If there ever was a way to alienate a large swathe of the middle class and political parties across the spectrum in one single attempt , the handling of Baba Ramdev situation by the government is hard to top. As M.J. Akbar points out the yoga guru has far less to lose than does the UPA.
The common man has lost patience with successive government's continued inability to improve governance. The sympathies of the public will always be with people who are willing to wage a fight. In most such public protests the ruling incumbents are often in denial and behind the curve in reacting to events on the ground. Despite attempts at explaining what happened last night by the spokepersons of the government, they just do not have the moral high ground any more.
On the flip side, if this was a covert attempt at provoking more such protests from other wannabe crusaders, they could not have been more successful. The events of the last few days may be a harbinger of something more dramatic to come.
The common man has lost patience with successive government's continued inability to improve governance. The sympathies of the public will always be with people who are willing to wage a fight. In most such public protests the ruling incumbents are often in denial and behind the curve in reacting to events on the ground. Despite attempts at explaining what happened last night by the spokepersons of the government, they just do not have the moral high ground any more.
On the flip side, if this was a covert attempt at provoking more such protests from other wannabe crusaders, they could not have been more successful. The events of the last few days may be a harbinger of something more dramatic to come.
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