You have spoken at the right time. Guts is what is missing in the Govt. and the legislatures and the Parliament in the course of the past 4 decades. Hence the mess we are in today and refuse to recognise the downhill roll we are in today.
It may be useful to know what Shri Jaswant Singh ji has to say in the Gulfnews in the past few days; will the movement headed by Anna, Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi, Hegde, Prabhat Kumar, etc., etc. not force the Govt. in power and the Opposition, and the NAC, etc. not sit up and recognise what needs to be done as a priority IF India is not be saved from a revolution of the kind JP gave up his life for?
I quote part of it as follows:
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s corruption crippling India? At first glance, such a question seems absurd. After all, India has had a functioning democratic order since before 1947 and its economy weathered the recent global economic crisis when most others faltered. Yet, a combination of factors that have mushroomed over time has raised serious concerns about the threat that corruption poses to the very fabric of the Indian state.
Of course, India is not experiencing any Middle East-style "youth quakes" in response to the current corruption scandal plaguing the Congress Party-led government. Nor is it likely to do so. India's economy continues its robust 8.5-9 per cent annual GDP growth, a figure that is the envy of many. Competitive elections are routine.
But disparity and discontent are rising, driven in part by food-price inflation, which recently topped 20 per cent year on year. Indeed, wholesale inflation now stands at more than 9 per cent. Manufacturing growth has turned sluggish and the fiscal deficit has risen above 5 per cent of GDP, gravely straining the economy. As a result, inward foreign direct investment has slowed and interest rates are climbing.
Moreover, almost one-third of the country's administrative districts are now affected by extreme left-wing "Maoist" violence. Externally, India's immediate neighbourhood, with Pakistan teetering, is more disturbed than ever.
But on top of all these woes sits corruption, crippling all the organs of state and reaching into its highest offices. Throughout the Indian parliament's recent winter session, the opposition (I am a leader of its largest party, the Bharatiya Janata Party) demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to inquire into a seemingly endless series of public scandals. The government, however, would not concede on this point and the opposition refused to relent.
The outcome was paralysis: an entire session of the parliament ended with not a single item of legislative, governmental or other business completed. This unprecedented impasse led many to wonder whether it portends even worse political immobility to come. Indeed, during the standoff, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, returning from a G20 meeting, expressed concerns about the "future of India's parliamentary democracy."
Dire pronouncement
Singh's dire pronouncement was most likely born of the unhappy ending to the parliament's session. But it was also the consequence of scandalous misconduct at India's telecommunications ministry where some $30 billion (Dh110.34 billion) may have been siphoned off through corrupt practices, gross mismanagement of the Commonwealth Games, and many other instances of governmental corruption.
The opposition demand for a JPC to examine corruption required real leadership from the government. Alas, none was forthcoming. But what the government rejected in the last parliamentary session has been conceded in the current one, owing to mounting public pressure.
This delay was both shabby and unwise. At the heart of any functioning democratic order must be a firm regard for the rule of law. When this is absent, political and economic troubles fill the void. That is India's situation today, as many high officials display wilful disregard for the letter of the law and flaunt their defiance of its spirit. Their corruption is debilitating not only India's parliament, but its democracy as well." Unquote.
Indeed we are sitting on a precipice but are unable to recognise that, today.
Regards.
Sincerely
dev chopra (un retiree) in gurgaon
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Anna is all in one, Gandhi, Subhash and Jai Prakash Narayan at a time. Rise against corruption before it is too late. Govt. is soft on corruption while judiciary is tough. Learn ways to fight corruption from from Nitish Kumar, CM, Bihar who has forfeited the ill-acquired prosperities and schools are being run in those.
The question is of will power of the Union Govt. This is the moment when our PM can prove that he has guts to take on corrupts without fear and favour. Introduce the Jan Lok Pal Bill in the coming session, be hard on CWG, 2G, Money stashed in Foreign Bank, action against black money within the country (Hasan Ali and others), timely deteted would be scam in another spectrum to involving Devos by Antrikx, Madhu Koda. List is long but memory short.
Country is with Anna, Ramdev, Swami Agnivesh, Kiran Bedi, J M Lingdoh, Shashi and Prashant Bhushan, Arvind Kejriwal and others who r fighting against the termite of corruption.
Those who are in a position to visit, must visit the Jantar Mantar and spare some time to join Anna in his fast. Such rare moments come rarely.
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