By Dr P L Joshi , Bahrain
 
After 16 months of corruption movement by Anna team, which was started with a big fanfare,  the movement got diluted from purity to politics. Anna  team has decided to jump into the politics and form a  political party in order to bring a  system change in the country.  In my opinion, the mission has  got diluted and Anna strategy has failed  to fight corruption.  The fasting of team  Anna members has  failed to pull crowd to support  to their anti corruption  movement.  The main reason  is that Anna team lacks the art of compromising and negotiating skills in a political arena.

I have serious apprehensions on the strength of the Anna team to fight elections in  complex  Indian scenario the way it is fought today. Indian elections are fought under the garb of family dynasty, party coteries, castism, money game, religion, and regional factors.  Indian common man wants  Roti  Kapada and Makaan  in order to survive  in today's inflationary economy, and  eradication of corruption is a secondary thought for them.

 Anna corruption movement remained non-violence but when they fight election, they will be a part of violence environment.  It is not an easy task to contest election in Indian system as one has to be a smart master of politics. I guess that Congress  may  pass the Lokpal Bill before 2014  elections and steal the show from Anna team.  On what issues, Anna team will fight election then.  I guess it may fight to lose election.  Anna team should understand that it is not that easy to make a transition from a non political issue to a political issue in overnight.

My gut feeling says that  Anna political party will turn out to be a private limited company ,and also an ancillary unit of  Bhartiya Janta Party in political elections.  They may not be able to maintain unity among themselves , and it will receive its natural death in due course. Fighting social issues are different from political issues and politics is a dirty game in this country.