Midnight drama at the capital: Democracy undermined, Govt. smiles?
Propping up leaders/ issues to divert attention from the main topic is an old gambit of the congress party. Maybe the initial bonhomie and the later hard treatment of the Baba Ramdev by them was all a clever ploy to divert the attention of a till now united middle class from the Anna Hazare led Lokpal Bill agitation. Unintentionally or otherwise, the Baba and the drama around his fast has succeeded in effectively making him a martyr and helped the cause of cutting down the difficult to handle Anna Hazare & co. to size. They first tried to malign the Bhushans using the evergreen fixing champ of Indian politics, Amar Singh. When that fell through, this new controversy may well succeed in achieving what the congress failed to do earlier. Whatever be the outcome, all this shows that the CONGRESS PARTY IS HELL BENT ON SAVING THE CORRUPT by thwart a strong Lokpal Bill to become a reality. This will ensure that the poor will remain poor, crores of tax rupees will continue to be was