Jan Lokpal movement

[Capt Manoj Singh]

This post serves to address the few points made by Savithri ji and others.



[quote name='Savithri' date='29 August 2011 - 02:27 AM' timestamp='1314580756' post='112637']



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I myself have shared your glee in congratulating Anna, not as his fan but giving my reasons./quote]



My post congratulating 'Team Anna' was an expression of joy not glee as you have mentioned as I do not, in anyway, stand to directly benefit out of victory of anti-corruption crusaders in India. I am neither a fan nor a great follower of Anna either however do believe in the good old poetic justice system of victory of the good over the evil. And Anna's Team without any shadow of doubt represents the good. Crores of Anna's supporters cannot be all wrong in their judgement.



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So I posted the fact that someone has obtained the information under the RTI and obtained the fact that it had received funding from various sources, including the controversial Michigan (United States)-based Ford Foundation.

How can you be so sure it is not another indirect smear campaign lead by the UPA Government?



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Sir, did it occur to you to question as to why would Ford Foundation finance someone in India and what is its motive and benefit in such funding? You clearly did not.

That comes much later. How can you be sure about the veracity of the information in the first place. I can give you at least a dozen links to write-ups and videos highlighting the extent of corruption and deceit in the Congress.



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So was the reason for my posting that referred to Sandhya Jain's article: "Lokpal: A neo-con leech". I was hoping it would enlighten you on what you missed.

I do much appreciate your concerns, however, would like to draw your attention to the following. We Indians have basically become a dis-trusting lot, because of an over exposure to corruption and lies published almost daily in the media and experienced in the Society. So much so, if Lord Krishna walked on the streets we will treat him with distrust and doubt!



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Now you are advising the readers that it is a smear campaign and they should treat this with caution. This is quite unfortunate. However, you indeed have the right to caution others standing by your point of view however faulty it is. So much so I too would like to inform people to NOT get carried away by appearance but know the actors and their motives.

You are as much entitled to your opinion as much as I am. However, I can only ask you to have some faith and trust on the 74-year old Gandhian who is spearheading the campaign for a better India.



So here is another article that I would like people including you to read:



[url="http://janamejayan.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/anna-hazare%e2%80%99s-jan-lokpal-a-puppet-on-a-string/"][size="5"]Anna Hazare’s Jan LokPal: A Puppet on a string?[/size][/url]

A real anti-corruption movement should seek to provide autonomy to the enforcement agencies to go after the corrupt, so that lack of political will does not hamper investigations and convictions. Team Anna has been silent on this and this is worrying.

Is it really true? On the contrary, I think that the 'Team Anna' is demanding for a fairly autonomous body to deal with corruption at all levels be it the parliament or the judiciary.

However well-meaning the intentions of Jan Lokpal draft bill may be, undermining Parliament’s legislative powers is unacceptable.

I think the parliamentarians should be glad that the civil unrest has been entirely peaceful given the levels of corruption the country has seen witnessed in recent times. I remember reading elsewhere in this forum and others that it runs to several billions of Dollars. Parliament represents nothing but an epitome of corruption to the vast majority of Indians and nothing but Annarchy could have moved them do some good for the country for a change.

Never before has India seen so many powerful netas, babus and corporate leaders crowded in the damp cells of Tihar Jail for corruption.

We all know that the money that is siphoned out of the country by the corrupt politicians is never returned. Does imprisonment make good the loss to the country?

[quote]Anna’s fixation in passing his pet Jan Lokpal bill reminds me of a puppet on a string.[b]

Even for a moment we were to go with the analogy he would a smaller puppet than Shri Manmohan Singh ji who tows the rope of Ms Sonia Gandhi and Rahul. Besides this puppet has successfully unified the country and focussed its attention on the annihilation of corruption through peaceful yet unfaltering methods.

[b]तात्पर्य यह है कि जब तक मनुष्य की “नीयत” नहीं बदलती, तब तक जनलोकपाल का “बाप” भी कुछ नहीं कर सकता।

Couldn't agree with it more. Jan Lok Pal movement is an awakening process and the road towards corrupt free India is indeed a treacherous one that requires honest intentions. Doubting the movement or the intentions of the people who lead it will not help the country.