It took me 3 hours to get back home in the crazy rain, Anna Hazare and accident hit Delhi traffic. This gave me some time to reflect on the apparent 'in' thing today, the (so called) revolution that's changing our country's landscape.
The solution to all my problems, and Shoiba's problems (Shoiba is my househelp,) and all of Debu's problems (Debu is the dude who cleans gutters in our building) is an institution called Lokpal, which has baby brothers called Lokayukta. They are completely independent of the government (like Supreme Court and Election Commission,) and no minister or bureaucrat will be able to influence their investigations. They can prosecute any corrupt official (basically anyone who 'they' think are corrupt,) and put them behind bars. But of course this is a very honorable and noble thing.
Let's create a parallel body which is arbitrarily elected, and give that body the power to undermine democracy. Oh, and the ironic part is the demand to create a bill within the Indian constitution which will undermine the constitution. Let's all beg for future annihilation of democracy and the advent of dictatorship in the world's largest democracy.
With all due respect to Mr. Hazare, who I am sure has a noble cause, I fail to understand how this bill will effect the common man. The common man doesn't have a say in this bill, and if the common man wanted to invoke his right, he had the RTI! Who judges the 'integrity' of the Lokpal members? Who guarantees that the Lokpal won't hold democracy to ransom, and send off the the cabinet to jail, replacing the same with a dictator?
I am very sure the cabinet deserves to go to jail, and the entire system is corrupt. However, creating another system to undermine the fundamental policies (re:democracy) of the country is insane. Of course the bill will get Modi and his folks back in power, who will definitely not pass the bill. And somewhere down the line this revolution will be forgotten, and we will +1 the next big 'in' thing.
Below, more blah blahs of the Lokpal bill:
The members will be selected by judges, citizens and constitutional authorities and not by politicians, through a completely transparent and participatory process. The entire functioning of Lokpal/ Lokayukta will be completely transparent. Any complaint against any officer of Lokpal shall be investigated and the officer dismissed within two months. CVC, departmental vigilance and anti-corruption branch of CBI will be merged into Lokpal. Lokpal will have complete powers and machinery to independently investigate and prosecute any officer, judge or politician. It will be the duty of the Lokpal to provide protection to those who are being victimized for raising their voice against corruption.
We need Batman. End of story.
The solution to all my problems, and Shoiba's problems (Shoiba is my househelp,) and all of Debu's problems (Debu is the dude who cleans gutters in our building) is an institution called Lokpal, which has baby brothers called Lokayukta. They are completely independent of the government (like Supreme Court and Election Commission,) and no minister or bureaucrat will be able to influence their investigations. They can prosecute any corrupt official (basically anyone who 'they' think are corrupt,) and put them behind bars. But of course this is a very honorable and noble thing.
Let's create a parallel body which is arbitrarily elected, and give that body the power to undermine democracy. Oh, and the ironic part is the demand to create a bill within the Indian constitution which will undermine the constitution. Let's all beg for future annihilation of democracy and the advent of dictatorship in the world's largest democracy.
With all due respect to Mr. Hazare, who I am sure has a noble cause, I fail to understand how this bill will effect the common man. The common man doesn't have a say in this bill, and if the common man wanted to invoke his right, he had the RTI! Who judges the 'integrity' of the Lokpal members? Who guarantees that the Lokpal won't hold democracy to ransom, and send off the the cabinet to jail, replacing the same with a dictator?
I am very sure the cabinet deserves to go to jail, and the entire system is corrupt. However, creating another system to undermine the fundamental policies (re:democracy) of the country is insane. Of course the bill will get Modi and his folks back in power, who will definitely not pass the bill. And somewhere down the line this revolution will be forgotten, and we will +1 the next big 'in' thing.
Below, more blah blahs of the Lokpal bill:
The members will be selected by judges, citizens and constitutional authorities and not by politicians, through a completely transparent and participatory process. The entire functioning of Lokpal/ Lokayukta will be completely transparent. Any complaint against any officer of Lokpal shall be investigated and the officer dismissed within two months. CVC, departmental vigilance and anti-corruption branch of CBI will be merged into Lokpal. Lokpal will have complete powers and machinery to independently investigate and prosecute any officer, judge or politician. It will be the duty of the Lokpal to provide protection to those who are being victimized for raising their voice against corruption.
We need Batman. End of story.
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Came here from Upasana's blog and read several pieces. Enjoyed them. Keep writing.
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