Civil Society activist Anna Hazare and his 5-member team of civil society has undertaken self-initiated referendum in Chandani Chowk of Delhi- the parliamentary constituency of Telecom and HR&D Minister and member of Draft Bill on Lokpal Kapil Sibal from government side to be introduced in Lok Sabha on August 3. Overwhelming number of people about 85 percent rejected Government’s drafted Bill, favoured PM to be brought under the purview of Lokpal and approved the Janlokpal drafted by Anna and his team.
The volunteers of ‘India Against Corruption’ (IAC) visited ten localities in Chandni Chowk and distributed a two-page questionnaire having eight questions to voters in the constituency.
To undertake opinion poll and referendum on issues of public concern is the democratic right of the people and the government should have no objection to this. But it does not mean that a group of five members of civil society represent the wishes and aspiration of the people of entire nation and the government should do what they dictate it, undermining the importance of Parliament. It is absolutely impossible for any government at the Centre regardless of political affiliations in vibrant democracy like ours.
Parliament is the highest institution of democracy and the people who elect it is the real master. So, the candidate of a political party elected to the Parliament by the people represents their wishes and aspirations and none else. So, Parliament is supreme and whatever suggestion Anna and his team want to give, they can give to the Standing Committee of Parliament that to itself seek suggestions for modification in the Lokpal to be presented Parliament to gets its final approval.
Anna Hazare and his team can mobilise the people all over the country in favour of Janlokpal and Prime Minister be brought under the purview of Lokpal till the general Lok Sabha elections take place in 2014 which would decide which side the people of the country is.
No comments:
Post a Comment