Before i put in my views, I want it to be made very clear that I stand with Annaji in his fight against corruption though i may be a bit skeptical bout the ways adopted !!
The entire country including me is backing up the India against Corruption movement but when it come to supporting Anna Team's Jan Lokpal Bill, I might take a step back !! I know that the government's lokpal bill was nothing less than a joke but then even the Lokpal bill framed by anna's team is not the perfect one !!
One cannot include the judicial system and the Prime Minister's post under such terms and conditions..there are many a times that the PMO or the judicial system needs to dictate terms that may seem unethical or unlawful as per our constitution and law but needs to be taken at that point of time in country's best interest. !!
The State and the political class, therefore, need far greater humility and patience in dealing with dissent. But it would be fair to add that lessons in tolerance and forbearance are imperative also for people’s organizations that organize protest. Too often we too are self-righteous, rigid and unwilling to listen to perspectives that differ from ours.
We too need to learn better to deal with disagreement. Their demand is that their version of the Bill should be introduced in Parliament. As long as government does not concede this, their leader Hazare will fast.I believe it would have been more temperate and democratic for Team Anna to have given the standing committee a chance before taking to the streets again.
I just hope that Anna comes out of this protest hale and healthy and that the government and Anna's team come on an agreement regarding the bill ASAP !!
The entire country including me is backing up the India against Corruption movement but when it come to supporting Anna Team's Jan Lokpal Bill, I might take a step back !! I know that the government's lokpal bill was nothing less than a joke but then even the Lokpal bill framed by anna's team is not the perfect one !!
One cannot include the judicial system and the Prime Minister's post under such terms and conditions..there are many a times that the PMO or the judicial system needs to dictate terms that may seem unethical or unlawful as per our constitution and law but needs to be taken at that point of time in country's best interest. !!
The government blundered from every perspective: constitutionally, legally, administratively, politically and, above all, morally. In its defense, it argues that in a democracy it is only Parliament that can legitimately make laws. This is correct only in the narrowest technical sense.
Most progressive laws are the outcome of people’s struggles — labor agitations, farmers’ movements, women’s movements, battles against big dams and displacement, struggles for Dalit equity, ecological movements, the campaign for the right to information, and many human rights struggles.
The State and the political class, therefore, need far greater humility and patience in dealing with dissent. But it would be fair to add that lessons in tolerance and forbearance are imperative also for people’s organizations that organize protest. Too often we too are self-righteous, rigid and unwilling to listen to perspectives that differ from ours.
We too need to learn better to deal with disagreement. Their demand is that their version of the Bill should be introduced in Parliament. As long as government does not concede this, their leader Hazare will fast.I believe it would have been more temperate and democratic for Team Anna to have given the standing committee a chance before taking to the streets again.
I just hope that Anna comes out of this protest hale and healthy and that the government and Anna's team come on an agreement regarding the bill ASAP !!
