29 December 2011

The Weak Lokpal: A footstep as a start of a mountain of reforms

Lokpal Bill has been passed in the Lok Sabha...The bill has some problems,But I am sure you know that...And I am obviously not here to highlight those...I am here with something much more important..Something that we have been able to ignore...A Lokpal is here...And people know it is here...People are gonna hear to everything that ever comes in relation of a Lokpal...And that is very important...Corruption will be slightly altered by this..I say slightly because of various reasons...

The first is that it is a first step..We are here at the footsteps of the huge mountain of reforms that is in front of us...This mountain may seem too huge to you,And the footstep too small...But remember it is still a footstep...!! And that has come after creating such Hue and Cry..After creating such political flutter...After so many fasts by Anna Hazare...You may be fed by news papers right now that his clout is on a steep fall...But his clout is alright...And he is the reason we have this 'weak Lokpal Bill'...Next elections in 2014 the improvement into this bill will be in the Manifesto of the Political Parties...NO Doubt...

Now the Low Turnout at MMDRA is much talked about...The low turnout in this fasting season was so due to three main reasons..."Winters are here!!!"...Yeah ,"Surprise!!Surprise!!"...Although it may be not snowing out here at Mumbai,But it is winter alright...The second reason is that this time the fast started on a normal working day...Yes...This is quite different from what has happened on the previous instances...And the third is that people think that a Lokpal is being tabled in the Parliament...The believe is if the parliament is discussing something then it is just not worth it...And that has in a lot of way helped the ruling Congress government...It has reduced the numbers and has helped the government get a fallacious believe that Anna has lost his credibility...And I have not seen many news reporters highlight this...They seemed most of the time the government way...Well the credibility of the UPA has fallen drastically...That I am sure of...It will be visible in the UP elections...NO DOUBT...

Now coming back to the passing of the bill...Walkout by BSP,SP and RJD to show there boycott for the 'Weak Lokpal Bill' was a farce...It was a well planned move...BSP and SP both cannot afford to vote for this bill...They cannot go out in UP elections and tell that they supported a bill which Anna was opposing...So they played a master move ....They 'protested' a walkout...Saanp bhi margaya aur Laathi bhi nahi tooti...The bill was passed because of this...(Else government would have been quashed had they voted against the motion instead of a walkout..)...And they got a weak bill(which they obviously wanted...Without a 'CBI'...) without their getting credit for the same...Well the response of the Netaji(Mulayam Singh) was the most interesting...He said when asked by the reporters the reason for the walkout...First he replied,"Don't you know why we did a walkout??" ...After being pressed further he said,"I will tell you afterwards about it..."...Now that is a very lame....

And coming to RJD...I don't need to say anything on the purpose...You know how it is with Lalu Prasad Yadav Ji...Right??

And Yes...Rajya Sabha is still to pass the bill...People will debate...Amendments will come...And Govt. has to get the numbers in the Rajya Sabha...Lets see what happens... :)..And Annaji is unwell...May god give him good health and a long life...He has many more battles to fight...JAI HIND....



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