It’s About Corruption. Not Baba Ramdev!

After relenting to Anna Hazare’s fast unto death and then conning him, the UPA started to think that they had dodged a bullet on the Lokpal bill issues. Especially with difference cropping in the pro-lokpal bill lobby they must be patting themselves on the back. Dirty tricks by Digvijay and Amar Singh paid off!
They were wrong. Here comes Baba Ramdev. The UPA started their moves preemptively. Congress bigwigs are begging Baba Ramdev to back off from the fast. Meanwhile the dirty tricks department of the Congress is working overtime. Scared by the large middle class Hindu following of the Baba, they are resorting to time tested “saam, daam, dand, bhed” tricks. Digvijay Singh has started to target Baba Ramdev’s wealth by portraying him as a preacher for hire. Of course not to upset the middle class Hindus whom the Congress has brainwashed these years using the pseudo-secularism propaganda, they have dug up a person described as a former guru. Some title! This man asks:
Who is Baba Ramdev, then?" Former guru, Swami Balendu, had in an open letter to Baba Ramdev, asked him this very question. He asked him to explain who he was -- a sanyasi, a yoga teacher, a businessman or a politician?

By bringing up a pro Congress self styled swami, they think that somehow this will be more credible than Digvijay’s rants. This is like bringing out those disgruntled IAS officers willing to lie about Bhai Narendra Modi. Naivety at its worst, is what it is. The Congress still does not get it. This is not about Ramdev or Hazare. They are the messengers. The message is the angst against corruption. Instead of dealing with corruption, Mr. Clean and his government are trying to mollify and besmirch the messenger while ignoring the message.

I wish Baba Ramdev all the luck in the world. He is going against one of the most corrupt governments in our history who will do whatever it takes to hold onto the power. Congress is an expert at manipulating the Indian polity. I hope that the Baba ( all his wealth and worldly trappings not withstanding) is a modern day Abhimanyu who will defeat the Rakshasas in New Delhi. Bholenath Bless him!
The article can be read at:http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-how-do-we-know-baba-himslef-is-clean/20110603.htm