New delhi,August 28: IT SEEMS THE GOVENEMENTNew delhi,August 28: HAVE LOST ITS DIRECTION ONE BLUNDER AFTER ANOTHER WAS COMMITED BY GOI.
BLUNDER # 1
PM Manmohan Singh on March 3, 2011, invited Anna for a discussion and legitimised Anna’s standing vis- à- vis the issue of the appointment of an ombudsman
BLUNDER # 2
As the number of Anna’s supporters at Jantar Mantar began to swell, the government panicked and announced a joint drafting committee. The unprecedented step accorded full legitimacy to Team Anna in drafting an official Bill
BLUNDER # 3
The govt courted Ramdev, but its midnight crackdown at the Ramlila Maidan showed its determination to suppress dissent
BLUNDER # 4
When the stand- off between Anna and the govt began to climax, neither side budged. Perched on its ivory tower, the govt failed to assess the extent of public anger across the country on the issue of corruption in public offices. The govt started treating Anna as a rival, its ministers began to openly deride the civil society members. This alienated the govt from the masses
BLUNDER # 5
The govt ‘ took on’ Anna and his core team by itself. It chose to exclude other political parties from negotiating with Team Anna on the Lokpal Bill In the process, the govt distanced itself further from the Opposition parties, with the BJP reacting strongly
BLUNDER # 6
The PM kept wavering on the issue of including his office in the Lokpal’s ambit His “ helplessness” in the I- Day address conveyed that the govt had no will to take on the corrupt The personal attacks by Congress leaders Kapil Sibal and Manish Tewari painted the ruling dispensation in poor light The offensive mellowed down only after Rahul Gandhi advised his partymen not to launch personal attacks on Anna
BLUNDER # 7
City police commissioner B. K. Gupta ( right) did repeated flip- flops on allotting Anna a venue for his protest The govt’s decision to arrest and release Anna within 12 hours was like eating the proverbial humble pie. It led to a groundswell of public support for the septuagenarian crusader
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