Up Against Corruption

The time has come for the citizens of India to speak up against corruption and ACT against it. The movement which has just been started by Anna Hazare who is keeping a fast unto death, has reached to the maximum part of the country. The time has come to kick out the corrupt leaders out of their positions.

Anna Hazare and people like him are fighting against corruption mainly for the Jan Lokpal Bill to get passed in the parliament which is lying neglected for the past 40 years. The Jan Lokpal bill states that there should be an independent body comprising of equal civil society representatives.

The present scenario- Lokpal has no power to initiate suo motu action or receive complaints of corruption from public. It would probe only complaints forwarded by the Lok Sabha Speaker or Rajya Sabha Chairman. It will enable the ruling party to protect its own.

No police powers to Lokpal. All its probes will tantamount to "preliminary enquiries". Even if its report is accepted, who will file chargesheet?

No mention of the CBI's role after the Bill is enacted. Will CBI lose its powers to investigate politicians?

Hazare’s version of the bill wants the Lokpal to have the power to initiate investigation suo motu and it will independent0.

Lokpal will have police powers. It will be able to register FIRs, proceed with criminal investigations and launch prosecution.

The anti-corruption wing of the CBI will be merged with Lokpal so that there is just one independent body to act against graft.

We need an independent body of Jan Lokpal to drive out corruption from our country and to punish the guilty in time.

The movement has caught the attention of everyone and people are joining groups on Facebook, venting out their frustration on Twitter and are regularly writing blogs. There is immense support in the country where people have launched campaigns in their native place, colleges and workplaces.

One of the main aims of the movement is also to keep away politics and politicians and it was clear when the crowd heckled out Uma Bharti and O P Chautala when they came to share the stage with Anna Hazare. People of this country have resisted a lot but not now, it is the time when they are boiling and they want to be heard.

The likes of Aamir Khan, Anupam Kher, Shekhar Kapur and the whole corporate world is supporting this movement, now is the opportunity, let us achieve what we want to and make India a corruption free country.