From Hazare to Hazareji in 24 hours flat
The last few days of the Anna Hazare drama have been like a movie, unbelievable and almost surreal. It started with loud assertions by Congress ministers and spokespersons that the 74-year-old Gandhian and his small group of advisers were clothed in corruption, and had no right to take away Parliament’s power (read the Congress and its cronies); went on to threaten action against all those taking law into their own hands and trying to blackmail the government by threatening to go on a fast unto death (wonder what Gandhi would have to say about that!); and within 24 hours of facing the people’s wrath across India changing the language from “Hazare” to “Anna Hazareji” and crawling to meet his demands.