Victory of Democracy - Part-I

Anna has left Ramlila Maidan and people are happy that government in particular and parliament in general agreed to all three demands in the end (although) Jan Lokpal Bill could not be passed. Although public is back to normal work but politicians and Congress party in particular are in no mood to give in. They are busy terming it defeat of "parliamentary democracy". And if it is defeat of parliamentary democracy let it be, because it is victory of true democracy for which Lincoln said long ago that it is the "government of people for the people by the people. Some people who had reduced it to "government of powerful and corrupts, for the rich, fueled by blood of poor" are now crying foul. 

Actually greatest victory of democracy has just happened in India, greatest day for the history of democracy, it happened in the country which has oldest democratic legacy in world (although westerns would like to say it oroginated in Greece). And it was victory of democracy because the contractors of power thought that they are not responsible to the people who elected them, but they were made to realize that finally it is the people who give them the power and they should respect the people. Likes of Kapil Sibbal are damn right in contemporary India when they say that its not FB and twitter using junta which determine the future of the country it is actually invisible majority (read uninformed and illiterate people). Sadly, how right he is, damn right. Once elected; these people think that they have become power brokers for next 5 yrs. Now for the first time people of this country have made them realize their real worth, its truest victory of democracy over power brokers.

I hope we have just started on long march, lot more is still desired to be done. Now next step is right to recall. Once that is in place then these people will not behave as masters but rather as representatives of the people. Politics will no longer remain a business after that as they will have fear that they can be recalled and hence it will no longer be about the return on investment they invest in election. May be then elections will be fought on the issues rather than money and muscle power taking support of vote banks and caste politics. Then these people will have to perform.