Anna vs Arvind
Recently, other than
India going out of world cup T-20, the other big news item is Arvind Kejriwal
political party announcement and Anna Hazare making tons of public
announcements to make it clear that he has nothing to do with that.
Why Anna Hazare is making himself so distant from this.
I am not questioning the intentions of either of them, both
of them have shown enough proves that they are totally clean and do not have
any personal agenda. They both want to get India rid of Corruption and make
India a better country to live for coming generations. Then why do they seems
to on war paths in recent days.
Though Arvind Kejriwal is for more educated , Anna Hazare
seems to be far more learnt when it comes to polity of India. Anna knows that
right intentions and everything else is fair, you can’t win elections in India
just like that. As they say, the rules
to win elections in India are simple .
Path 1:
1.
Money and lot of Money: First spend lot of money to get ‘ ticket’ of
a party who have done the hardwork of creating a brand in last 40-50 years. For
me there is nothing new, even this happens in corporate world and any other
business. People buy HLL products easier than a new FMCG brand so people who
want to distribute HLL products need to pay more money to get that
distributorship
2.
Then spend lot of money in campaign. This is again marketing money spend by
largest of corporations of world. As
large MNC’s do targeting before giving advertisements, politicians also do the
same. They Target lower income group of people, spend money there in dinners
and drinks and get votes next morning.
3.
The target group generally do not read
newspapers, do not go to Janter Manter or listen news channels. So reaching them is a very different ball
game.
Now, The situation is not that bad. Many people are
successful politicians without having spent money. So let us see their path
Path 2:
1.
Start working in a small area and be popular
with people
2.
Be available to help them solve all their
problems starting from Electricity to Water to Hygiene to small police matters
3.
Be ready to be awaken at 2 in night to go with
someone
4.
Do this for 5 years and you would surely win
your first election.
5.
Get lot of people to do that and you would
create a successful party
6.
So the crux is full time with overtime
involvement of people for next 10 years.
Anna knows that team Anna can’t follow either path 1 or path
2. So the third path is to be in good books of people/ politicians and get your
stuff done. If you fight elections and lose, then you are over. There is a
famous saying
‘ Band mutthi lakh ki khul jaye to khak ki’
So till you haven’t
contested and lost a election, you can always claim to be carrying people
sentiments and demands with you. But once you fight and lose, you are finished.
Anna knows that it is best to keep your fist closed and
still get media attention. Once party is
formed and elections are lost, no media guy would ever cover you.