Jan Lokpal ....Whats next..Who is our enemy?

Dear Friends,

I am a staunch supporter for the ongoing fight against corruption.Hence , I wanted to contribute something to this fight through this writing.I am really happy to see such a big mass mobilization India for such a noble cause.Many elderly people opine that this involvement of the masses is similar to the involvement of people in the Civil Disobedience Movement or perhaps Quit India Movement.It is glad that in the wake of fight against corruption and fan following of Honourable Verteran Leader Anna Hazare,Arvind kejriwal,Kiran Bedi,.... Our Country is uttering a common slogan "FIGHT CORRUPTION".Currently,Enactment of Universally accepted JAN LOKPAL BILL is our Agenda.To start with, enactment of this bill is principal means for people's success.Whats next ???? What is our Vision???

Yes, Our Vision is transparency in governance and corruption free country.Jan Lokpal is one small milestone towards this broad vision.It is important to note that Freedom Struggle was against an external enemy in the form of BRITISH.Today In our struggle against corruption, our enemy is internal and exist in different forms and occur in various ways.My attempt here is to identify many aspects that needs attention without which this wave of anti corruption will be incomplete.

Firstly,Our country is the biggest democracy in the world and has biggest constitution in the world.YES ...Remember biggest constitution which means it contains innumerable laws,regulations and guidelines in the form of articles,civil procedure code,criminal procedure code and many many rule books to guide us and help us in achieving welfare,development,good and transparent governance.Notably,When constitution is big there is highest probability of many gaps and provides highest room for different interpretations of the laws and rules.Corruption is a parasite which rely upon and aggrandize upon such caveats and loopholes in our system.Hence, our duty as citizens is to identify such flaws and demand our government for the patchwork on them.

There are some aspects which i have come across and i would like to jolt them down here.

1.We always talk about responsible government why are we not giving equal importance to responsible citizenship.Off-course many of us will be aware of our fundamental duties and fundamental rights of our constitution but there are many brethren who are not educated enough, many poor illiterates in rural areas who fail to understand their rights.As they do not understand them it is obvious that they do not exercise them.People who involve in Corruption takes this advantage and bank upon their unaware nature and innocent ignorance.Yes, along with spread of education which will make them aware, if we intensify this awareness as a part of our agenda in the fight against corruption it will help us in another step towards our vision. So we must start educating our unaware brothers and sisters about their rights and duties so they exercise it when in need.

2.Our country holds biggest elections where biggest Universal Adult Suffrage is exercised.Unlike Direct Democracy as in Switzerland where people directly involve in every decisions of the government through the actions of plebiscite and referendums,We have indirect democracy where we elect our representatives by casting them our votes and allow them to take responsible decisions for our welfare on our behalf.Election of our representative is a very critical task and hence our votes are said valuable.Instead of cursing our representatives after electing them about their in capacities and corruptions it would be better that we try refining our election process.Yes , naturally question arises that "How do we know whether Contesting Person is right or wrong in his intentions?" It is difficult but not impossible,,Cant we Demand our Honorable Election Commission to mandate some negligibility criteria in the form of psychometric tests,consistency tests,morality tests to the party candidates who files for candidature in the elections.Such tests though may not be fully fool proof in our electing persons for candidatures but may help considerably in preventing irresponsible leadership that leads to malpractices and corruption.

3.Although E-governance is a very effective tool for maintaining transparency at the executive levels but implementing them and putting it into effective use needs more time and money.Once implemented this would also help towards the transparency.Demand for bringing in more E-governance in those areas where it does not exist will also be a good agenda in our campaign

4.Bringing in Service Level Agreements in the public offices and public-private partnership companies which can ensure timely delivery of the services of the citizens without delay.If SLA is violated strict actions can be enforced on the responsible authorities.So demand for guarantee services and SLA enforcement in them should also be an important agenda in our programme.

5.We already have RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT which is called common man's weapon.Ambit of RTI has to be increased and has to be given more authority so that common man is assured of his information that can help him in fight towards inconsistency and injustice caused to him.

6.The concept of OMBUDSMAN in the form of Central Vigilance Commission,Lokayukta in the states should be made more powerful in unraveling the occurring corrupt practices.Lets try to look into clauses of these institutions and try to put forth opt demand for their enhancements and modifications that will make them even more powerful against corruption. Example Lokayukta of karnataka under Justice SANTOSH HEGDE did a splendid and exemplary job to unravel biggest illegal mining of our country.


There can be still more areas where we can fight against the ideology of corruption which is tangible to us in different forms.So please do contribute your opinions and help contribute to this fight.If proper direction and attitude is given to this mass struggle We can really see a change in our future INDIA..We may envisage INDIA as the most transparent country in the world in the near future where development and welfare schemes,plans,programs are fully implemented without any corruption and malpractices.


I hope this article can trigger at least a small inspiration to involve in the ongoing movement.


Thank You