Lok Pal, CBI, CVC Anna et al - will they eradicate corruption?
WE have ACB, CBI, CVC and all kinds of sleuths working relentlessly for the past few decades, to curb corruption. But corruption simply grew from under the table envelopes to brief cases to gunny bags of currency with the anti corruption agencies also becoming corrupt. Then comes the Messiah, Anna Hazare who believes that all it takes to curb corruption is an authority called Lok Pal and he could persuade the lawmakers of India into initiating legislation to create this superman. And the Lok Pal Bill is before the Lok Sabha.
Speaking in Lok Sabha yesterday, Asaduddin Owaisi said, ”There is a conceptual problem in this Bill. That is, it starts on the premise that not only the Members of the august House, but also the Prime Minister is corrupt.”
Joginder Singh, former Director of CBI, in an article says, “The issue whether the Prime Minister should be brought under the purview of the Lok Pal is not as relevant, as quick action. In any case, Majority of the population do not deal with the Prime Minister, but a plethora of Inspectors, whether they of the Police or Revenue or Panchayat or Municipal, Weight and Measure, Shop or custom or excise or income tax, pollution or sanitation, to quote a few, who make the life of the common man a hell. Till the last count, about 65 Inspectors of various Departments are visiting any industrial or other establishments, ostensibly to ensure legal compliance, but actually to take their cut”.
And if you think things are going to be better in future, young men who are selected to join India's premier civil services are leaving IAS and IPS to join the IRS because they presume there is more money in IRS.
A Chief Commissioner called up a Commissioner to enquire about the integrity of an Assistant Commissioner who was to be given a plum posting on the recommendation of a Minister. The Commissioner certified from his personal knowledge that the Assistant Commissioner's integrity was of the highest order. Everybody knew that all four were awfully corrupt.
Let Lok Pal save this country!