If India had a strong anti corruption law, Home Minister P Chidambaram would have been in jail by now, according to Anna Hazare.
Mr. Hazare was addressing the visitors in his hometown Ralegan Siddhi when he said, “You can watch what is happening on TV. Had there been a Jan Lokpal in effect, P. Chidambaram would have been in jail by now. That is why we say, such people (politicians) should be sent home.”
Mr. Chidambaram has been caught in the middle of the 2G controversy, with a note from the Finance Ministry to the PMO accessed through the Right to Information (RTI) Act, and produced in front of the Supreme Court, indicating that Mr. Chidambaram could have tried harder to force A. Raja to auction the spectrum.
This is not the first time that Mr. Hazare has criticised Mr. Chidambaram. He has earlier called him “mischievous and a liar” in his dealings before the 13 day fast at the Ramlila Maidan last month.
Expanding their ambit of the anti graft struggle, Mr. Hazare and his colleagues have now asked for a ‘right to recall’ MPs if the electorate is not happy with their performance.
Annaji wants Chidambaram in jail even though there are no corruption charges against him and he did try to prevent 2G spectrum being allotted without auction. But it seems he did not try 'hard' enough, nor was he firm in his stand. For this Anna wants him in jail. But Anna had not a word to say against Yeddyurappa or the Reddy brothers who were steeped in corruption and Lok Ayukta finally indicted them forcing Yeddyurappa to quit with extreme reluctance. Annaji had lots of praise for Narendra Modi too, though he has delayed appointing a Lok Ayuka in his State for more than seven years and is now organising a mass rally against the appointment of the same by the State Governor based on the recommendations of the Chief Justice.
It is difficult to comprehend what kind of 'Jan Lok Pal' Annaji has got in mind!.
Annaji is 100% right, not only this, even his Right to Recall and Right to Reject Bill needs to be appreciated, even though these suggestions were trashed by Chief Election Commissioner, Querishi as not practical we still need to go ahead with these bills as 2G scam has cleary exposed that unless we have a very strong mechanism to punish these politicians, they would shamelessly enter Parliament in someother garb.
If you think the country`s interest thereby the people`s interests foremost, nothing could shake you. When nothing was decided and auctioning of spectrum had cropped up for discussion, why it was not taken seriously? That is the prime issue.
Annaji has earlier called him mischievous and liar.Now on seeing the TV channels he has pronounced his judgment that Mr.P.Chidambaram would have been in jail if Jan Lok Pal had been in effect.When Prime Minister said on the floor of the Parliament " I Salute You" , the entire Nation saluted you. With great respect to Annaji and the anti corruption movement may I bring it to your kind notice that if there are few Ministers including the Prime Minister who are not corrupt Mr.P.Chidambaram is one among them.He hails from a rich family,well educated,had lucrative practice as a Senior Counsel.Even the opposition has so far not made any allegation of corruption against him.Except Annaji no one has said that he would have been in jail.Even Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Madam Jeyalalithaji has only demanded that he should resign otherwise the Prime Minister drop him from the cabinet.However one thing is true that his intellectual arrogance has created more enemies wthin the party and Govt.
Really? Why would we do that? When the Govt decided to sell 2G license for a low fee, we enjoyed a telecom revolution. Nobody has proven or even claimed that Chidambaram received any undue benefit. Media should educate the public (including Annaji) why Govt spends. Lack of basic understanding of how Govt is different from a business, leads to absurd claims like we see here.
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