After a long wait of 46 years India has finally got a Lokpal, the one without teeth as Arvind Kejriwal put. It is like keeping fried groundnut before a toothless person. Thanks to Anna Hazare for his continual slimming exercise, Rahul Gandhi for dipping pressure and Sushama Swaraj for a calming gesture.
One is quite surprised to see how could we celebrate the passing of this bill as there is nothing which would help common people. People face corruption in Taluk office, Panchayat-Municipal-City Corporation offices, Food Supply office, RT office, Police station, Electricty Board office etc., and there is nothing in the bill to contain corruption in these offices. When the existing laws are sufficient to prevent corruption no ruler is concerned to implement them effectively. Even court orders are discarded by persons responsible for executing them.
Cattle class Indians are going to be little benefited from this bill. Gandhian Anna Hazare could repeat his ritual asking for executing the provisions of the bill.
K A Solaman
The New Indian Express published 20-12-2013
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