Monday, January 23, 2012

Team Anna must seek clarification

Team Anna must campaign in poll bound states to uncover all the political parties equally in regards to containing corruption. It has rightly sought clarifications from all the major political parties on their role on Lokpal Bill during discussion and debate in Parliament. Almost all political parties across the party line are neck-deep in corruption. The question here is that it is a very difficult task to single out the most corrupt. All have to be targeted by Team Anna among the electorates. Team Anna must appeal to the electorates during their campaign to give their votes to those candidates who have clean image and social service record irrespective of political parties.
Team Anna has rightly written letters to Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress General Secretary and MP Rahul Gandhi, BJP President Nitin Gadkari, BSP supremo and UP Chief Minister Mayawati and Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav to clarify their stand on Lokpal Bill. The way they spoke outside the Parliament and the way they acted inside both Houses in different mode made it amply clear that no political leaders sincerely wanted to pass the anti-graft Lokpal Bill. They were only enacting drama. Even the main opposition party BJP’s action did not support their pledge for supporting Team Anna on the issue of anti-corruption Lokpal Bill.
Team Anna is prepared to campaign in some of the poll bound states for anti-graft Lokpal. They are doing the right job by enlightening the electorates about the importance of their votes. The right to vote is very precious. Team Anna must appeal to voters not to come under the influence of caste, community and muscle power. They should give vote to the candidate on the basis of honesty and clean image.
Team Anna is doing the right thing in a right way in parliamentary form of government. They are required to impress up on the people in an apolitical way. All political parties are tarred with the same brush of corruption. None of them has come forward sincerely in support of the strong Lokpal Bill in its entirety.
Politically, Uttar Pradesh is the most important state of India. Assembly elections are also going to be held there along with four other states. Its results will decide the nature of government at the Centre to be formed after Lok Sabha elections in 2014. As far as the issue of corruption is concerned, charges against the Mayawati government are also numerous. How Mulayam Singh and BJP Governments functioned in the past during their tenure should also be brought out before the people by Team Anna. They should also tell how casual and non serious in practice they are about the Lokpal. Because in the last 21 years, there have been rules of Mulayam Singh Yadav of Samajwadi Party, BJP and Mayawati of BSP in Uttar Pradesh. So, if the Team Anna holds that Congress has bigger responsibility to pass the strong Lokpal Bill because of its being in power at the Centre, they should also canvass among the electorates of UP about the roles played by all other opposition parties. The more they are apolitical, the more would be listened sincerely during their campaign.
Team Anna must understand that no political leaders across the party line would ever like any body to control and keep supervision on their functioning.

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