SO,HERE FINALLY ATUL KUMAR SINGH WRITES.A SHY CHARACTER THAT HE IS U NEVER GET TO KNOW HIS KNOWLEDGE...
Kisan Baburao Hazare.....better known as anna or elder brother may
well be on his way of becoming a future historical figure due to his
contributions in the development of modern independent India. Few
people outside may have heard of this 71 year genius old before his
fast unto death for the jan lokpal bill modification,Which got huge
support from media and common people which made millions of Indian's
fighting corruption realize they are not alone in this fight against
corruption.
The man,the saint or the new gandhi as many call him was nothing more
than a retired army driver when he came back to his village Ralegan,a
poor village which was on a brink of collapse. The village had land
but was unconceivable due to lack of rain or any irrigation
facilitated by government. Anna 38 at that time took the initiative,
he made every farmer work hard instead of just being drunk off. He
pressurized the officials,even borrowed water from neighboring
villages. 30 years from then Ralegon was a developed village with
almost 100% of arable land being under cultivation,water being
extracted by simple yet effective technique,ground water
recharging,check dams being built. The village reagined its prosperity
without intervention from the government,theat was the brillance of
anna and his contemporary. In 1989 anna went onto a nine day fast to
get regular power supply to ahmednagar district,soon 12,000 citizen
joined his campaign. Such a large population of protesters ( though
peaceful) unnerved the authorities and led to firing which resulted in
killing of four. A rattled state government had to immediately
improvise new plans for the districts and provide regular supply of
electricity. Brastachar virodh jan andolan was too started by anna in
1991 when he went on 6 day hunger strike to expose ill beings of
social forestry program. This protest resulted in firing of 4 corrupt
IFS officers. This triumph of hazare over the government made his
arrival on the national scale.
In may 1997 hazare accused Bebanrao Gholap,Cabinet minster for social
welfare,for undervaluing land bought in his wife's name that were not
monitored by the government. A counter case of defamation was filled
against Hazare.The court also ruled agaisnt Hazare and gave him
instructions to give an undertaking that he would not make such
allegation in the future.A true Gandhian, Hazare refused and said he
would like to be preferably punished than keeping his mouth shut.
Gholap ultimately had to resign,embarking another triumph of this
simple yet sound person.
Until april 2011 he was a popular man in Maharashtra,now with his
lokpal motion he has struck chord of whole Indian population. Whether
it be the celebrities,social activist,almost whole of Indian media or
the highly ignorant middle class of India. , almost everybody found a
tone in hazare's jan lokpal motion.This was a support never been seen
before,a motion we never had in independent India. The motion even
spread to facebook and twitter,let alone being on every news channel
and newspaper.
Some may sy that this jan lokpal bill that government will now
modify,or better say Hazare made them modify it may not be the best
solution for fighting corruption as it has many complications but what
we must not forget is the contribution of Anna. He gave us a start
that made the whole India think that everyone has some saying in
building of a great nation. He taught us that we should not just be
crept in our bedroom cursing every politician and official while they
are doing scam after scam. We have to stand up. If a retired army
driver aged71 can do it all alone then why not we after getting all
the education and resources we need.
Politics is npot a dirty game, people make it dirty,people like us and
its onto people like us to take and initiative,To become the next
Hazare.
--
ATUL KUMAR SINGH
No comments:
Post a Comment