So charade on Janlokpal continues. Congress is all out to
prove their dedication for a clean politics and clean system by giving the
final push for Lokpal with Rahul Gandhi appealing ‘all parties to pass Lokpal
bill’ in a hope to revive his image of star campaigner which has certainly
taken a beating with Congress nose-diving in recent state polls in 4 states.
BJP is showing what a great 'constructive opposition' they are by talking about
the '4 points on which they disagree', and in process comfortably ignoring the
gaping gaps present in the draft. And SP creates some ruckus on floor by opposing the
Lokpal with statements like ‘Samajwadi Party to go to any extent to block
Janlokpal’ to give a feel that we are really going to have some serious Lokpal
bill enacted which will really curb the corruption.
But will it indeed? Just think of the fact that even
Mayawati's BSP are whole heartedly willing to support the smooth passage of
this Lokpal bill. Of course BSP has always been concerned about cleansing the
country from corruption, right?
So very soon we will have a dummy and toothless Lokpal is
place which will miss the three main features which must have been there for it
being of any significance:
1> Citizen Charter - To set a clear timeline for the
services rendered by Government offices.
2> Bring lower bureaucracy under Lokpal
3> Establishment of Lokayukt in states
To add to this, even CBI has not been made autonomous.
After being stung by Delhi election results all the
existing political establishments are falling over each other to show how serious
they are about aspirations of the country and wading out the corruption from
country. But with a common enemy in sight which they blundered to ignore, the
major political parties are doing a great job of putting up a farce show of
their agreements, disagreements and brainstorming acts to show that they are
indeed sincere about bringing an effective Janlokpal to confuse the voters for
2014 General elections.
But just try to see beyond what they want us to see, read between the lines, try to remember and find what is amiss and we will find that it is indeed Jokepal (term circulating across social media) and not Lokpal and all this show of their political consensus for Lokpal, a political theatric.
But just try to see beyond what they want us to see, read between the lines, try to remember and find what is amiss and we will find that it is indeed Jokepal (term circulating across social media) and not Lokpal and all this show of their political consensus for Lokpal, a political theatric.
I completely agree with you ... and to add to this I am still in a confusion about the AAP and Mr. Kejriwal. My opinion may vary from that of others, but I am not able to digest the fact that a political party can actually do any good to the country ... we can only wait to see if AAP can bring any change.
ReplyDeleteThis pessimism is the result of treatment we have been meted out by current political establishment. Problem lies in the fact that we have started accepting the things on face value thus easily getting carried away by the media propaganda. It's even sadder to see that educated people too fall in the trap of hero worship. Worse still, honest attempts are seen with suspicion but we don't question the one who are neck deep in misdeeds. Call me cynical, but I too see little hope. The whole system is broken to such an extent that any act of righteousness seems like a case of misplaced ideology.
ReplyDeleteSo right now our options are reduced to either trust the untested waters or go with the best amongst the worse options.