Thursday, August 18, 2011
Anna’s movement and Police force
Though a lot of activity goes on in shouting against corruption no one is coming out with the fact that organizations like Police, customs, Railways, Airlines and other government departments and their employees are grass root of corruption. Every police station and chowky is the nest of corruption .so is the reservation windows of Railways. Other places like corporations and custom and excise have their own share of daily loot. However Police top the list as they misuse their power to hound the daily wage earners to make up their daily quota. Do you remember when the secretary of Delhi truck owners association declared how many lakhs of rupees they have to shell off daily to keep the Delhi traffic police satisfied. Does the prime minister know that every police post is auctioned according to its income generating capacity?
What action is being taken by the politicians who themselves bribe police to release their criminal assistants. Drastic reforms are needed to cleanse the nation of corruption Just Passing some useless bill and earning salary of 50,000 + perks is not the job of parliament. Ask people where they meet corruption and eradicate the source.
The media instead of playing the drama can do useful work in collecting the data of corruption from people and high light it. No doubt some journalists will have to be sacrificed in the process of collection of data. Go to the auto wallas, small vegetable vendors, small shop keepers, truck drivers, taxi drivers and find out how much hafta or how many times they have been wrongly fleezed by the police?
Find out how many ration cards are genuine and how many members on them are genuine. How many dead voters are still on the voters list? Find out how an electronic voting machine is being manipulated. Find out how census figures are falsified. Do you know that the enumerators omit entire colonies from count?
Thus corruption cannot be removed by shouting slogans or passing a lokpal bill. Committees will have to be formed Streetwise and area wise to look into the corruption of individuals. Regular report on local corruption should go to the Lok pal for action.
A lot of work remains and th younger generation can take up the work. Do not rely on Politicians like Rahul Gandhi who aspire only on becoming the Prime minister. He has enough money in swiss and Italian banks and plenty of land in the names of Nehru Gandhi trusts.
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