Opportunity in a challenge
The middle-class has time and again shaped opinion through interventionist action. In the 1990s, the middle-class helped VP Singh brand himself as ‘Mr Clean’ and come to power. The same middle-class rose in revolt against his quota policy. The BJP’s rise and coming to power as well as the UPA’s electoral victories are attributable to the middle-class which is now in the forefront of Anna’s agitation. Here’s an opportunity to lead the middle-class.