Misuse of an icon.

One of the biggest weapons used by the Congress against the people to perpetuate its grip on power is the memory of the father of the nation, MK Gandhi. Hindus are regularly persecuted because Gandhi loved minorities. The Lok Pal bill was torpedoed by demands for reservation for Muslims and now the Congress is promising 9% reservation for Muslims in a cynical bid to win the coming assembly elections in UP knowing that there is no provision for reservation for minorities in the Constitution. This is the same Congress whose MPs were shouting from the rooftops about the sanctity of the Constitution when we were demanding a strong Lok Pal. Congress stooges in the press are no less guilty. One fellow, who is supposedly an eminent historian, wrote in an article that Anna Hazare is no Gandhi and is therefore not qualified to lead civil society activists asking for a strong Lok Pal. Of course, he is not. He has repeatedly said that he is a follower of Gandhi. But that does not mean he would behave exactly as Gandhi did. It is like saying no one can be a Christian unless he is crucified and then resurrects. Gandhi lived in a different India. His fight was against British occupation and in some ways infinitely easier than Hazare's fight against today's criminal monsters. The British looked different and apart from a few minorities ( to name them would invite punishment for hate speech ) Gandhi had absolute support from the people. Wherever he went he stayed as a guest of rich people such as the Birlas which prompted the comment from Nehru's sister, Sarojini Naidu that it cost a lot of money to keep him in poverty. Hazare, on the other hand, has no rich backers and lives a spartan life in a village in Maharashtra. As a citizen of India he has every right to demand an end to corruption and is following Gandhi's example of civil disobedience. Gandhi was treated with courtesy by the British while the Congress and its hounds want to tear Hazare apart. Just as fanatics use God as an excuse to kill the Congress is using Gandhi to oppress Indians. A vile attempt to maintain status quo. Power and pelf.