The rise of the leader Anna Hazare
CNN-IBN
Posted on Aug 28, 2011 at 07:43am IST
Posted on Aug 28, 2011 at 07:43am IST
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New Delhi: India has a new youth icon, a 74-year old man, who has charged citizens across the country. From Tihar Jail to Ramlila Maidan, Anna Hazare has emerged as a leader who egged on an entire nation to support him in his fight against corruption.
The former army man appeared on the national canvas in April this year, when he went on an indefinite fast at Delhi's Jantar Mantar to implement a strong anti-corruption bill. That fast lasted for only four days, but it tapped into the collective conscience of a nation. Middle India rose as one, and leading them was an unlikely leader, Kisan Baburao Hazare.
This time around, the Anna is riding the crest of a wave of people power. The government fuelled his popularity by arresting him before he went on his second fast.
Even from inside Tihar, he connected and thousands of ordinary Indians rallied with him in this unprecedented fight against corruption.
When he stepped out of the prison gates on August 19th, the pictures from across Delhi silenced many Anna critics.
Operation Ramlila Maidan had begun. Over the next few days, the sight of the man started becoming frailer, but more vociferous, egged on an entire nation.
As the government watched helplessly, support for Anna continued to grow, with voices cheering him on even as he hammered out one ultimatum after the other to the government.
Anna Hazare has won this round and has lit the imagination of the country yet again. It has heralded the arrival of an icon, a man who had promised those cheering him on that he would fight, not for himself, but for the entire country and Anna stood by that promise.
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