Bill will end corruption by 90 %: Hazare

I have the privilege to work with his organisation Bhrastachar Virodhi Jan Andolan Nyas since 12 years. When the agitation for Right to information Bill was launched the response from the common people was very poor or we can say negligible. Inspite of this only because of the personal stature of Anna Hajare the Govt of Maharashtra had to submit to him and pass the bill. His stature, Gandhian character, clean public image, service to the nation attitude, Humbleness, nonviolance attitude has made him a Godly figure. I know him and met him several times. He is true Gandhi of this present era. We all should be proud to have such a Great character with us showing us path to eradicate corruption from this country.

Well... India is good at framing laws and very poor at enforcing them. Be it the perpetrator or the victim. The bill will only help if corruption is reported and not if it is not. Everyone realises that the system is full of laws, but no checks and balances to prevent corruption. For example, why can't the constitution be amended to make sure that a politician gets into power only for 2 terms? If this is enforced, you get good turnover of politicians, better control on someone being cushy and trying to make money at the cost of the nation.
Secondly, Indians are not nationalistic enough. For example, the same Indian will think 10 times before spitting in public in the US or Singapore, but will not even blink an eyelid when doing so on the streets of his own country. After all, it is our nation and we are the best people to determine how we should take care of it.
Lastly, the judiciary is now the only institution left that is pushing investigative agencies to do their work. Just shows how deep the rot has spread. But, yet, we have full confidence that one day things will change. How about the politician now guaranteeing health care to all citizens who pay tax? What about social benefits? None of that seems to have happened, and unlike the Danish people, we are left to fend for ourselves. Could that also be a reason why corruption is rampant? Poor pay, no social security?

I'm not very sure of up to what degree shall corruption be effectively done away with using this law, as our politicians are so very cunning, to say the least. But I do believe that this a step towards the right direction. The effective implementation of the law shall be vital and in a country so unfortunately corrupt like ours, this law could be used against the righteous, like other laws, so it has to be ensured that the people enforcing the law are of high integrity and have unquestionable track record(which shall be very difficult to find).

I doubt Anna has seen the South of India, or ever interested in the south. He is speaking for the north of India and to say that the rest in the south have to follow the model organized by the two chief ministers - Modi and Kumar is incorrect.
Rather, I would suggest to these folks to come down south and learn how in Kerala and Tamil Nadu the likes of an average citizen enjoys more privileges and rights from early on than any average citizen in the north of India. Be it education, gender equality, health or for that matter opportunities, south is the best place to be in.
I don't want to be seen as biased to the North, but the flow of people to the South of India is a good example of how this trend is building up. The development that's happening in the south is more equitable, more humane, less corrupt (not that corruption is not there, it is, but much less). Also, there is hardly any communal violence down here in comparison to the North of India. So, to speak of emulating two chief ministers from the North is like taking the South back to history, including, my basic worry - encouragement of communal politics, followed by compartmentalization, active encouragement of caste-based politics, discrimination based on the haves and have nots etc.
Also, to say that the only thing that's lacking in these two states is the bill is parochial. What's happening in Gujarat is something similar to the west - where there is active encouragement of the business tycoons who in the name of development have given hardly any importance to the environment. I would certainly value clean water, education and a civil society over all constraints. Then again, there is this talk about rooting out 90% corruption through a bill. Corruption is a state of mind and not a law and order situation. I doubt Anna has the courage to call the average man corrupt. We stop being corrupt when we don't jump queues or drive rashly or create chaos on the streets, when we don't covet someone else's property, when we admire nature and it's produce and take good care of it, when we display dignity in the hour of trouble, when we sacrifice a bit for the needy, when we help others and when we don't lie (be it some members of the media, who creates a hype around everything and lie about it without shame and forget to apologize and correct it's ways when proven wrong).Look at how the citizens of Japan compare to our citizens. I doubt just this bill is enough. To me, what is needed to purity of heart.
I respect Anna for having taken this initiative, I loved it when he stood up and asked to be counted among the harbingers of change. But now I am a bit disappointed seeing the statements he is coming out with and the kind of people who are hijacking the movement.

Common man had an awakened perception to get rid of British governance and then only there was culmination of intense desire to participate in the freedom struggle.The same kind of perception has been evolved to express their grievance that even if the elected members and politicians are capable to wipe out corrupt image of Indians at international level they never come forward unanimously.This event,led by Anna Hazare is a break through one in Indian democracy.Politicians must gauge the perception of common man.