‘Puri said he regretted the two words he used– ‘uneducated’ and ‘incompetent’– for his description of the political class, admitting they were inappropriate…
Om Puri also launched a blistering attack on politicians from the stage at Ramlila Maidan. He told the thousands gathered that he feels “ashamed when an IAS or IPS officer salutes a ganwar (illiterate) who is a neta (political leader).
“Yeh anpadh hain, inka kya background hai? Aadhe se zyaada MP ganwaar hain,” Om Puri, known for his character roles, told the cheering crowd…
Mohammed Adeeb, an independent MP from Uttar Pradesh, said Bedi had mocked at parliamentarians by wrapping a scarf around her head and face.
“They say one thing inside the house and one thing outside. You remove one mask, then you find another one, and then another,” she said, at the protest rally of Hazare last week.
Angry MPsSeparately, Mr Hazare’s aide Kiran Bedi and Bollywood actor Om Puri have been accused by MPs of lampooning politicians during the hunger strike.
Ms Bedi had criticised politicians at Delhi’s Ramlila ground, the site of Mr Hazare’s fast, saying they “could not be trusted because they wore several masks”. At the same venue last week, Om Puri described MPs as “illiterate, rustic and useless”.
“Look at the way they fight with each other. They throw chairs, mikes at each others,” the actor had said.
Mr Puri has now apologised for his remarks.
“I am unhappy with myself over two of the terms that I used. The first is ‘uneducated’ and the second is ‘useless’. I agree I could have used better language, but I was caught in the moment and so used those terms,” he told the IBN7 news channel.
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.
To keep tab on all these, who lie professionally , is the income Tax Department.
The information sought can be obtained from any or all these sources and appropriate action can be taken.
For information on immovable assets, you have Registrar’s Office for verification.
The catch is people lie.
They can be caught only if the so-called professionals ,Chartered Accountants, Company Secretaries and Income Tax Department officials are morally upright.
CAs and Company Secretaries must desist from aiding the creation of black money and falsification of Accounts.
With out their help, tax evasion or creation of black money is impossible.
Lawyers,like Jethmalani and his ilk must desist from arguing cases for scamsters and criminals, hiding behind the cloak of professional Ethics,Hocking their conscience to Mammon.
How many Civil Society enthusiasts have filed an honest IT returns?
How many Doctors keep records and file their income to IT department?
Only those fools who are salaried have their taxes deducted(the company that deducts their taxes evades tax!)
Unless individuals reform ,system can never be reformed for systems are made by man and are broken by man.
Paper pushing reforms led by a naive Anna Hazare will lead nowhere, excepting generate news columns.
Shanti Bhushan, an eminent lawyer on the band wagon of Anna Hazare , states.
‘”We are preparing a proposal that all institutions which have assets higher than a prescribed limit should disclose details about their ownership patterns, management and source of funding to ensure some kind of transparency in all institutions. There will be no exception, all organisations, business houses, media institutions will be covered under this. This has not yet been discussed with the government but we plan to take it up in subsequent meetings,”..
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