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....

"I went to Jail with Anna when Lokpal was to be passed.."

Got really excited today about JailBharo...Registered on jailchalo.com..Was on the 7'th cloud about being contributing something to the andolan(Other than blogging and tweeting)...But then I got a reality check...A FB friend messaged me...

"Jail Bharo!! Are you serious??(He had read my status update)...",He asked me

"Ya!!"..I said

"No one will go..."

"People will go...Many are registering...Haven't you seen?? 28984 already..",I was not liking him at all till now...

"But that is out of 1.2 billion Indians..Too low man!!"

"From when all of India started using Net..?? A very small fraction does..."

"Ya..That may be True...But all who are registered will not go...!! I am right on this..."

"Ya...That is...But some will.."

"Na..The one's who have registered will not go...Actually they will blog and tweet from their homes again..Even that day.."

After that I could not reply to him...But people were ready to go to jail the last time,I am musing...

Then it struck me again...It is the crowds that does the trick...

You may be thinking "How??"...Let me explain...

Although people say,"I don't follow the crowd...I do what I think is right..."

But the reality is people do what they 'think' the crowd is not doing...They want to be different and they want to contribute to the agitation..

I replied my friend again..."The crowd will do the trick man...And besides people want to create history here...They want to say to their children and grandchildren,"I went to Jail with Anna when Lokpal was to be passed..(That will happen...Believe me...!!)"

Bill without any 'Will'

I was stupefied by the debate that took place in LokSabha yesterday...Saw a lot of Civics lessons (Constitutional Propriety, Supremacy of the parliament and other such stuff) being taught....And came to know why India is not winning any Oscars in Acting...

Huh...!!!!

You look a little surprised....(Are you thinking,"How is that related to LokSabha??"..Read on my friend!!)...The reason is that all the wonderful actors have been lost to our dear parliament...Few men approached the well of the house(To the speaker) and demanded the reservation for Minorities in very well rehearsed slogans...And then in a matter of few hours a news flash comes up..."Cabinet has succumbed to the demand of reservation in Lokpal"...Huh!!

Have to say that was quick...Too quick to have been done in extempore...(You know the speed of our politicians right?? They have taken 42 years to bring the Lokpal bill..I would have been my happy self if they had taken at-least 42 hours to ponder through this...But that won't happen...U.P. Elections are coming..Ahem.Ahem...Yeah you are right in thinking what you are...But I did that cause I have cold...:p )

Now they didn't talk a lot about CBI yesterday...Let me tell you why...Have a look at this list...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_politicians_in_India_charged_with_corruption ...You will find an extraordinary rate of Acquittals of Ruling party...That is why CBI should come under the Lokpal(Only its Anti corruption Wing)...It will bring equality in that list(Some of ruling party and some of Non Ruling party...Same Same...And besides out Constitution guarantees "Right to equality"...So let it prevail...)

And those parliamentarians who argue that "Team Anna is dictating terms and conditions to the parliament"...Well Sweet Heart come out of illusions...They are just explaining you what is better(CBI out of Govt. clout is by commonsense better)...But the political class is just like that obstinate child who wants KismiBar even when its production has been stopped...They should come to understand that KismiBar's time is over...Ab to Bournville ka zamana hai...Give us something better than what we want...

So a prompt request to all the Great Indian Parliament...Please don't stall the parliament over petty issues...We might look foolish to you,but we are not...You cannot change our course of mind by such cheap  tactics...We want a powerful anti-corruption  Ombudsmen(Lokpal)...Give us that...

And I don't need to tell you what happens to obstinate children..Right??


(This blog is  authors personal views...And showing insensitivity to the plight of any depressed class is not the motive of this post...)