No doubt Anna Hazare, the founder of India against Corruption (IAC) has introduced Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi to politics with his popular agitations for Jan Lokpal bill and fight against corruption. His motto is to eliminate corruption in the politics and from the government administration with agitations. He opposes joining active politics or contesting elections.

 

Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi also followed his policy and principles but they both depart from him one by one in the course of time. First, Arvind Kejriwal left him in 2012 to launch his Aam Admi party and recently Kiran Bedi left Anna to join BJP.

 

They both used to criticize the BJP and Congress parties in the past. But, now Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi both are criticizing each other and they both criticizing the Congress party also. Anna Hazare also criticizes them both, ofcourse BJP and the Congress parties also.

 

So, all these developments may make the people think who is right and who is wrong in these three persons. Has Anna Hazare adopted a wrong policy by restricting himself and his followers from joining active politics, with which his followers are departing him? Or have Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi used Anna Hazare’s popularity and his IAC platform to become popular before implementing their political ideas?

 

Anna Hazare has stated that they both not given any slightest hint about their interest to join active politics before they leaves him. So, he seems is believing that they both have used him as a stepping stone to reach their present position.

 

But, can anyone agree that his policy to eliminate corruption from the country without participating in the democratic process is correct? If not, what else anyone can do to achieve that goal? If, Anna Hazare believes that taking part in democratic process is a sin, can anyone cling to him? If so, Anna Hazare has to be blamed for their departure. Would he launch a political party instead of IAC forum and encouraged his followers to contest elections probably it would have yield him better results than this painful experiences.

 

However, Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi both also have made some mistakes. Arvind Kejriwal accepts the Congress party support to become Chief Minister of Delhi and Kiran Bedi joins the BJP to become Chief Minister of Delhi, which they used to criticize earlier. Would they really have high morals, they would have avoided both BJP and the Congress parties and joined hands to fight them.

 

So, these three leaders have committed some mistakes and adopt some wrong policies knowingly or unknowingly. However, people have to excuse them all as they are much honest than any other typical politicians in the country.