Gandhian Anna Hazare, whose claim to fame was flogging
a dead horse, has declared that Team Anna member Kiran Bedi will be tied to a
tree and flogged publicly next week for inflating travel bills. Preparations
for the event are underway.
Feminists are have protested the move, arguing
that Bedi is being targeted because she is a woman, and more deserving
candidates like Kejriwal and Bhushan have been overlooked simply because “Mr.
Hazare is awfully sexist.”
Despite the media attention, however, Team Anna
members spoke of the event quite casually. “It’s really not that big a deal.
They used to burn witches at the stake in Europe. We’re just flogging her,”
said a spokesperson.
Meanwhile, drunks in Ralegan Siddhi where
Annaji first instituted the holy practice of flogging drunkards in temples have
suffered emotional breakdowns following the news. “I really thought I was
special, that it meant something to him. And now he’s flogging pretty much everyone.
In front of TV cameras. It’s shameful, shameful!” a former floggee cried.
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