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Centre sees hand of bigger forces by Sanjay K Jha
A section of the government suspects that “bigger forces” are using the fight against corruption to achieve their “not-so-noble goals” perhaps even unknown to Anna Hazare.

Although nobody would go on record, senior functionaries said in private that the destabilising games of some corporate and even international players were behind “the entire show”.

“The RSS and other anti-Congress elements might have jumped in with their own little vested interests but the real players are acting from behind the scenes,” a senior government functionary said.

The government did not speak about “these forces” publicly because its prime objective is to end the agitation, growing in size and appeal by the day.

Top ministers were reluctant to give in to what they saw as “anti-democratic demands” of the protesters, but sources said Congress president Sonia Gandhi was desperate to draw the curtains on this politically damaging television-induced movement.

The issue was discussed at a meeting attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, her political secretary Ahmed Patel and ministers Pranab Mukherjee and Kapil Sibal.

The government does not see this agitation in isolation, the sources said, arguing that the “destabilisation games” began months ago.

“The forces exploited the general cynicism among the middle class caused by a series of scandals with the sole aim of pulling down this government,” a senior leader said, admitting that Hazare might not have had any inkling about these designs.

“Like many well-meaning boys and girls from our society, even seasoned players sometimes become pawns in the hands of invisible forces,” the leader said.

In the highest echelons of the government there is a feeling that “a deliberate attempt to disrupt emerging economies and markets” has been at play for quite some time. But the leaders chose not to clearly articulate their fears.

Although not willing to debate these questions at this stage, many senior ministers are asking in private how the “robust back-up” — the endless media coverage, the logistics or the mobilisation — was organised in such short time.

In official circles there is fierce speculation that a section of corporate groups unhappy with the government are playing a role.

There is also surprise at the anti-corruption drive bearing a strong anti-Congress tenor.

Schoolchildren in uniform were paraded at Jantar Mantar, with teachers guiding them to shout anti-Sonia slogans, and all the pamphlets and bills being distributed at the protest site relate to the Congress.

“It is interesting to find no pamphlet on the BJP, no word on corruption in BJP-ruled states, no mention of tainted politicians from other parties,” a senior Congress leader said.

One pamphlet said: “Sonia Gandhi Bharat Chhor, Sab ghotalon aur bhastrachar ki naag mata Sonia Gandhi, asli naam Antonia Maino.”

It is difficult to believe Hazare or his supporters Arvind Kejriwal, Swami Agnivesh or Kiran Bedi would speak such language.