NEW DELHI, Feb. 17 -- Anna Hazare's Movement, India Against Corruption (IAC), unsettled the UPA government of Manmohan Singh. The Movement brought two significant developments that transformed Indian politics: the rise of Arvind Kejriwal as a power centre in the national capital and the dislodging of the UPA government, which led to the installation of the right-wing BJP national government led by Narendra Modi.

The inept handling of the Anna Movement resulted in these developments. Had the UPA government, through its intelligence agencies, collected the right inputs about the Anna movement, the forces involved, and the real motive behind it, acted imaginatively and decisively, and not panicked and surrendered under pressure, the nationa...