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Friday, June 17, 2011

Lokpal-Now or Never!

In last 42 yrs Lokpal Bill was revived almost as many as ten times in parliament but it could not be passed. It’s no wonder if it can't be passed this time too. But unlike on other occasions now public endeavor and enthusiasm have come to such a pass that if the bill fails to see the light of the day even this time, perhaps it'll never do it in future. It’s quite likely there would be difference of opinion between the civil society and the govt representatives but it can be sorted out through dialogues if the govt has a genuinely good intention to have a powerful bill that would truly combat corruptions in a very effective manner, otherwise a toothless and clawless bill has no meaning at all. Sometimes govt representatives suffer from ego that they're elected personalities while the members of the civil societies are not. They've spelt it out more often than not. But they should not forget the Civil society too have overwhelming popular support as was evident when Anna Hzare was continuing his fast unto death. Admittedly, Anna enjoys much more public confidence than his govt counterpart. So opinion of Anna and Civil society should get due weitage from the govt. It might sound harsh but it's true people have practically lost all confidence in the public representatives because of their inability to pass the Lokpal bill in last 42 yrs and pamper massive corruptions in high places. On the other hand, people have reposed all faith in Anna's honesty and integrity to fight against burgeoning corruptions. So if this time too Bill fails to get through people will never forgive the Govt. and a mass upsurge against corruptions will take place.

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