Letter to Anna ji

Letter to ANNA ji I am surprised and shocked to read your decision of stopping the activities of Team Anna and disbanding the core committee which was formed to fight for jan lokpal. I am sure it must be a disappointment to many. A strong lokpal has been the need of the hour to control rampant corruption in the country. Your movement has brought this issue on center stage and forced the govt. to come out with the bill which is pending for enactment since more than four decades. UPA must have heaved a sigh of relief over your decision but not the right minded people in the country. It is true that none of the political parties wanted to have the bill on the lines proposed by you, yet your movement should have continued to keep all the decision makers under pressure to listen to will of the people. Your decision is going to fritter away all the steam you have generated till now. Ever since grand success of your movement last year, your team had lost its focus. It became directionless. It changed its tracks by targeting 15 ministers of the UPA, attacked BJP - Narendra Modi, RSS and other political parties with the result you lost all the goodwill and support you got from them during your agitation in 2011. Now your team is considering, forming a political party and contesting election in 2014. Do you think you will be able to win substantial number of seats by fielding men of impeccable integrity and clean image so as to have your say in parliament? You have also announced that you will neither form a political party nor contest elections but support candidature of those who are clean. Annaji agitation succeeded because of you and if you are not its part don’t expect any success. Moreover winning elections under the present electoral system is not easy. You know it well so does your team. I therefore am of the opinion please drop the idea of forming a political party without you or with you and contesting elections. Your USP is social and govt. reforms and you must pursue it wholeheartedly. You will have full support of young and middle class Indians throughout the country. We look towards you for reforming the present political system hence don’t disappoint us.  Best wishes and regards SATYENDRA MALIK