Redefining The Lokpal

Like most of the concerned citizen I have also been watching Parliament session to pass Lokpal bill. After hearing most of the members, got confused with some of the terms.

1. Strong and effective (Lokpal):- Strong is no longer strong and effective is very in-effective.

2. Lokpal Bill:- as per most of the political parties it’s an illusion or myth

3. Sense of the House: - Senseless people in the House or Non-sense of the House created by same people.

4. Debate:- is no longer restricted to dialogue rather it’s Tu-Tu-Mein-Mein and clashing of ego’s and settling old grievances

5. Parliament members are more concerned about what goes in to the record rather than striking cord with common man’s day-to-day problems and worries.

There is also doubt in my mind, with the high level hindi language most of the members are using to deliver their speech, which was even difficult to understand for person like me, how well could Madam Sonia grasp it? The Yuvaraj of Congress - Mr. Rahul also not in action during that debate. I just wonder when India will have the leader who will lead from the front and not hide behind the ‘think tank’ or ‘core committee’. I fail to understand even after most of the country watched the debate and contribution of Rahul in it; still consider Rahul as future Prime Minister and Sonia as next to Bharat-Mata?

Most highlight point was Honorable Prime Ministers speech; it was really a ‘farewell’ speech. With same monotonous tone and backed with zero enthusiasm. The less said about it is better.

Talking about other parties, the worry is when will we have a strong opposition party? Currently we are in a situation in which neither ruling party is willing to drive us nor is opposition positive in approach to guide us.

Anna’s agitation in Mumbai also raised few questions; where was the Famous Mumbai Spirit? Is it kept on hold for 31st Dec? But even in Delhi it received with similar response, so either the timing was wrong or the agitation lost majority peoples sentiments.

My friend has said after seeing Anna’s pale face during his August 288 days Fast, he will think multiple times before voting for ruling party. Let us keep that in our mind as well. Before we vote for any party, please do remember their real faces and actual motive which we saw during Parliament session. It’s time to show them that though the laws are not passed on streets, they still need to deserve our votes during elections time.

-Shashank

Angry Indians

Angry Indians

After recent assault on Mr.Sharad Pawar, the most common reaction was; 'motive was correct but not the measure'. With media taking the assaulters interview and obviously no one will miss this opportunity to explain their deeds. And as usual political parties still being ignorant of real burning issues blame each other for it. I was wondering why we Indians are frequently forced to take these types of extreme measures. Never the less whether will these acts solve the real issues?

The more serious aspect is how to make sure our politicians are accountable to the work they are doing. With this thought i started thinking how to ensure that these politicians get the real message (without being violent). There are few points which i can think of:

Boycott the rallies, award functions any other ceremony for that matter where these politicians are given the center chair. Now a days we are becoming so insensitive that we call our politician to grace the occasion and these people in turn give us gyan. I remember one (corrupt) leader being invited for some teachers function, was kept on talking how to be a good teacher and lead a noble life. And as a teacher what you should avoid etc. And to my surprise all the people gathered there were listening quietly, no one raised the question (even after the function) that with what right the gentleman can say these type of words, when he himself is neck down in the mud. I can understand that most of the politicians have no moralities left in them, but what about the general public? Why they are encouraging such behavior?

If possible show them black flags and shut anti-slogans when they are in public domain. I agree that these people are tuff nut to crack, but at least it might have influence on 2-3 out of 10.

Making a group of like-minded people, with this we will have more power and more fear in eyes of our rulers.

One thing for sure, never allow region, caste politics in it. What I mean is, please don’t support the corrupt politician even if he belongs to your region, caste, locality etc. This way these leaders will get a strong message.

Do we also need a revolution like our Muslim brotherhood?

Where is Team Anna? This is a perfect time to strike. Stage is already being set. They only have to deliver.

These politicians should think multiple times before attending a function. They should actually fear the common man’s sentiments and the long term impact it has.

Somehow i think the attacker must be a huge Sunny Deol fan, as his actions and words were on Sunny's filmy tune. With this i remember one dialogue of his movie Ghayal (scene: cop slaps one college student in front of our hero), with slight modification we can say that; 'Ek din yeh-HI anger, kranti ka sailab ban-ke is desh ke saa-RE ganDa-Gi Ba-hA le ja-ye ga'.

-Shashank