Social activist Anna Hazare is once again in the headlines, but this time there are questions arising on his silence. Posters in Pune’s Stone-Survari region have appealed to Anna Hazare to ‘wake up’ on the issue of ‘vote theft’.
These posters have written a message with Anna’s sleeping picture, asking him to raise his voice against the alleged ‘vote theft’. Reacting to the incident, the 88 -year -old social worker called it ‘unfortunate’ and called upon the youth to take responsibility beyond.
What is the whole matter?
In these posters installed in the name of local activist Sameer Uttarkar in the stone area of Pune, it is written, “Anna, now wake up. Kumbhakarna was also awake from deep sleep for Ravana and Lanka, so why don’t you also do this for the country? ”The posters also mentioned that the country is eager to see Anna’s ‘magic’ again at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. These posters have emerged when the opposition, especially the Congress, has made serious allegations of ‘vote theft’ on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Election Commission.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi recently claimed ‘theft’ of more than 1 lakh votes in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Mahadevpura assembly constituency of Karnataka. He claimed that votes were stolen in ways such as duplicate entry, fake addresses and large -scale registration at the same place, causing the loss to the Congress. On this issue, opposition parties also staged a protest against the special intensive amendment (SIR) process in Bihar, in which MPs demonstrated by wearing T-shirts named ‘124-year-old Minta Devi’. However, it later became clear that Minata Devi was not 124 years, but was 35 years, and it was a typographical error.
Anna Hazare’s response
After the posters went viral on social media, Anna Hazare expressed his displeasure in a conversation with reporters. Hazare said that what they could have done have done it and now the time has come that the youth should carry forward their work. Reacting to the banner, Hazare said, “I have made 10 laws, but even after 90 years, if people hope from me that I keep doing everything despite his sleeping, then this hope is wrong. What I have done should pursue the youth. ”
Hazare led the anti -corruption movement, which led to the improvement of the Right to Information Act, Jan Lokpal Bill and his own hometown Ralegan Siddhi. He reminded the youth that it is not enough to hold the tricolor only on Independence Day. The social worker said, “Are we not a duties as a citizen?” Nothing will be achieved only by lifting fingers. “He regretted that” the society is not awake even after so many years of struggle. “Hazare appealed to the youth to adopt Gandhian ideals and fight social and economic issues.
Opposition’s attack and question on Anna
Opposition parties, especially the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-SP) have questioned Anna’s silence. Maharashtra Congress spokesperson Atul Londhe said, “It is not appropriate for Anna to remain silent on a serious issue like vote theft. He should clarify whether he was part of the conspiracy to bring BJP to power, which defame the UPA government.” NCP (SP) city unit chief Prashant Jagtap also said, “Anna led the nationwide movement during the UPA government, but now that the BJP is in the government, his silence raises doubts.”