First the antics of Kiran Bedi whose immature behavior and intemperate language has nearly ruined the talks with the Government on the sticky points of Citizen’s Charter,Central and State Lokpal and the coverage of all Government servants in the Bill.
Then Kejriwal’s inflaming video speech .
Rightly Anna has avoided them ,though they are sincere ,they come out as immature in negotiations and are impulsive to play to the Gallery.
He can handle negotiations better with his rustic common sense.
Swami Agnivesh, regarded as one of the key members of Team Anna is in the centre of controversy now for his alleged video which has sparked off a row across the web community.
The video clip shows Swami Agnivesh betraying Team Anna, and telling union minister Kapil Sibal that Team Anna is a ‘mad and misguided elephant’. He was allegedly favouring the government in the teleconference instead of defending Team Anna.
“Despite the government giving so many offers, why is he still not accepting it? The team is crossing the limits and trying to sit on the government’s head, which is not tolerable,” he said to Kapil Sibal, which was caught on camera.
But Swami Agnivesh has come out strongly against the allegation, and has said that the webclip is totally doctored. “I never had any such teleconference with Kapil Sibal. You can check my mobile number or even Kapil Sibal’s number to confirm whether we really had any such phone calls. This is an effort to malign me, nothing else,” he lashed.
Orchestrated voices are calling Rahul into the Cabinet.
‘Congress General Secretary, Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said that Rahul Gandhi was now a mature person with sound political instincts, and can become the Prime Minister.
“I think it is time that Rahul can become the Prime Minister,” Singh said, talking to PTI.
“Rahul is now 40 and he has been working for the party for the last seven to eight years,” Singh said.
The scion of Gandhi family had the right qualities, instincts and experience to take up the mantle of the prime minister-ship now, Singh said.’
Manmohan Singh is being dragged into 2 G scam through well planned leaks of leaks.( I have published some of the documents in my last blog’2G Manmohan Singh knew all’)
Official defense by the Congress party of Manmohan Singh is very weak and low.
Manmohan Singh was exposed as a weak PM ( as though he were not one before) during the current Anna Hazare Fast.
Rahul Gandhi comes out with the proposal of Constitutional Amendment,not Pranab Muherjee ,not Chidambaram not Manmohan Singh.
As soon as he comes out with this proposal,Congress strikes a conciliatory note and offers a truce to Anna Hazare Movement.
Now Sonia is ill.
What better tome to bring in Rahul Gandhi,with limited ,yet sufficient time for next General Elections, by projecting Rahul Gandhi as the PM, who has solved the tricky issue of Corruption?
Anna Hazare has done a great job in pressuring the Government the way he did, albeit he was about to carry his act to the extreme thereby paving the way for the Government to wiggle out.
On the other hand the Government did well to accede to his point that Citizen’s Charter with timeline( which l advocate in my earlier Blog
(‘Citizen’s Charter defining Time Frame for tasks in Public offices.
Team Anna is Right and the Government should fix the time frame and agree on a fine, which can be deducted from the salary of who handle these files.
The Government is silent on the modalities which was a bone of contention between the Government and Team Anna.
(my view
The Government is correct in stating that the States have to establish Loayuktas wherever they are not and the Central Government has to await the States Compliance as ours is federal setup.
Alternately the entire Bill has to be made as a constitutional Amendment and even in that case the time factor shall be there, that is, it can not be done right within the session of the Parliament.
Team Anna has to heed to established norms.
They may indicate to the Public the time factor involved taking into account these factors and probably announce a probable date for completion of this process.
As far as bringing in all the employees under Lokpal(including the lower cadre),this involves about 40 lakhs of Employees and it will require a massive structure to administer Lokpal at this level.
The lower cadre corruption may be tackled by the existing Laws themselves;if warranted, the department/Department head may be impleaded as the co-respondent.)
Lokpal will be set up at the Center and States-No time frame mentioned.
Finally Anna and Team have agreed to referring their demands being referred to the Standing Committee.
Any Bill of this importance has to be referred to the Standing committee ,which, then has to invite opinions from the Public, incorporate them and present the Draft Bill in the Parliament.
I fail to understand why Anna Hazare and his team are objecting to this procedure, especially they have with them Bhushan Duo and Santosh Hegde, who know law.
The Government is right in asserting this point.’)
It is a win for all where both sides must trust each other.
If the Government reneges the agreement, it will have disastrous consequences for the Congress party and the Nation.
For the time being Congress seems to have emerged unscathed.
Disappointing is the show of Opposition parties, especially the BJP, which was not assertive enough on this issue and seemed to be in two minds as to whom to support despite soundbites on TV.
‘ Both Houses of Parliament on Saturday passed a resolution conveying the sense of the House on the Lokpal Bill, paving the way forAnna Hazare to break his fast. …..
‘However, the sticking point remained over the contentious issue of referring the Jan Lokpal Bill to the Standing Committee of Parliament, an offer made by Singh in a letter to Hazare, and rejected by Hazare’s team during the discussions.’
Any Bill of this importance has to be referred to the Standing committee ,which, then has to invite opinions from the Public, incorporate them and present the Draft Bill in the Parliament.
I fail to understand why Anna Hazare and his team are objecting to this procedure, especially they have with them Bhushan Duo and Santosh Hegde, who know law.
The Government is right in asserting this point.
‘With regard to bringing higher judiciary under the Lokpal, Kejriwal said the government had promised to bring a separate law. The team Hazare wanted that bill be shown to them and passed along with the Lokpal Bill.’
The same procedure has to be followed as in the last point.
They can be shown the Bill and they can offer suggestions to improve upon the Draft Bill.
I do not see any point of contention is here.
Insisting that it has to passed along with the Lokpal Bill sees to be a little hasty as the Standing Committee should have sufficient time for inviting public opinion and arrive at a Draft.
‘ bringing the lower bureaucracy under Lokpal, preparing a citizens charter by all departments and establishment of Lokayuktas in all states.’
The Government is correct in stating that the States have to establish Loayuktas wherever they are not and the Central Government has to await the States Compliance as ours is federal setup.
Alternately the entire Bill has to be made as a constitutional Amendment and even in that case the time factor shall be there, that is, it can not be done right within the session of the Parliament.
Team Anna has to heed to established norms.
They may indicate to the Public the time factor involved taking into account these factors and probably announce a probable date for completion of this process.
As far as bringing in all the employees under Lokpal(including the lower cadre),this involve s about 40 lakhs of Employees and it will require a massive structure to administer Lokpal at this level.
The lower cadre corruption may be tackled by the existing Laws themselves;if warranted, the department/Department head may be impleaded as the co-respondent.
Team Anna is Right and the Government should fix the time frame and agree on a fine, which can be deducted from the salary of who handle these files.
This should be a part of the Lokpal Bill..
Anna may concede that there might be better suggestions from the people in the passing of the Bill and his team need not assume that their word on any thing alone final.
They have done a job ;they made the Government wake up and the Government can not go back as Elections are due.
If they do not pay heed, let us take care of them in the elections.
By precipitating matters on a sense of injured pride, we are making the Government and the politicians martyrs which they shall use at the time of Elections and shall revert to their thuggery.
Wise to know when to stop with the knowledge that there is tomorrow, meaning elections.
Note the contradiction and confusion in these statements.
The statement in question is in regard to Anna Hazare‘s ‘Lao or Jao’-bring the Bill or Quit to the Government.
Apart from the fact that none in a Democracy can ask the Government to quit as one wishes but only through the due process of Parliament, it speaks volumes of the fascist tendencies in Anna Hazare.( I do not know whether he is even aware of this)
If one were to be frustrated and can make statements which are sheer non sense and naivety, how does it make him qualified to lead a movement of this magnitude, which ,if not handled properly will breed anarchy?
‘I will not be party to the creation of an institution which is parallel either to the Constitution or Parliament.Every order of the Lokpal will be subject to scrutiny by the Supreme Court.‘ and adds another gem
‘In what way is Parliament supreme There are thousands of laws passed by Parliament and some of them have been questioned in court?.’
He goes on…
‘There will be 11 Lokpals.We have the Prevention of Corruption Act,but how many come forward to file cases ?’
Rightly said.
Then do they not know that it is the individual initiative in fighting Corruption than laws is the key?
This is exactly what I have been saying all along in my blogs-it is not that laws are not there but the individual’s unwillingness to bribe , not to seek easier route and the innate fear of filing complaints against corruption-that is the reason for the rampant corruption.
Detailed blog on Fighting Corruption follows.-which is practical, though besotted with some obstacles.
That can be overcome if fraction of the population follows it rather than enacting a law which again will prove to be useless.
“The statement was not meant to overthrow a democratically-elected government.It was a statement of anger by Hazare because of the treatment meted out to him by the government.It was not intentional but the consequence of frustration building up,and I will not be party to any move to overthrow a democratically elected government.Such a remark happens when the government goes on pretending to play games….
Doesnt the Jan Lokpal bill have features of an all-powerful parallel body of supreme policing
I will not be party to the creation of an institution which is parallel either to the Constitution or Parliament.Every order of the Lokpal will be subject to scrutiny by the Supreme Court.
With corruption rampant,will a Lokpal be able to handle the situation
By putting a gun to Parliaments head that the bill be passed by August 30,isnt Team Anna stalling dialogue
Who started the dialogue They are the ones who have pushed us to this situation and we are criticized now as holding a gun to Parliament….
What is Team Annas definition of Parliaments supremacy
In what way is Parliament supreme There are thousands of laws passed by Parliament and some of them have been questioned in court.Article 105(2) of the Constitution says no Member of Parliament shall be liable to any proceedings in any court in respect of anything said,or any vote given by him in Parliament or any committee.However,if a public figure is indulging in graft and the Lokpal learns of it,action can be taken.How does it then become interference of the House
What about corruption in the private sector
The jurisdiction of Prevention of Corruption Act is only public servants.In a private sector,if two persons are giving and taking a bribe,nothing can be done unless its between a government agency and private party,where the latter becomes an abettor.The Jan Lokpal Bill covers all NGOs which take aid from the government.”
Do you mean to say Corruption in Private sector is all right?
‘Corruption’ is between two individuals ultimately.
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