"Anna’s struggle for Lokpal should be seen on this background, not just with the microscope to examine the minutia of the Jan Lokpal Bill. It needs to be observed and understood through the telescope, looking at the totality of the Indian political canvas. It is actually not simply a fight to choose either the Jan Lokpal or the government draft for Lokpal. It is a fight between civil society demanding unprecedented accountability from the power elites of India - who are refusing to accept this accountability."
"What should be a constructive and trustful dialogue has degenerated into a suicidal conflict. All political parties are either clearly against creating this full accountability, or are at best are ambiguous about imposing it.:
Three basic assumptions of the realities of politics : First, the politicians are not in power for serving the people, they are in power to increase and perpetuate their own power.
Second, they will not do anything to pass any law, or take any executive initiative, unless it is clearly to their own benefit (possibly also including their party at times).
Third, every initiative they do take, whether administrative or legislative, will be couched as if it for the benefit of the people, and for the service of the society. Better still if it can be claimed to be for the protection of the weak, the downtrodden, the minorities and the oppressed – whether or not it actually is so.
There is also the fourth unwritten rule. They do not take seriously anyone or any suggestion, no matter how logical, how beneficial to the nation, how ethically correct - If it comes from someone who is not part of the political system, and who is just simply a well meaning citizen. They consider them to be irrelevant, no good do gooders. The fact is they know what to do and how to do it. If they don’t do it, it is because it does not suit their political aim.
"On the other hand corruption flows from the top to the bottom, the money flows from the bottom to the top. It is this apex that Anna say he wants to make answerable. "
"I am aware that there are those who condemn Narendra Modi as being responsible for the ghastly riots that occurred in Gujarat post the Godhra massacre. Also there are those who think that Nitish Kumar the leader of Bihar is no saint. Be that as it may, the fact remains that they are by any standard, seen to be among the providers of cleanest administrations in India, having brought rampaging corruption under control."
"Will the Jan Lokpal Bill of Anna Hazare variety remove all corruption, acting like a magic wand. Or would the government sponsored Lokpal bill, (popularly derided as Jokepal bill), achieve cleansing of the society in total. The answer to both questions is – it is not easily possible. Why then the Lokpal. The answer is that the people who rule this country, the people who control this country, the people who exploit (or enable to exploit) the economic fruit of this country, have to be made accountable. I am sure this is what Anna wants, though some people on the fringes of the agitation he is leading may have some other agendas."
"There is ample evidence to believe that the bulk of the politicians and bureaucrats who rule our country - do not want a change in the status quo.They are not acting in the spirit of settlement to find a solution to establish accountability. Their aim is to reduce the risk to the status quo."
"Let us not forget the twin concepts of Riti and Niti. Riti is the established practice before which even the King had to bow. He always had the obligation to stay within it. And Niti, the ethic, by which things have to happen. These were sacrosanct. Those in parliament cannot legislate for their own protection or aggrandizement. They must exercise their judgment -- as honourable people, acting in the interest of the society. The argument that nobody can dictate to the parliament, is a fallacious argument. "
"One hears from very learned lawyers, both outside and inside the government, who speak of the supremacy of parliament and of the right of only the Parliament to decide what any law should be. Aap kis muh se parliamentary democracy ki baat karte ho, jab aap sir se pair tak ji-hazuree me lipt ho ? which party today (barring exceptions), practices inner party democracy ? "
"The British left India and the Maharajas gave up their kingdoms not because they became suddenly kind hearted. Today’s India has changed beyond recognition. The aware and empowered people cannot be taken for granted. Let us hope the political processes in our country catch up with peoples aspirations."
“We the people” have given our country the Constitution. The Parliament, the President, the Judiciary, the Prime Minister, indeed the full Government are mere creatures of the Constitution. The people are supreme. The dictat of the people, as articulated by Anna, is an earnest message to the parliamentarians – “Expose yourself to the demand for accountability, or else….”
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