These days most of
the agitations and slogans of anti-corruption movement are seems on hold.
May be corruption fighters are on the way to make some plans for future
agitations. So, it is a good time to think on the topic of corruption in
detail, because when facebook posts and blogs are flooded with
anti-corruption slogans, at that time most of the people who flow with this
flood don't try to listen anything from others. Neither these people try to
understand any logical points on the whole movement, nor do they try to
understand the final result and outcome of all these agitation. So, now, when
everything is calm and the anger of Indian middle class against corruption is
in the process to cool down, it is right time to put a critical analysis of the
anti-corruption movement leaded by social activist Anna Hazare and
Kejriwal team and Yoga teacher Ramdev and his supporters.
Still we can see a lot of
anti-corruption statements and slogans in newspapers, in facebook, and in other
social networking sites. It is a signal how deeply this slogan mongering is
influencing middle class people. During anti-corruption movement its organizer
were talking about some problems, giving some facts and figures, and trying to
influence people on their slogans, and finally drawing conclusion that
corruption and black money are the two root cause responsible for every other
problem, which are daily faced by crores of malnourished, unemployed and poor
people. But, if we analyze the national situation with some logic we will find
that corruption is also one of the many problems, which are continuously taking
birth in the present capitalist system to serve the interest of the profiteers.
But, this whole movement blames
that policies of the present political system need "enhancement"; and
people who are implementing these policies are not doing their work with
"honesty", so they need some monitoring for "proper" ruling
of the system. And finally, it gives slogans to mobilize middle class people
for "enhancement" of these policies to rule the system, and suggest
another institution (Lokpal) to regulate the people who rule the system. Within
this system these anti-corruption activists (who claim themselves as the
representatives of the public!) never blame the system where everything is
decided, ruled, and regulated on the interest of profit and ownership of the
capital, where masses of the working people are indirectly as well as
directly forced to work in the conditions, which are like animals. Only because
they have nothing for their livelihood except selling their labor power to
some property owner, same as other commodities are sold in the market. We
can see a lot of example in the whole country where masses are living and
working like animals to produce more and more profit for their owners. These
"leaders" never expose this profit driven system before the eyes of
public. They never tell that accumulation of resources in the normal process of
capitalist mode of production and exchange is leading to the centralization of
resources and means of the production in the hands of few people, who
finally regulate every decision of the state with their interest —with or
without corruption. Final aim and slogans of these people is to upgrade
policies and bring honest people for the ruling of this system
based on the exploitation of masses by few people for profit.
At the same time across the world
whole capitalist imperialist system is facing the challenges of crises, and
public protests are on rise against the anti-people policies of the ruling
states. At this condition, when England was burning in the anger of public
unrest and people of U.S.A., Egypt, Greek, Italy, France, Russia are protesting
against rising unemployment, poverty and social insecurity, anti-people
policies of the state; in that situation in India, everyday headlines of
newspapers and TV channels were flashing with the slogans of anti-corruption
movements, and statements of the members of "Team Anna" and their
holy supporters. With these flashing all issues of the public, like
unemployment, increasing rich-poor gap, inflation, poverty, inhuman work
conditions, unavailability of healthcare and education etc. were made hidden
behind omnipresent carpet of the anti-corruption movement. What better
advantages can the present rulers of the capitalist system can get from the slogan
and arguments of the "Team Anna" or "Team Baba"!!
If we see the class structure of
the supporters who initiate this type of movement, they belong to middle and
higher middle class. These people see corruption as the ...
