Saintliness In politics cuts both ways

In his speech in Parliament on Friday, Rahul Gandhi was bang on the dot. Here is why. The exertions of Anna Hazare might well fetch the nation a robust Lokpal Bill soon. In the bargain, however, we may have to contend with a lethal danger: saintliness in our public life. For, what Hazare has done is to act solely according to the dictates of his `conscience`, his `inner voice`, to attain his goal. He places those dictates well above Parliament - the repository of the will of the people - and the Constitution - the touchstone of our republic.

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