Anna Hazare - eminent social activist from India with a spotlessly clean image has parked himself in Jantar Mantar in Delhi on an fast to death in favor of the Jan LokPal Bill, a new law drafted by civil society to combat the rising menance of corruption.
The government's answer to this is to appoint a committee of ministers to look into drafting an anti-corruptio bill. The same ministers who are involved in scams worth millions if not billions of dollars. The tipping point is the absolute insistence of the government that the civil society or the people cannot draft a law. The watered down version of the government's ani-corruption bill called the LokPal bill is nothing but a sham.
The punitive policies under this bill is a minimum of 6 months and a maximum of 5 years of imprisonment for the corrupt officials. Also the sticking point is that the investigation will be completely done by the government officials themselves.
The Jan LokPal Bill on the other hand calls for an independant LokPals in the central level & LokaYukta's @ state level. The turnaround time for any case will not be more than 2 years with a minimum sentence of 5 years & a maximum of life imprisonment with confistication of assests for the convicted person. This offers a effective deterent to corruption.
More about the Jan Lok Pal Bill & the government's bill can be found here.
With the movement against corruption gathering momemtum it's time the citizens of the country stood up for what they believe is right and make educated decisions.
People strongly reacted to Politicians trying to cash in on the movement by hecking Uma Bharti & Om Prakash Chautala who tried to garner some sympathy. This was the reaction by the people to politicos
Demonstrators said they do not want tainted politicians to try and piggyback on Mr hazare's movement, which has evoked a massive reaction across India. Read More here.
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The government's answer to this is to appoint a committee of ministers to look into drafting an anti-corruptio bill. The same ministers who are involved in scams worth millions if not billions of dollars. The tipping point is the absolute insistence of the government that the civil society or the people cannot draft a law. The watered down version of the government's ani-corruption bill called the LokPal bill is nothing but a sham.
The punitive policies under this bill is a minimum of 6 months and a maximum of 5 years of imprisonment for the corrupt officials. Also the sticking point is that the investigation will be completely done by the government officials themselves.
The Jan LokPal Bill on the other hand calls for an independant LokPals in the central level & LokaYukta's @ state level. The turnaround time for any case will not be more than 2 years with a minimum sentence of 5 years & a maximum of life imprisonment with confistication of assests for the convicted person. This offers a effective deterent to corruption.
More about the Jan Lok Pal Bill & the government's bill can be found here.
With the movement against corruption gathering momemtum it's time the citizens of the country stood up for what they believe is right and make educated decisions.
People strongly reacted to Politicians trying to cash in on the movement by hecking Uma Bharti & Om Prakash Chautala who tried to garner some sympathy. This was the reaction by the people to politicos
Demonstrators said they do not want tainted politicians to try and piggyback on Mr hazare's movement, which has evoked a massive reaction across India. Read More here.
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Corruption in India:
- Independent Bribery Survey Report (KPMG Group)
- Corruption 'threatens India's economic growth' (BBC News Report)
- Indian activist Anna Hazare's fast gathers momentum (BBC News Report)
- Aamir Khan's letter to PM (NDTV.com)
- Aamir Khan's letter to Anna Hazare (NDTV.com)
- Anna vows to 'fight to the finish' (Timenow.tv)
- Massive response to Anna's fight against corruption (Timesnow.tv)
- 'Jittery' politicians back Anna's fight (Timesnow.tv)
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