When India is experiencing inscrutable pain of endemic corruption in public life, the government's motive to reject a strong Lokpal Bill draft, as suggested by the civil society led by Anna Hazare, and hence table the sarkari version of the draft in the Parliament only vociferously corroborates to the fact that the UPA-II led government is sorely hoodwinking the public in the pretext of assuring a better anti-corruption draft, which, in actuality, is a bundle of safeguards for the corrupt politicians and bureaucrats. The government's version of the draft precisely excludes PMO from the purview of Lokpal by suggesting a fundamentally flawed argument that if Lokpal indicts a PM in power, the functioning of the council of ministers under the leadership of PM could be an utter disastrous for the governance, which is arguably a deliberate attempt to protect the epicenter of corruption.
In last 64 years, we have noticed that how two prime ministers of the Congress party were being entangled into high level corruption and the citizens of India just turned mute spectators of political drama that entirely telescoped the people's mandate. There is nothing indispensable in this world. If certain political parties still assume that the governance at the Centre could take a toll post impeachment of PM, then there is certainly a vested party interest in restricting PM's inclusion in the Lokpal.
Similarly, excluding MP's activities in the Parliament from the ambit of Lokpal is a clear indication of providing immunity to the conduits of corruption in public office. It's no new phenomenon in Indian Parliament that horse trading and cash for question are a legitimate practice for many MPs. However, we still live in fool's paradise by providing immunity to MPs' actions in the Parliament.
Another point of conflict here is that when maximum corruption occurs at the lower rung bureaucracy, only including top bureaucrats, which is a 0.5% of the entire government officials, in the Lokpal is only an attempt to dilute the powers of a strong Lokpal. If we analyse the effectiveness of premier central socio-economic policies such as Jawahar Rozgar Yojana and NREGA at the state level, it would be quite oxymoron to exclude the lower bureaucracy from the purview of Lokpal.
And most ironically, government's proposal to provide legal assistance to the accused for hearing even before the official chargesheet is filed by the Lokpal is a gross contradiction of a sound anti-corruption bill. This will only create enormous problems for the whistle-blowers.
If after so much public outcry against corruption, the government still takes every measure to protect corrupt people in the system, it's better not to have a toothless Lokpal. And that certainly provides enough reason for Anna and his team to burn the Lokpal draft as a reflection of their annoyance against government's decision. The government should not read this public sentiment as a contempt of Parliament. Well, Anna's call for a country-wide protest against corruption starting from August 16 will certainly force this government to think twice before passing this bill and equally interesting is how the Opposition and other political parties are engaging themselves in the Parliament to hard bargain the points proposed by the civil society. The stage is all set for a high-decibel political drama. Let's wait and watch.
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Monday, August 8, 2011
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Politics of Price Rise
Constant price rise has seriously affected the common man in India. Every year people bear the brunt of a two-digit inflation and the government shamelessly claims that they have taken every measure to curb it. While the prime minister of our country is a noted economist, the failure of the government to check the inflation only reminds us that politics always overshadows the wisdom of intellectuals. It hardly matters how powerful intellectuals take over the top job, the compulsion of politics is more important than the welfare of a nation.
So if the debate on price rise in Parliament on Wednesday was unassumingly hot, there is nothing unprecedented in it. The Opposition always looks for an opportunity to stall the parliamentary procedures, and price rise is certainly the right topic to choose from hundred others. But the problem here is that not a single political party in this country has the right think-tank to understand the problems of people. Politics has always been the facade of bad governance, and especially in India, politics is even nastier than that. So blaming a single political party will not yield any result. The problem lies somewhere which people never know.
For instance, when there is a hike in oil prices, which may be a genuine requirement because of price rise in crude oil, the Opposition makes furor over the issue by mixing other stretched imaginations that food price will affect the poor since transportation cost will sharply go up. All false arguments and distortion of facts and nothing more than that. In reality, when the oil price rises just 5-10%, the food prices rises 50-100%. So where is the logic? Isn't this a pretext to betray people by spreading wrong message?
We understand that hike in oil price has impact on transportation cost, but that's not rational to claim that x% rise in oil price will trigger a 5x% rise in food prices. These are certainly emotive issues since they impact the life of poor people in this country; however, rise in food prices has many other parameters as well which are invisible to people. For example, illegal hoarding of food grains and vegetables is a matter of apathetic bureaucratic issue, but every year this happens so infallibly that the the nexus of traders and bureaucrats almost takes the entire advantage of price rise.
So the point here that the recent uproar in Parliament on price rise is absolutely a non-issue. Rather the government should dig deeper into the unholy nexus between businessmen or traders and bureaucrats so that a sure-shot solution can be availed to the people of this country. For that we certainly need a strong Lokpal Bill as an anti-corruption solution. The government must internalize the fact that so long as the steel frame of this country is not bridled into a strong checks-and-balances act, the price rise Frankenstein will engulf the entire system.
So if the debate on price rise in Parliament on Wednesday was unassumingly hot, there is nothing unprecedented in it. The Opposition always looks for an opportunity to stall the parliamentary procedures, and price rise is certainly the right topic to choose from hundred others. But the problem here is that not a single political party in this country has the right think-tank to understand the problems of people. Politics has always been the facade of bad governance, and especially in India, politics is even nastier than that. So blaming a single political party will not yield any result. The problem lies somewhere which people never know.
For instance, when there is a hike in oil prices, which may be a genuine requirement because of price rise in crude oil, the Opposition makes furor over the issue by mixing other stretched imaginations that food price will affect the poor since transportation cost will sharply go up. All false arguments and distortion of facts and nothing more than that. In reality, when the oil price rises just 5-10%, the food prices rises 50-100%. So where is the logic? Isn't this a pretext to betray people by spreading wrong message?
We understand that hike in oil price has impact on transportation cost, but that's not rational to claim that x% rise in oil price will trigger a 5x% rise in food prices. These are certainly emotive issues since they impact the life of poor people in this country; however, rise in food prices has many other parameters as well which are invisible to people. For example, illegal hoarding of food grains and vegetables is a matter of apathetic bureaucratic issue, but every year this happens so infallibly that the the nexus of traders and bureaucrats almost takes the entire advantage of price rise.
So the point here that the recent uproar in Parliament on price rise is absolutely a non-issue. Rather the government should dig deeper into the unholy nexus between businessmen or traders and bureaucrats so that a sure-shot solution can be availed to the people of this country. For that we certainly need a strong Lokpal Bill as an anti-corruption solution. The government must internalize the fact that so long as the steel frame of this country is not bridled into a strong checks-and-balances act, the price rise Frankenstein will engulf the entire system.
Friday, July 29, 2011
A Weak Lokpal Bill, Finally!
India's romance with systemic corruption is well documented and widely known amongst global communities. According to Transparency International's report, truckers in India alone pay annually US$5 billion in bribes, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. India ranks 87th position amongst 178 countries as per the Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index. India tops the list for black money in the entire world with almost US$1456 billion in Swiss banks in the form of black money, and our politicians still believe that a strong Lokpal Bill is detrimental to the functioning of a Parliamentary democracy. Perhaps, on that sophisticated merit, the Cabinet deliberately selected the government's version of Lokpal Bill draft (to be tabled in the Parliament) in which both PM's office and judiciary will be beyond its purview. And the fun part is when the PM himself along with his four cabinet ministers – A K Anthony, Ambika Soni, Kapil Sibal, and Jairam Ramesh – argued in favour of inclusion of PM, the majority thinks otherwise.
What it precisely indicates that our cabinet has only five honest ministers including the PM who think that any rule however draconian has hardly any adverse impact on people those are thoroughly law-abiding. And that perception is justifiably true. If we look at these ministers only one thing that pops up in our mind that they are the reflection of propriety and integrity during a period of huge trust deficit. Not all people can shape themselves to a level of honesty as these five ministers have done in their public life. Well, the larger point here is what's the next course of action for the Lokpal Bill draft? Will that Bill be approved by a majority? The singular answer to that is “yes” because the majority of parliamentarians irrespective of party politics undoubtedly believe in corruption in public places and that's the reason why after 64 years of independence India is still struggling to pass out an anti-corruption bill.
Since Anna's team is not at all happy about the government's stand on Lokpal Bill draft, it's quite rational for Anna and his team along with thousands of citizens to come down to street on August 16 once again to show their solidarity against corruption. But the moot question is whether this government will listen to the coherent voice of citizens against corruption? I doubt this agitation will bring any change in the perception of government's stand again. What has been done is irreversible and can't repaired given the fact that the majority in the government desires a softer bill, not a draconian one what Anna's team perceives. If Anna goes on hunger strike on August 16, it will be another media circus. And this will lead to chaos and eventually the government will deploy its brutal force to disperse the crowd who in all probability would like to carry out peaceful protest against corruption. We must learn to live by the reality, not by the ideals.
What it precisely indicates that our cabinet has only five honest ministers including the PM who think that any rule however draconian has hardly any adverse impact on people those are thoroughly law-abiding. And that perception is justifiably true. If we look at these ministers only one thing that pops up in our mind that they are the reflection of propriety and integrity during a period of huge trust deficit. Not all people can shape themselves to a level of honesty as these five ministers have done in their public life. Well, the larger point here is what's the next course of action for the Lokpal Bill draft? Will that Bill be approved by a majority? The singular answer to that is “yes” because the majority of parliamentarians irrespective of party politics undoubtedly believe in corruption in public places and that's the reason why after 64 years of independence India is still struggling to pass out an anti-corruption bill.
Since Anna's team is not at all happy about the government's stand on Lokpal Bill draft, it's quite rational for Anna and his team along with thousands of citizens to come down to street on August 16 once again to show their solidarity against corruption. But the moot question is whether this government will listen to the coherent voice of citizens against corruption? I doubt this agitation will bring any change in the perception of government's stand again. What has been done is irreversible and can't repaired given the fact that the majority in the government desires a softer bill, not a draconian one what Anna's team perceives. If Anna goes on hunger strike on August 16, it will be another media circus. And this will lead to chaos and eventually the government will deploy its brutal force to disperse the crowd who in all probability would like to carry out peaceful protest against corruption. We must learn to live by the reality, not by the ideals.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Do we really need a Lokpal Bill?
Why India is so frenzied about drafting a draconian Lokpal Bill that some self-proclaimed protector of this nation claim this could become a panacea for all corruptions taking place in this country? Why are we so obsessed with a theory that has never practiced anywhere in other parts of the world to wipe out corruption in any form? Okay, let's stick to this proposition that we would have the toughest Lokpal Bill passed in the Parliament and soon it could be implemented. So, what's the guarantee that the people who would be in the panel of Lokpal are incorruptible? Who can in this country ascertain that the law can't be transmuted into a dangerous Frankenstein? What if the corrupt people in this country resort to newer jugglery to flounder with the legal loopholes in the law itself? There are many unanswered questions though in the ambit of architecting the severest anti-corruption law, the lawmakers may end up in a trap from where living in democracy could be synonymous to living in a fascist country. But the problem here is much deeper and complex. What we vociferously argue that corruption is systemic is even a flawed premise in a country like India where corruption is a manifestation of chronic symptoms of a genetically mutated disease that transcends generation to generation through our blood over many centuries. In a country where peons to prime ministers and from daylabourers to CEOs, everyone has his or her moment of temptation to relish the forbidden fruit of corruption, a mere law could be as farcical as spelling out an abracadabra to beguile the gullible.
Any strong law can't act as a deterrent to a lawbreaker. For a one-time or habitual lawbreaker, law of the land has any sense if he or she is insensible and doesn't possess fundamental human virtues. And specifically Indians are fundamentally devoid of virtues because of a series of anthropological reasons. Maybe, it sounds bizarre to a billion-plus hypocrites, but the truth is that we all are corrupt. As one leading television anchor puts it in a different way: “We all are naked in this bath.” That's why corruption is so rampant in India. Corruption has metamorphosed into a symbiotic attribute of Indians. Our high-flying aspirations, shortcut to fame, and quick-tricks to riches have made us insulate to the simple virtues of life. For us greed is the index of our prosperity and calibration for success. Anytime a person attempts to flirt with corruption thinks that it's like a one-night stand and can be managed within a commitment to fidelity towards spouse and then starts the danger of unbridled fission reaction. Can we transform ourselves in this war of inhibition? Can we, at least for once, refrain from this law of temptation? If we don't, no law, however draconian, in this world can prevent anybody from breaking the law of the land.
Any strong law can't act as a deterrent to a lawbreaker. For a one-time or habitual lawbreaker, law of the land has any sense if he or she is insensible and doesn't possess fundamental human virtues. And specifically Indians are fundamentally devoid of virtues because of a series of anthropological reasons. Maybe, it sounds bizarre to a billion-plus hypocrites, but the truth is that we all are corrupt. As one leading television anchor puts it in a different way: “We all are naked in this bath.” That's why corruption is so rampant in India. Corruption has metamorphosed into a symbiotic attribute of Indians. Our high-flying aspirations, shortcut to fame, and quick-tricks to riches have made us insulate to the simple virtues of life. For us greed is the index of our prosperity and calibration for success. Anytime a person attempts to flirt with corruption thinks that it's like a one-night stand and can be managed within a commitment to fidelity towards spouse and then starts the danger of unbridled fission reaction. Can we transform ourselves in this war of inhibition? Can we, at least for once, refrain from this law of temptation? If we don't, no law, however draconian, in this world can prevent anybody from breaking the law of the land.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
India is a bundle of political conspiracies
In a period when the entire country is rising against corruption, bringing in a couple of smear campaigns against Bhushans, the civil society representatives in the Lokpal Bill draft committee, to derail the anti-corruption drive could be nothing more than some conspiracies designed by specific political groups. This is a clear indication of immaturity in the conspirator group to deflect the public anger from corruption to character assassinations. Whoever behind this smear campaign are silly, moronic, and self-destructive in engaging themselves on an abortive method of hijacking the plot.
Let me explain here as how both the allegations against Bhushans are false, naive, and unsubstantial. The audio CD in which the elder Bhushan explains to another politician for roping in a judge for 4 crore rupees can be managed by his son, is sandwiched between two abstract audio samples, and hence this cant be a continuum while tapping is done. There are also other interesting drawbacks in the entire campaign. For example, when cob reporters are doing hundreds of sting operations using a spy cam effortlessly, then why this serious act of crime (as conspirators try to establish) was captured through audio only, which was a practice of 80's when visual medium was not so developed. Can anyone believe that in an advance age a mere audio CD could be gigantic enough to topple the nation wide drive against corruption? Only a stupid can trust this CD, not a person with an iota of intelligence. This audio CD is a specific reflection of how archaic our political conspirators are, they still live in 60's and 70's in their thinking capability, sometimes even they act like brainless chickens. Neither they understand the social dynamics or contemporary innovations to keep them ahead of time. After all they are the byproducts of centuries old feudal system, it will certainly take time for their genetic transformation.
The second campaign against Bhushans is related to two large farmhouse plots acquired by them at a throwaway price. I don't understand why so much hype has been generated when the ownership of plots are also been indicated by Bhushans while declaring their assets. Had they suppressed this piece of information in their declaration, then it could have been a bone of contention. And the most interesting point here is that, this is a contention among other applicants who applied for the land then, not a political debate as it has been. Even if some media are acting like PR firms in publishing unsubstantial pieces on Bhushans by the behest of some politicians, that is their standard of professionalism. The public shouldn't be distracted by such concocted stories. It's a clear caution for the public that they shouldn't lose heart and withdraw their support from a patriotic cause like anti-corruption drive. We should stand united and support the crusaders in their efforts to bring in a powerful Lokpal Bill.
Let me explain here as how both the allegations against Bhushans are false, naive, and unsubstantial. The audio CD in which the elder Bhushan explains to another politician for roping in a judge for 4 crore rupees can be managed by his son, is sandwiched between two abstract audio samples, and hence this cant be a continuum while tapping is done. There are also other interesting drawbacks in the entire campaign. For example, when cob reporters are doing hundreds of sting operations using a spy cam effortlessly, then why this serious act of crime (as conspirators try to establish) was captured through audio only, which was a practice of 80's when visual medium was not so developed. Can anyone believe that in an advance age a mere audio CD could be gigantic enough to topple the nation wide drive against corruption? Only a stupid can trust this CD, not a person with an iota of intelligence. This audio CD is a specific reflection of how archaic our political conspirators are, they still live in 60's and 70's in their thinking capability, sometimes even they act like brainless chickens. Neither they understand the social dynamics or contemporary innovations to keep them ahead of time. After all they are the byproducts of centuries old feudal system, it will certainly take time for their genetic transformation.
The second campaign against Bhushans is related to two large farmhouse plots acquired by them at a throwaway price. I don't understand why so much hype has been generated when the ownership of plots are also been indicated by Bhushans while declaring their assets. Had they suppressed this piece of information in their declaration, then it could have been a bone of contention. And the most interesting point here is that, this is a contention among other applicants who applied for the land then, not a political debate as it has been. Even if some media are acting like PR firms in publishing unsubstantial pieces on Bhushans by the behest of some politicians, that is their standard of professionalism. The public shouldn't be distracted by such concocted stories. It's a clear caution for the public that they shouldn't lose heart and withdraw their support from a patriotic cause like anti-corruption drive. We should stand united and support the crusaders in their efforts to bring in a powerful Lokpal Bill.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Why corruption is rampant in India?
If politicians and bureaucrats of India think corruption is their legitimate right and they can stash up black money in Swiss Bank to a mind-boggling scale of $1456 billion, higher than the combined black money of other nations, and still expect the citizens of this country will sit back and praise their act of grafting, then they are in a serious delusion. People will rise, protest, and upsurge to fight back corruption in whatever form. The recent country-wide movement against corruption spearheaded by Anna Hazare and supported by public is a result of incessant complacency of law makers of this country in curbing corruption. The citizens of this country are not subjects of a feudal monarchy who would blindly support any wrong act and could not dare to show their spiraling frustrations oozing out from the suppressed informed cognizance. If some pseudo intellectuals in media circus and some politicians brand this act of movement as blackmailing the democracy, probably they need to go back to school to complete their understanding about functioning democracy. A biased version of argument doesn't tantamount the merit of the premise. No protesters who did participate in the crusade against corruption would like to hijack the soul of democracy. Every citizen of this country knows well the benefits of democracy and pursue his or her aspiration to help functioning of it in the most effective manner. If one could minutely analyze the essence of this recent movement, from any angle, it would look like a conspicuous collective consciousness of like minded citizens to voice against the systemic corruption, which has affected their daily life seriously. We shouldn't paint this act of genuine revolution as anti-democratic or blackmailing the government.
After 64 years of independence, India doesn't even have a comprehensive law to tackle the systemic corruption. A Lokpal Bill that was placed before the Parliament 42 years ago has been stalled by successive governments in all these years. It seems no political party in this country is genuinely uncorrupted. Had it been the contrary, our country could have an anti-corruption bill well in place, and the recent movement could hardly been experienced or observed. The most ironic incident is that VP Singh who won the elections by exposing Rajiv Gandhi's involvement in the Bofors scam even couldn't able to pass that bill in the Parliament. The visible fear psychosis of politicians is an indication of the fact that corruption in our country is not bottom-up, rather top-down. A couple of uncorrupted parliamentarians cant check the elephantine corruptions in this country. It requires inclusive and cohesive efforts of law makers and citizens at large to ensure a corruption-free country. If some politicians think that a powerful Lokpal Bill could be a significant degeneration of their sovereign power in looting public money, it's better they should leave politics and do whatever they want to do, India doesn't needs them. What's essential now is a progressive, transparent, accountable, and corruption-free political leadership at the helm of affairs delivering the results as desired by the citizens of this country.
After 64 years of independence, India doesn't even have a comprehensive law to tackle the systemic corruption. A Lokpal Bill that was placed before the Parliament 42 years ago has been stalled by successive governments in all these years. It seems no political party in this country is genuinely uncorrupted. Had it been the contrary, our country could have an anti-corruption bill well in place, and the recent movement could hardly been experienced or observed. The most ironic incident is that VP Singh who won the elections by exposing Rajiv Gandhi's involvement in the Bofors scam even couldn't able to pass that bill in the Parliament. The visible fear psychosis of politicians is an indication of the fact that corruption in our country is not bottom-up, rather top-down. A couple of uncorrupted parliamentarians cant check the elephantine corruptions in this country. It requires inclusive and cohesive efforts of law makers and citizens at large to ensure a corruption-free country. If some politicians think that a powerful Lokpal Bill could be a significant degeneration of their sovereign power in looting public money, it's better they should leave politics and do whatever they want to do, India doesn't needs them. What's essential now is a progressive, transparent, accountable, and corruption-free political leadership at the helm of affairs delivering the results as desired by the citizens of this country.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Victory of people
There are times when citizens of a nation rise above the individual conviction, it becomes a collective consciousness, a mass sentiment, a universal perception in driving the human solidarity for a mission towards creating the history. This time it's the crusade against corruption. And the people of India from all sections of society have proved that the state supremacy defined by a wagon of selective elites of this country can't downplay the sovereign power of people in a democratic setup. Finally, the people of the largest democratic country have won a war against corruption by initiating a starting point by shaking the government to bow down to the public pressure that the so called Lok Pal bill which was first initiated during 1966 and put in the Parliament in 1968 for approval, but for some reasons it was not passed then and even by successive governments in last 42 years, has finally taking a historic move with an unprecedented decision in democratic governance. A history is created. And the entire credit goes to those people across the country who overwhelmingly supported Anna Hazare in this incredible journey to support the crusade against corruption. It's the single biggest victory of people after Independence. Undoubtedly, India has witnessed the power of revolution, a revolution that can even bend the toughest power block, as we have seen here, specifically in this fight against corruption, which erupted from a decision by Anna Hazare's fasting unto death, and eventually the people of India joined the movement to take it forward. If it's a historic call by Anna Hazare, the people of India have responded to it overwhelming. This is a triumph of Anna Hazare, and this is a victory of people. Long live the spirit of citizens.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
The citadel is crumbling
Enough is enough now. Perhaps this is what everybody in civil society has started feeling off late. The surging corruption in politics and bureaucracy has crossed the limit of human tolerance. If the recent scams in 2G, CWG, Adarsh Housing Society, land acquisition, and mine leasing are any indicator of the degree of collective corruption in a democratic setup, then it's time now to overhaul the entire democratic process that fuels the endemic corruption.
Now that the young India is joining Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement, the government is not only stirred or shaken, it's started crumbling. The tsunami of revolution is so powerful that one of the panel members, Sharad Pawar, has been forced to quit from GoM that is looking into Lokpal Bill. This is just the beginning of the uprising. The way the netizens are united over the corruption row, it seems the fire will wipe out the existence of this government.
Let's understand why Anna Hazare is opposing the content of this bill. Primarily, the proposed Lokpal bill, much touted as anti-corruption bill, is just another bullshit. The bill that proposes a panel to look into the corrupt practices of politicians including the prime minister contains a number of inherent flaws. The panel doesn't even have the capability to initiate an action suo motu. It's merely an advisory body and can give only recommendations, not execute any action. Moreover, it doesn't include the real bad guys of democracy, the bureaucrats, who are the epicenter of all corruptions. The nexus is always designed by the bureaucrats, they are the pimps who make all the deals between politicians and businessmen. And this bill has waived them off. Sounds ridiculous? True. When trillions of rupees are embezzled in various corruptions, the government is making a mockery of the democracy by initiating another bill, which can't even sting, forget about biting.
If the government thinks the erupting nation-wide anti-corruption movement will die down eventually, like any other movement, then it's gambling on the wrong block. This movement seems will shape into the vigour of another Jasmine revolution that has engulfed the entire Arab world. Long live the movement.
Now that the young India is joining Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement, the government is not only stirred or shaken, it's started crumbling. The tsunami of revolution is so powerful that one of the panel members, Sharad Pawar, has been forced to quit from GoM that is looking into Lokpal Bill. This is just the beginning of the uprising. The way the netizens are united over the corruption row, it seems the fire will wipe out the existence of this government.
Let's understand why Anna Hazare is opposing the content of this bill. Primarily, the proposed Lokpal bill, much touted as anti-corruption bill, is just another bullshit. The bill that proposes a panel to look into the corrupt practices of politicians including the prime minister contains a number of inherent flaws. The panel doesn't even have the capability to initiate an action suo motu. It's merely an advisory body and can give only recommendations, not execute any action. Moreover, it doesn't include the real bad guys of democracy, the bureaucrats, who are the epicenter of all corruptions. The nexus is always designed by the bureaucrats, they are the pimps who make all the deals between politicians and businessmen. And this bill has waived them off. Sounds ridiculous? True. When trillions of rupees are embezzled in various corruptions, the government is making a mockery of the democracy by initiating another bill, which can't even sting, forget about biting.
If the government thinks the erupting nation-wide anti-corruption movement will die down eventually, like any other movement, then it's gambling on the wrong block. This movement seems will shape into the vigour of another Jasmine revolution that has engulfed the entire Arab world. Long live the movement.
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