Tackling corruption requires economic reforms and a popular re-engagement with electoral politics. We should shun the politics of hunger strikes. The idea of a ‘Jan Lok Pal’ is flawed and profoundly misunderstands the causes and solutions of corruption in India. It seeks to create another chunk of Government, more processes and rules, to solve a problem that, in part, exists because of too many chunks of Government, too many processes and...
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Breaching citadels by Harsh Mander
That accountability is vital in a democracy was reinforced at a National Convention of the National Campaign for the People's Right to Information held in Shillong recently… If governments do not investigate corruption, people should have the right and power to do so themselves. When the idea of a people's legal right to information took initial shape in the dusty villages of Rajasthan nearly two decades ago amidst people's struggles for...
More »Lokpal bill in monsoon session, fast track courts for corruption cases
Government will introduce the Lokpal Bill during the monsoon session of Parliament, and once passed, corruption cases will be handled by fast track courts for speedy disposal, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ashwini Kumar on Saturday said. Describing corruption as a "national issue" and not the concern of just an individual or any political party, Kumar told reporters here that the government's accountability and responsibility would increase with the passage...
More »Hunger strike the Hazare way by Binita Jaiswal
Even as Indians across the nation and the world are drumming up support for Anna Hazare's hunger strike against corruption, a small farmer of Pahanga gram panchayat under Niali block has resorted to the same path to get justice. The 56-year-old farmer, Bhramara Ojha, sat on hunger strike outside the collector's office on Friday demanding payment of his due wages for work he did under the NREGA scheme. The farmer alleged...
More »Give up fast, your views will get full attention: Sonia
Draft proposed by the Government of India is inadequate and will not serve the purpose, says CPI(M); BJP agrees and disagrees with HazareAs support to the agitation by veteran social activist Anna Hazare in favour of ‘Jan Lokpal Bill' gathered momentum, Congress president and the Chairperson of the National Advisory Council (NAC) Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said his views would receive the ‘full attention' of the government and appealed to...
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