By Soumitra Bose/ Mukesh Kumar Sinha
Prime Minister-in-Waiting Rahul Gandhi? No, not really. Rahul Gandhi, Proven MP Who Enervates? Trying to. Yet to be proved that he’s all out concerned for the overall/selective/general/individual/c-ollective improvements of the masses. Is he not in a hurry ? About what? He is efforting to be synonymous with all Indians of all hues. He is still far away from his goal. For that matter, is he even within the orbit of it is yet to be ascertained to say the least even partially. Yes, he is keenly observing, assimilating his personality, readying himself to pounce upon … Meanwhile, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi : “Six anti-corruption billsshould be passed by Parliament. … We want to give the country
anti-graft bills which will transform the country, punish the corrupt
and protect the honest. …”
.”Six anti-corruption bills should be Passed in Parliament in the coming days,” he then had said.
The bills are the Public Procurement Bill, the Prevention of Corruption Act (Amendment) Bill, the Prevention of Bribery of Foreign Public Officials and Officials of Public International Organisations Bill, Electronic Delivery of Services Bill, The Right of Citizens for Time-bound Delivery of Goods and Services and Redressal of their Grievances Bill and the Whistleblowers Protection Bill.
Parliament relevantly passed crucial Anti-Graft Bill: In Legislation. Is that the Answer to Corruption? The bill was first introduced in Parliament 46 years ago and since then more than ten attempts were made to pass it into law. Until now, it just could notmuster political support.
But there is a world of difference between India of 1968 and India of
2013, and the political reality is very different now than in the past. The passage of the landmark Anti-Corruption Bill, popularly known as Lokpal Bill (Ombudsman Bill), by both houses of Parliament is a byproduct of this changing context and reality ofIndian politics.
Thanks to Rahul-efforts, never before in independent India has a bill
been passed under such public pressure and scrutiny. There have been a few instances in Parliamentary history where both major politicalparties — the Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — came together and passed a law of such a historic importance in a hurry, without any elaborate debate. The Upper House debated the bill for five hours and the Lower House cleared the bill within an hour.
The bill now awaits the signature of the President which is a mere formality. The law creates an ombudsman that has the authority to investigate andprosecute politicians and civil servants for corruption. The Prime Minister’s Office also comes under its purview, a major change over the 2011 draft which kept the PM out of the purview of any watchdog. The anti-graft law is aimed at curbing corruption and bribe taking at different levels of government and bureaucracy. The bill alsoenvisages the creation of similar anti-graft institutions at the state level. One significant achievement of the new constitutional structure is the inclusion of the main investigating agency, Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI), under the supervision of the ombudsman. The new authority has the power to monitor all cases referred by it to the
CBI.
According to the Congressmen+UPA associates+many leaders
of many parties willing to be unnamed at present, Bravo Rahul G.
Kudos to Rahul G. Brilliant Rahul G. U’ve shown U’r indeed
anti-corruptin. Next U need to show U r anti-defalcation,
pro-judicious utilisation of public money, pro-upgradation of 18th,
19th century rules, regulations, laws, their lousy implementations
which if all are only anti Indians of all hues.