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Wednesday, 24 August 2011
धोनी ने अन्ना को बोला, शुक्रिया!
गुस्ताखी माफ के इस शो में महेन्द्र सिंह धोनी ने टीम की हार से लोगों का ध्यान हटाने के लिए अन्ना का शुक्रिया अदा किया है।
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
I am still fit to fight the battle: Anna
Dispelling all rumours of his health failing, the Gandhian activist says, "I won't give up till we achieve our goal.
Monday, 22 August 2011
अण्णांनी निवडणूक लढवून दाखवावी
कॉंग्रेसचे खासदार महेश जोशी यांचे आव्हान
जयपूर - जयपूर येथून निवडणूक लढविण्याचे आव्हान खासदार महेश जोशी यांनी अण्णा हजारे यांना दिले आहे. ""अण्णांनी निवडणूक लढविण्याची हिम्मत दाखविली, तर मी राजीनामा देऊन पुन्हा निवडणूक लढविण्यास तयार आहे. कोणाला किती लोकांचा पाठिंबा आहे, हे तेव्हाच कळेल,'' असे जोशी यांनी म्हटले आहे.
""चांदणी चौक या मतदारसंघातील 85 टक्के लोक कपिल सिब्बल यांच्या विरोधात आहेत, असा दावा अण्णा करतात; मग त्यांच्याविरुद्ध ते का लढत नाहीत,'' असा प्रश्न जोशी यांनी उपस्थित केला आहे. जोशी हे कॉंग्रेसचे खासदार आहेत. त्यांच्या निवसस्थानी अण्णांच्या समर्थकांनी आज घेराओ घातला व तुम्ही पक्षाबरोबर आहात की जनतेबरोबर, अशी विचारणा केली. त्यावर त्यांनी पक्षाबरोबर असल्याचे उत्तर दिले.
""कॉंग्रेसने निवडणूक जाहीरनाम्यात जनलोकपाल विधोयकाबाबत काहीही म्हटले नव्हते. जनता त्याचे समर्थन करण्यासाठी सांगू शकते; परंतु ते आमच्यावर बळजबरी करू शकत नाहीत. आम्ही निवडणुकीच्या वेळी दिलेली आश्वासने पाळली नसतील तर जनतेची माफी मागण्याचीही तयारी आहे,'' असे जोशी म्हणाले.
""आपण कधी भ्रष्टाचार केला नाही व भविष्यात करणार नाही, असे प्रतिज्ञापत्र आंदोलनला पाठिंबा देणाऱ्या भाजप आणि त्याच्या सहकारी पक्षांकडून हजारे यांनी लिहून घ्यावे,'' असे आवाहनही जोशी यांनी केले.
जयपूर - जयपूर येथून निवडणूक लढविण्याचे आव्हान खासदार महेश जोशी यांनी अण्णा हजारे यांना दिले आहे. ""अण्णांनी निवडणूक लढविण्याची हिम्मत दाखविली, तर मी राजीनामा देऊन पुन्हा निवडणूक लढविण्यास तयार आहे. कोणाला किती लोकांचा पाठिंबा आहे, हे तेव्हाच कळेल,'' असे जोशी यांनी म्हटले आहे.
""चांदणी चौक या मतदारसंघातील 85 टक्के लोक कपिल सिब्बल यांच्या विरोधात आहेत, असा दावा अण्णा करतात; मग त्यांच्याविरुद्ध ते का लढत नाहीत,'' असा प्रश्न जोशी यांनी उपस्थित केला आहे. जोशी हे कॉंग्रेसचे खासदार आहेत. त्यांच्या निवसस्थानी अण्णांच्या समर्थकांनी आज घेराओ घातला व तुम्ही पक्षाबरोबर आहात की जनतेबरोबर, अशी विचारणा केली. त्यावर त्यांनी पक्षाबरोबर असल्याचे उत्तर दिले.
""कॉंग्रेसने निवडणूक जाहीरनाम्यात जनलोकपाल विधोयकाबाबत काहीही म्हटले नव्हते. जनता त्याचे समर्थन करण्यासाठी सांगू शकते; परंतु ते आमच्यावर बळजबरी करू शकत नाहीत. आम्ही निवडणुकीच्या वेळी दिलेली आश्वासने पाळली नसतील तर जनतेची माफी मागण्याचीही तयारी आहे,'' असे जोशी म्हणाले.
""आपण कधी भ्रष्टाचार केला नाही व भविष्यात करणार नाही, असे प्रतिज्ञापत्र आंदोलनला पाठिंबा देणाऱ्या भाजप आणि त्याच्या सहकारी पक्षांकडून हजारे यांनी लिहून घ्यावे,'' असे आवाहनही जोशी यांनी केले.
पुण्यातील तरुणाईचा अण्णांना अनोखा पाठिंबा
याबद्दल ई-सकाळशी बोलताना अयुबखान पठाण म्हणाले, "अण्णांना पाठिंबा द्यायचाच हे आम्ही पक्के ठरविले होते. अशातच आम्हाला ही कल्पना सुचली. आमचे स्वतःचे इलेक्ट्रिकल्सचे दुकान असल्याने, आम्ही सौर ऊर्जेवर चालणाऱ्या छोट्या "एलईडी' दिव्यांच्या साह्याने आमच्या शर्टावर "आय एम अण्णा' अशी अक्षरे लिहिली आहेत.''
"अलाईट इलेक्ट्रिकल्स अँड इलेक्ट्रॉलिक्स'चे आयुबखान पठाण व इमरानखान पठाण या काका-पुतण्यांनी मिळून "सोलर एलईडी लाईटिंग' तयार केले आहेत. सौर ऊर्जेवर चालणारे हे दिवे त्यांनी त्यांच्या शर्टावर केले आहे. हे शर्ट परिधान करून दोघे जण शहरातील वेगवेगळ्या ठिकाणी जाऊन अण्णांना त्यांच्या आंदोलनात पाठिंबा देत आहेत.
या दोघांची ही अनोखी कल्पना सर्वांनाच खूप आवडली व ते जातील तिथे लोकांनी या संकल्पनेला चांगला प्रतिसाद दिला, असा दावा पठाण यांनी केला. या दिव्यांची क्षमता विचारली असता पठाण म्हणाले, "सुमारे दोन तास सौरऊर्जेवर "चार्जिंग' केल्यानंतर सुमारे 32 तास हे दिवे चालू राहतात.'' या दोघांच्या शर्टवर दिव्यांच्या साह्याने राष्ट्रध्वज, अण्णा हजारे यांचा फोटो तसेच "आय एम अण्णा' असे लिहिले आहे.
भ्रष्टाचारावर एकचएक उपाय नाही: पंतप्रधान
इंडियन इन्स्टिट्यूट ऑफ मॅनेजमेन्टच्या सुवर्ण महोत्सवी समारंभामध्ये बोलताना सिंग म्हणाले, 'आम्ही विधेयक संसदेमध्ये मांडले आणि आता ते स्थायी समितीपुढे आहे. विधेयकाच्या तपशिलाबद्दल मतभेद आहेत.'
'विधेयकाच्या विविध पैलूंबद्दल ज्या व्यक्तींना आक्षेप आहेत त्यांनी ते संसदेतील त्यांच्या प्रतिनिधींपर्यंत व स्थायी समितीपर्यंत पोचवावेत हे आम्ही स्पष्ट केले आहे', असे पंतप्रधान म्हणाले.
या सर्व प्रश्नांवर तात्त्विक चर्चा करण्यास आम्ही तयार आहोत, असे पंतप्रधानांनी पुन्हा एकदा सांगितले.
स्वातंत्र्यदिन समारंभावेळच्या आपल्या भाषणाचा संदर्भ देऊन पंतप्रधान म्हणाले, 'मी (त्या भाषणात) सांगितले होते की, भ्रष्टाचाराची समस्या एका झटक्यात सोडविण्यासाठी कोणतीही जादूची छडी नाही. एकचएक उपाय त्यासाठी नाही. विविध आघाड्यांवर आपल्याला लढावे लागणार आहे.'
'लोकपाल संस्था निर्मितीमुळे मदत नक्कीच होईल पण त्यामुळे समस्या सुटेल असे नाही. बरोबरीने आपल्याला न्यायालयीन प्रक्रियेच्या गुणवत्तेमध्ये व गतीमध्ये सुधारणा कराव्या लागतील', असे सिंग यांनी सांगितले.
अण्णांसाठी तमिळ चित्रपट सृष्टीचे उपोषण
चेन्नई - सामाजिक कार्यकर्ते अण्णा हजारे यांना भ्रष्टाचारविरोधी आंदोलनात पाठिंबा दर्शविण्यासाठी तमिळ चित्रपट सृष्टी उद्या (मंगळवार) संपूर्ण दिवस उपोषण करणार आहे, अशी माहिती फिल्म फेडरेशन ऑफ इंडियाचे अध्यक्ष एल. सुरेश यांनी पत्रकारांना दिली.
अण्णांना पाठिंबा देण्यासाठी आम्ही माध्यमांची मदत घेत आहोत व तमिळ चित्रपट सृष्टीतील सर्वजणांना या एकदिवसीय उपोषणात सहभागी होण्याचे आवाहन करीत आहोत, असे एल. सुरेश यांनी सांगितले.
सर्व दिग्दर्शक, निर्माते, अभिनेते व तंत्रज्ञ यात सहभागी होतील असे सांगत "तमिळ फिल्म प्रोड्यूसर्स काऊन्सिल', 'फिल्म एम्प्लॉईज फेडरेशन ऑफ साईथ इंडिया' तसेच "साऊथ इंडियन आर्टिस्ट असोसिएशन' अशा अनेक संस्था यात सहभागी होतील, असे ते म्हणाले.
अण्णांना पाठिंबा देण्यासाठी आम्ही माध्यमांची मदत घेत आहोत व तमिळ चित्रपट सृष्टीतील सर्वजणांना या एकदिवसीय उपोषणात सहभागी होण्याचे आवाहन करीत आहोत, असे एल. सुरेश यांनी सांगितले.
सर्व दिग्दर्शक, निर्माते, अभिनेते व तंत्रज्ञ यात सहभागी होतील असे सांगत "तमिळ फिल्म प्रोड्यूसर्स काऊन्सिल', 'फिल्म एम्प्लॉईज फेडरेशन ऑफ साईथ इंडिया' तसेच "साऊथ इंडियन आर्टिस्ट असोसिएशन' अशा अनेक संस्था यात सहभागी होतील, असे ते म्हणाले.
रविशंकर यांचे प्रयत्न निष्फळ!
अध्यात्मिक गुरू श्री श्री रविशंकर यांच्या प्रयत्नानंतरही सरकार आणि टीम अण्णा यांच्यातील मतभेद अजूनही कायम आहेत. सरकारने दिलेला नवीन प्रस्ताव हा उत्साहवर्धक नाही, असे टीम अण्णाने दुपारीच जाहीर केले होते.
Anna & Shri Shri Ravishankar
सरकार आणि टीम अण्णांमध्ये कोणत्याही प्रकारची चर्चा होत नाही. सरकारला चर्चा करायची असल्यास त्यांनी आपले अधिकृत प्रतिनिधी पाठवावे, असे अण्णांच्या सहकारी किरण बेदी यांनी सांगितले.
किरण बेदी यांच्या या वक्तव्यानंतर सरकारने कोणतीही प्रतिक्रिया अद्याप दिलेली नाही.
अण्णांच्या आंदोलनाला पंतप्रधानांना फटका
स्टार माझा वेब टीम, कोलकता
Monday, 22 August 2011 05:30
Monday, 22 August 2011 05:30
pm manmohan singh
कोलकात्याच्या आयआयएममध्ये विद्यार्थ्यांशी संवाद साधताना पंतप्रधानांनी ही घोषणा केली. या विधेयकाबाबत कुणाच्या हरकती असल्यास त्यांनी नियमानुसार त्या थेट स्थायी समितीसमोर मांडाव्यात असं पंतप्रधानांनी म्हटले आहे.
पश्चिम बंगालमध्ये ममता बॅनर्जी आणि काँग्रेसचं सरकार आल्यानंतर आज पहिल्यांदाच पंतप्रधान येथे दाखल झाले. त्यावेळी लोकपाल विधेयकावर सरकारची भूमिका त्यांनी स्पष्ट केली. याआधीदेखाली पंतप्रधानांनी लोकपालच्या मुद्द्यावर चर्चेचा प्रस्ताव ठेवला होता. आज त्याच प्रस्तावाचा पुनरुच्चार त्यांनी केला.
Sunday, 21 August 2011
Thanks to Anna, Gandhi cap is back in fashion
The Gandhi topi (cap) is back in fashion and that alll because of the social activist Anna Hazare. Thousands are seen wearing the cap with 'I am Anna Hazare' written on it, supporting his protest against corruption and demanding stronger Lokpal Bill.
Anna Hazare's fast enters Day 6
Gandhian activist Anna Hazare's fast for a strong Lokpal bill enters the sixth day. An estimated 10,000 people are at the Ramlila ground, raising slogans hailing the Gandhian for insisting on an effective anti-corruption legislation.
PM must let us know where, with whom we should talk: Team Anna
Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal addressed the crowd and said that the team didn't received any proposal from the government. He also added that they are ready for open discussion on Lokpal Bill. he said PM should let them know where and with whom they should talk, he also invited Govt, NGOs and other groups. Team Anna will take out rally at 5 pm from India Gate to Ramlila Maidan.
Door not closed for dialogue with Govt: Anna Hazare
Anna Hazare on Sunday said his campaign has not closed the door for dialogue with government, a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stated it was open for discussion. "We have not closed the door of dialogue. We have kept it open. Only through dialogue the issues can be resolved," he told his supporters at Ramlila Ground on the sixth day of his fast.
Saturday, 20 August 2011
दिल्ली मनपाची कुचराई, अण्णांचे १२०० समर्थक आजारी
सततच्या पावसाने रामलीला मैदानात मोठ्या प्रमाणात चिखल झालाय. त्याची साफसफाई करण्यास दिल्ली मनपाचे कर्मचारी कुचराई करत आहे. त्यामुळे रामलीला मैदानात आतापर्यंत १२०० लोक आजारी पडले असल्याची माहिती आता समोर आली आहे.
दिल्लीच्या आयुक्तांनी यासंदर्भात स्वतः हस्तक्षेप करावा अन्यथा साथीचे रोग पसरण्याची भीती अण्णांचे सहकारी अरविंद केजरीवाल यांनी व्यक्त केली. अरविंद केजरीवालांच्या या वक्तव्यानंतर दिल्ली महापालिकेला ताब़डतोब जाग आली.
रामलीला मैदानात मोठ्याप्रमाणात रेती आणि मुरूम टाकण्याचं काम सुरू झाले आहे. पण मोठ्याप्रमाणातला चिखल, डास यासगळ्याची अजिबात तमा न बाळगता अण्णांचे समर्थक रामलीला मैदानावर मोठ्या संख्येने दाखल होत आहेत.
Anna Hazare
रामलीला मैदानात मोठ्याप्रमाणात रेती आणि मुरूम टाकण्याचं काम सुरू झाले आहे. पण मोठ्याप्रमाणातला चिखल, डास यासगळ्याची अजिबात तमा न बाळगता अण्णांचे समर्थक रामलीला मैदानावर मोठ्या संख्येने दाखल होत आहेत.
Farmers support Anna
Social activist Anna Hazare receives support from farmers at Ramlila Maidaan. They were spotted chanting slogans Jai Jawan Jai Kisan.
UP: Women march for Anna
Women of Ghaziabad took to the streets expressing their support for Anna Hazare's campaign against corruption
Stop all work to pass Bill: BJP
BJP spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi says the Parliament should set aside all business and pass Lokpal Bill.
Shanti Bhushan speaks on Lokpal Bill
Anna Hazare's close associate and eminent lawyer Shanti Bhushan says the Lokpal Bill can be passed if the government has the will.
Anna’s Daily Quotes
“In a democracy, People are the masters
And politicians their representatives.
To work according to the wishes of the People is the duty of Representative
Then the kind of Lokpal should also be decided by Public’s Opinion.“
lokshaahi me janta maalik hai aur neta unke sevak, fir neta ko har kaam janta se puch ke karna chahiye -.. kaisa lokpal banana, wo bhi janta se pucho
प्रजातंत्र में जन्ता मालिक है और नेता उन्के सेवक, फिर नेता को हर काम जन्ता से पूछ के कर्ना चहिये कैसा लोक्पाल बनाना, वो भी जन्ता से पूछो
Anna Hazare
And politicians their representatives.
To work according to the wishes of the People is the duty of Representative
Then the kind of Lokpal should also be decided by Public’s Opinion.“
lokshaahi me janta maalik hai aur neta unke sevak, fir neta ko har kaam janta se puch ke karna chahiye -.. kaisa lokpal banana, wo bhi janta se pucho
प्रजातंत्र में जन्ता मालिक है और नेता उन्के सेवक, फिर नेता को हर काम जन्ता से पूछ के कर्ना चहिये कैसा लोक्पाल बनाना, वो भी जन्ता से पूछो
Anna Hazare
Team Anna Demands Early Introduction Of Jan Lokpal Bill
As Anna Hazare's fast entered the fifth day, his team today demanded early introduction of the Jan Lokpal Bill in Parliament and said government can get it passed in days if it has the will.
Anna Fast Enters 5th Day; Awaits Govt Call For Dialogue
Anna Hazare's fast demanding a strong Lokpal entered the fifth day today with his Team saying they were ready to talk to the government but no such communication channels have been opened. Hazare came to the podium at around 10 am as supporters started pouring in Ramlila Maidan where he launched his protest yesterday after coming out of Tihar Jail.
Sharukh khan supports Anna's agitation
Superstar Shahrukh Khan supports Anna Hazare in his fight for a strong Lokpal Bill and says there is no one in this country who does not want to do away with corruption.
Govt open to discussion on Bill: PM
Saying that his regime was open to discussion on the formulation of the Lokpal Bill, prime minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday that the government is committed to a strong and effective anti-corruption legislation.
Rift between Aruna Roy and Anna Hazare over Lokpal Bill
Differences have cropped up between Anna Hazare and Aruna Roy over Lokpal Bill.
How will Anna Hazare end his fast
STAR News discusses with eminent panelists about Anna's anti-graft fast and Lokpal Bill.
Impossible to pass bill in this session: Singhvi
Even as Team Anna continues with its agitation, in a masterstroke, a parliamentary standing committee on Saturday invited public suggestions on the Lokpal Bill. Chairman of standing committee Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that they will study each and every clause of the bill, take multiple opinions on each point and talk to all involved parties before presenting the report to the Lok Sabha.
Aruna Roy to present third version of Lokpal Bill
Claiming that the government's Lokpal Bill leaves a lot to be desired, social activist Aruna Roy on Saturday said she will present National Campaign for People's Right to Information version of Lokpal Bill to Parliament's standing committee.
Slogans by supporters
Amazing support has been given by all Indians to Anna's Janlokpall Mohim, People are participating on their own. Thousands of people and organizations are come out on roads with different rally and monarchs.
The Slogans used by supporters are as :
बघताय काय सामील व्हा
वंदे मातरम
भारत माता कि जय
अन्ना तुम आघे बढो हम तुम्हारे साथ है
एक सूर एक ताल ..... जनलोकपाल ....जनलोकपाल
आला रे आला जनलोकपाल आला
गली गली मी नारा हीन जनलोकपाल हमारा है
आले रे आले अन्ना आले
कोण म्हणता येणार येणार नाही .. जनलोकपाल आल्याशिवाय राहणार नाही
Twinkle twinkle ... little Star... Anna Hamare Superstar
The Slogans used by supporters are as :
बघताय काय सामील व्हा
वंदे मातरम
भारत माता कि जय
अन्ना तुम आघे बढो हम तुम्हारे साथ है
एक सूर एक ताल ..... जनलोकपाल ....जनलोकपाल
आला रे आला जनलोकपाल आला
गली गली मी नारा हीन जनलोकपाल हमारा है
आले रे आले अन्ना आले
कोण म्हणता येणार येणार नाही .. जनलोकपाल आल्याशिवाय राहणार नाही
Twinkle twinkle ... little Star... Anna Hamare Superstar
Virbhadra Singh hits out at Anna Hazare's movement
Union minister Virbhadra Singh takes a dig at Anna Hazare's crusade against corruption and says that no one from villages taking part in this movement.
Friday, 19 August 2011
What is the Jan Lokpal Bill, why it's important
The Jan Lokpal Bill (Citizen's ombudsman Bill) is a draft anti-corruption bill drawn up by prominent civil society activists seeking the appointment of a Jan Lokpal, an independent body that would investigate corruption cases, complete the investigation within a year and envisages trial in the case getting over in the next one year.
Drafted by Justice Santosh Hegde (former Supreme Court Judge and former Lokayukta of Karnataka), Prashant Bhushan (Supreme Court Lawyer) and Arvind Kejriwal (RTI activist), the draft Bill envisages a system where a corrupt person found guilty would go to jail within two years of the complaint being made and his ill-gotten wealth being confiscated. It also seeks power to the Jan Lokpal to prosecute politicians and bureaucrats without government permission.
Retired IPS officer Kiran Bedi and other known people like Swami Agnivesh, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Anna Hazare and Mallika Sarabhai are also part of the movement, called India Against Corruption. Its website describes the movement as "an expression of collective anger of people of India against corruption. We have all come together to force/request/persuade/pressurize the Government to enact the Jan Lokpal Bill. We feel that if this Bill were enacted it would create an effective deterrence against corruption."
Anna Hazare, anti-corruption crusader, went on a fast-unto-death in April, demanding that this Bill, drafted by the civil society, be adopted. Four days into his fast, the government agreed to set up a joint committee with an equal number of members from the government and civil society side to draft the Lokpal Bill together. The two sides met several times but could not agree on fundamental elements like including the PM under the purview of the Lokpal. Eventually, both sides drafted their own version of the Bill.
The government has introduced its version in Parliament in this session. Team Anna is up in arms and calls the government version the "Joke Pal Bill." Anna Hazare declared that he would begin another fast in Delhi on August 16. Hours before he was to begin his hunger strike, the Delhi Police detained and later arrested him. There are widespread protests all over the country against his arrest.
The website of the India Against Corruption movement calls the Lokpal Bill of the government an "eyewash" and has on it a critique of that government Bill.
A look at the salient features of Jan Lokpal Bill:
1. An institution called LOKPAL at the centre and LOKAYUKTA in each state will be set up
2. Like Supreme Court and Election Commission, they will be completely independent of the governments. No minister or bureaucrat will be able to influence their investigations.
3. Cases against corrupt people will not linger on for years anymore: Investigations in any case will have to be completed in one year. Trial should be completed in next one year so that the corrupt politician, officer or judge is sent to jail within two years.
4. The loss that a corrupt person caused to the government will be recovered at the time of conviction.
5. How will it help a common citizen: If any work of any citizen is not done in prescribed time in any government office, Lokpal will impose financial penalty on guilty officers, which will be given as compensation to the complainant.
6. So, you could approach Lokpal if your ration card or passport or voter card is not being made or if police is not registering your case or any other work is not being done in prescribed time. Lokpal will have to get it done in a month's time. You could also report any case of corruption to Lokpal like ration being siphoned off, poor quality roads been constructed or panchayat funds being siphoned off. Lokpal will have to complete its investigations in a year, trial will be over in next one year and the guilty will go to jail within two years.
7. But won't the government appoint corrupt and weak people as Lokpal members? That won't be possible because its members will be selected by judges, citizens and constitutional authorities and not by politicians, through a completely transparent and participatory process.
8. What if some officer in Lokpal becomes corrupt? The entire functioning of Lokpal/ Lokayukta will be completely transparent. Any complaint against any officer of Lokpal shall be investigated and the officer dismissed within two months.
9. What will happen to existing anti-corruption agencies? CVC, departmental vigilance and anti-corruption branch of CBI will be merged into Lokpal. Lokpal will have complete powers and machinery to independently investigate and prosecute any officer, judge or politician.
10. It will be the duty of the Lokpal to provide protection to those who are being victimized for raising their voice against corruption.
Drafted by Justice Santosh Hegde (former Supreme Court Judge and former Lokayukta of Karnataka), Prashant Bhushan (Supreme Court Lawyer) and Arvind Kejriwal (RTI activist), the draft Bill envisages a system where a corrupt person found guilty would go to jail within two years of the complaint being made and his ill-gotten wealth being confiscated. It also seeks power to the Jan Lokpal to prosecute politicians and bureaucrats without government permission.
Retired IPS officer Kiran Bedi and other known people like Swami Agnivesh, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Anna Hazare and Mallika Sarabhai are also part of the movement, called India Against Corruption. Its website describes the movement as "an expression of collective anger of people of India against corruption. We have all come together to force/request/persuade/pressurize the Government to enact the Jan Lokpal Bill. We feel that if this Bill were enacted it would create an effective deterrence against corruption."
Anna Hazare, anti-corruption crusader, went on a fast-unto-death in April, demanding that this Bill, drafted by the civil society, be adopted. Four days into his fast, the government agreed to set up a joint committee with an equal number of members from the government and civil society side to draft the Lokpal Bill together. The two sides met several times but could not agree on fundamental elements like including the PM under the purview of the Lokpal. Eventually, both sides drafted their own version of the Bill.
The government has introduced its version in Parliament in this session. Team Anna is up in arms and calls the government version the "Joke Pal Bill." Anna Hazare declared that he would begin another fast in Delhi on August 16. Hours before he was to begin his hunger strike, the Delhi Police detained and later arrested him. There are widespread protests all over the country against his arrest.
The website of the India Against Corruption movement calls the Lokpal Bill of the government an "eyewash" and has on it a critique of that government Bill.
A look at the salient features of Jan Lokpal Bill:
1. An institution called LOKPAL at the centre and LOKAYUKTA in each state will be set up
2. Like Supreme Court and Election Commission, they will be completely independent of the governments. No minister or bureaucrat will be able to influence their investigations.
3. Cases against corrupt people will not linger on for years anymore: Investigations in any case will have to be completed in one year. Trial should be completed in next one year so that the corrupt politician, officer or judge is sent to jail within two years.
4. The loss that a corrupt person caused to the government will be recovered at the time of conviction.
5. How will it help a common citizen: If any work of any citizen is not done in prescribed time in any government office, Lokpal will impose financial penalty on guilty officers, which will be given as compensation to the complainant.
6. So, you could approach Lokpal if your ration card or passport or voter card is not being made or if police is not registering your case or any other work is not being done in prescribed time. Lokpal will have to get it done in a month's time. You could also report any case of corruption to Lokpal like ration being siphoned off, poor quality roads been constructed or panchayat funds being siphoned off. Lokpal will have to complete its investigations in a year, trial will be over in next one year and the guilty will go to jail within two years.
7. But won't the government appoint corrupt and weak people as Lokpal members? That won't be possible because its members will be selected by judges, citizens and constitutional authorities and not by politicians, through a completely transparent and participatory process.
8. What if some officer in Lokpal becomes corrupt? The entire functioning of Lokpal/ Lokayukta will be completely transparent. Any complaint against any officer of Lokpal shall be investigated and the officer dismissed within two months.
9. What will happen to existing anti-corruption agencies? CVC, departmental vigilance and anti-corruption branch of CBI will be merged into Lokpal. Lokpal will have complete powers and machinery to independently investigate and prosecute any officer, judge or politician.
10. It will be the duty of the Lokpal to provide protection to those who are being victimized for raising their voice against corruption.
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