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Main Nahin Anna ( I am not Anna)

I wholeheartedly support Anna’s crusade against corruption but  I am afraid from this focus and insistence  on Jan Lokpal implementation in a hurry.  Jan Lokpal  was first introduced in 1977 by  Mr. Shanti Bhushan ( father of Prashant Bhushan), a former law minister, an advocate who represented Shaukat Hussain Guru in 2008 for an appeal against his 10 year conviction for his role in the 2001 Indian Parliament attack.  Why should I believe him blindly? Why Jan Lokpal team has a father son duo in their 6 or 8 members committee? I am sure that a  country of 125 crores can offer more variety. And, why Anna was chosen to do Anshan ( fast unto death) ? Because , he can generate more sympathy??  It seems like that they are using corruption  as cause , Anna as mask but the real agenda is Jan Lokpal, a bill which might create a parallel power against our democratic system.

As I read more about the bill , I become more doubtful. According to Kejriwal, few judges of supreme court and few Padm- Shree aur Padm -Vibhushan  awardees will  help in choosing the members of Jan Lokpal committee. What the hell!!! So , these few people will decide the fate of 125 crores? The recent Padam Shree awardees   like Aishwrya  Rai Bachchan or Akshay Kumar might find a clone of Amar Singh as a deserving member of Lokpal ( just an imagination)? What will happen in that case?  Yeah, our democratic system is rotten but it still gives  the power to 125 crores to decide the fate of a nation.

Why Jan Lokpal bill says to limit the rights of CBI and shut down CVC and put everything under Lokpal? I’d have appreciated  more if they’d argued for a much stronger CBI, may be an independent CBI. If a new Janlokpal is possible, then a campaign for making changes in existing law is also possible.

 

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