With the recent movement in India led by Anna Hazare and others against corruption, there have been mixed reactions from the people of India. Although I have seen very few who are doubting Anna Hazare and his crusade against corruption calling them unconstitutional and all, it is worth looking into any alternative way(if any) in the minds of these people to bring the corruption down in India. Anna team are putting pressure on the government to implement the Jan Lokpal bill which will bring an autonomous body called Lokpal into existence. This will handle everything like speedy probe, trials and awarding punishments to the culprits without asking the government. I don't know why people are opposing this move? I have not seen any strong reason from anyone why Lokpal is not going to work. Most of the people who are complaining it seems, are not a fan of the way Anna is pressurizing the government. I would request them to suggest an alternative way. And even if there is an alternative, let Anna and his team fight in the way they prefer. After all they learned it from Gandhi, the father of the nation. Before independence also, people did not agree with each other in their ways to fight against the British. And they indeed fought in different ways, although the whole credit went to Gandhi and his followers only. So this time also, it's perfectly alright if someone think he or she does not believe in Anna's way. May he(she) fight in his(her) preferred way. As long as people support the cause (which is fight against corruption now) and choose their own way to fight for it, the solution will come in one way or the other. But just criticizing the Anna and his team (which now the Congress led government is doing to save their own political leaders who will be nowhere is Lokpal come to existence) is not enough, people should come up with proper logic why they think Anna's crusade is wrong and also suggest alternative ways to fight against corruption if they at all think corruption is a big problem India is facing nowadays.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
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I thought those people are there just for drafting the bill. For actual implementation of the Lokpal, there will be Lokayukta in every state and some members will be appointed. They will be former judges, retired defense personnel etc. And there are some provisions to handle the corruption within Lokpal members as well. Don't know how far it will succeed...And you are right, corruption is there in most of the developed countries but I don't think they are as bad as India. Forget about 2G spectrum and all, think about the sufferings of common men who don't get their pension on time without bribe, can't even lodge an FIR in a police station..I don't think such worst things happen in US and Europe!
Well at least that kind of small level corruption can indeed be rooted out; What is prevalent in the US is of the 2G scandal kind. Recently the monopoly and trade regulatory board here approve of Comcast taking over another co because of the insistence of the board chairman who is retiring soon and surprise surprise joining Comcast.
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