The lone Indian activist on the 2011 TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, Aruna Roy has been more successful than most, when it comes to getting the government’s attention. The Chennai-born former bureaucrat who was an instrumental force behind the revolutionary Right to Information Act has also been credited by the government for “incorporating strong citizen entitlements” in the ambitious National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). A constant...
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The saga of the Lokpal Bill by Prashant Bhushan
The drama in the Rajya Sabha showed that the UPA government was not willing to go even by the will of Parliament. This gives rise to fundamental questions about the functioning of Indian democracy. The year 2011 will be remembered in India as the year of the campaign against corruption and for the Jan Lokpal Bill. The campaign began in January 2011 in the backdrop of the publicity that accompanied the...
More »Amartya Sen opposes harsh anti-graft measures
-The Hindu Business Line Even as the blame game over the midnight bedlam in Parliament over the Lokpal Bill continues, Nobel Laureate Prof. Amartya Sen on Monday said the issue of corruption should be solved within the “structure of democracy” according to the “rule of law”. “Corruption is a huge issue in India, and it has been so for long. The importance of corruption elimination is a part of this movement,” Prof....
More »Lokpal Bill will remain alive till end of current Lok Sabha term
-The Hindu Rajya Sabha can vote on the proposed law it if is brought in the budget session With the government asserting its intention to take up the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011 for passage during the budget session of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha would have the opportunity to vote on the proposed legislation. As per procedure, the government can bring forward the Bill before the House by mentioning it in the List...
More »Bombay HC experience to serve well for Team Anna that never took no for an answer by Dhananjay Mahapatra
India Against Corruption' spearheaded by Anna Hazare achieved spectacular success in harnessing public anger against corruption and converted it into perceived movement to drive home the seriousness behind their demand for Lokpal. Anna's 97-hour-long fast at Jantar Mantar in April forced the polity and political parties to admit the need for urgent legislative measures to assuage the public, who had now found a perfect icon in Anna to vent their frustration...
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