fact that it is India!
As a political student for the last 40 years I very well remember that the high-profile and fire-spitting intellectuals were totally silent during Indira Gandhi’s Emergency!
Many of them changed colour as “chameleon”.
They became psychophants.
Others were intellectually paralysed and undergone” ideological vasectomy”
So,nobody should be allowed to create anarchy.
Those sending the students and youths to Ramlila ground may kindly
note as to what
happened in Tinanmen Square in 1989! Several students were brutally
massacred by the People’s Liberation army of China!!
Anna Hazare phenomenon is only a temporary one.The present hero will
turn out to be a big zero in the nearest future.
Tailpiece:intellectuals are badly in need of intelligence!
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