Thursday, April 7, 2011
revolution against corruption
The amazing responseto the movement to expedite legislation on Lokpal bill, spearheaded by renowned social activist, Anna Hazare is indeed a welcome development given the present alarming rate of corruption in our system.While the support from all sections of the society is a pointer that the rot of corruption is a matter of concern to all of us but another vital issue is that merely bringing about legislation to set up Lokpal may not prove to be panacea for all ills in our democratic machinery which has flourished over the decades.It is well known that the institution of Lok Ayukta in the states has not achieved the desired results and in some states has even proved to be a non starter.While it would be need of the hour to bring about requisite legislation to set up effective institution of Lokpal at the earliest after taking the views of all sections of the society but the public at large has to continue to be vigilant so as to ensure that existing agencies dealing with eradication of corruption are allowed to function impartially and independently.It is generally observed that the influential persons manage to go scot free by misusing the government machinery.It is high time that deployment ,punishment and control of investigating agencies is taken out of control of political and administrative superiors so as to avoid the possibility of misuse by way of uncalled for interference and influence.People of this country have to maintain this spirit so that persons in positions are kept under constant watch and scare with the active and constructive involevement om media...
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