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The cat is finally out of the bag.
While addressing the rally in Malegaon April 05 organised to support
activist Anna Hazare’s crusade against corruption, some speakers
came out with a surprising comparison. They said, corruption is more
dangerous for the nation than the terrorism. “To save the nation
from catastrophe, hence corruption should be eliminated forthwith”,
they said.
Certainly! But, there are many more diseases that the Indian nation
is inflicted upon down these many years, and all of them – including
castism, fascism, anti-minoritism, poverty, illiteracy, communalism,
Maoism, corruption, terrorism, and for some even secularism, need to
be firmly dealt with to save the nation from catastrophe, in their
own words. Then why draw comparison between terrorism and corruption
alone?
Surprised, I searched the faces and found, among those protesting
against graft, the people for whom terrorism was the core issue that
was plaguing the nation till yesterday. It was the time when blasts
were taking place across the country at regular interval, especially
at the time of elections and whenever a certain political group was
in trouble. With every blast, their political base was growing and
riding high on the favourable consequences of these incidents, they
were projecting terrorism as the sole dangerous entity for the
national security, and in the garb of condemning terrorism they were
spewing venom against Muslims. This continued unabated till Hemant
Karkare came with a shocker (for the world, otherwise, for people
like us, there was nothing new in his investigations).
With Karkare’s revelations, terrorism in India had now a totally
different color. Instead of facing the cruel reality and mend ways
they, who were hell bent against the evil crime, tried to change the
gear. Up till now, the terrorists for them were the most dangerous
people for the national security. But, when colored in their
favourite color, they became national heroes. They showered praises
and flowers over them, literally. Meanwhile, they also pressurised
the government, sometimes backdoor and sometimes openly, to stop and
derail the investigations. They looked successful in their efforts
when we found that the investigation Karkare had initiated was
almost stopped after his death at the hands of Marathi speaking
Pakistani terrorists (according to some reports). But soon,
Rajasthan Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) came with Part II of the root
cause of terrorism in India. It had in it more shocking account of
terror masterminds and clearly hinted at the involvement in the act
of terrorism of some very big names.
The revelations by the Rajasthan ATS were enough to set alarm bells
ringing in ‘the pseudo-nationalist camp’. They were relaxed after
the tragic killing of Hemant Karkare but now found the fire set by
their own cadres right at their doorsteps. It was then that
terrorism, which remained till then the most dangerous thing for the
country, gave way to corruption. Consequently, scams started
surfacing and making the headlines one after the other. How, it does
not need any elaboration. For, they have good number of friends in
the government’s inner circle as well as in the media. And then
began, a series of protest campaigns, uproars in assemblies and
parliament and fully managed media-debates – all intended to divert
the attention of the world from the latest terror revelations.
In between, the Prim Minister Dr Manmohan Singh caused a big blow to
their entire game-plan when he said that he was being targeted
because his government arrested ‘a minister’. The Prime Minister
made a point though he was partly right when he issued this
statement. The complete truth is that his government exposed the
root cause of the terrorism in India, is the reason why he is at the
receiving end every now and then.
Interestingly, protest march against corruption in India was
organised even in the United States. No matter if instead of helping
their friends back home, this NRI version of Dandi March backfired.
For, the communal forces alias pseudo-nationalists were funded for
long by the NRIs in the west, is not a secret anymore. Hence it was
not difficult for the people to judge the real intention behind
their protests.
Nonetheless, when all their efforts, in India and abroad, failed to
strike a chord with the masses, in Anna Hazare’s anti-graft movement
they found a face saver. Opportunist as they are, they immediately
started hobnobbing with the veteran activist. Anna Hazare’s crusade
against corruption is well known, and older and stronger than the
pseudo-nationalist’s fight against the terror. It is because of his
selfless fight against corruption that people have lovingly started
calling him a Modern Day Gandhi. His cause is noble and his fight is
most timely. His crusade against corruption has made him the darling
of almost the entire nation. But, as a true lover, it is painful to
see that the Modern Day Nero is openly flirting with him and the
Modern Day Gandhi is not even resisting.
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