Has Arvind Kejriwal Said The Ugly Truth?

 Has Arvind Kejriwal Said The Ugly Truth?

Arvind Kejriwal spoke something that is hogging the limelight since yesterday.  Social media also is abuzz with what he said and the reactions of political parties after his comments.  Twitter is also adding a lot of spice to this

In his speech, he said parliament has become a problem rather than a solution.  After the last session of parliament, I feel there is so much truth in what Arvind is saying.  After all, parliament in toto failed to deliver what was promised by none other than our honorable prime minister to the people of this country.  An act which could deter people from doing corruption.  Since then, I have no doubts in my mind that parliament can easily be manipulated by people with vested interests.

Everybody saw how the parliament was completely rigged by someone as unknown and insignificant as Rajniti Prasad Yadav.  Nobody even knew about him before his dishourable act of bravery. (don't want to go into the debate who were his masters)

Those who believe it is a mistake to undermine our parliament should also explain what Rajniti Prasad Yadav did.  Rajniti Prasad tore and threw a bill in front of our prime minister and went scot-free.  Is this a democratic act?  Is he democratic?  Doesn’t it indirectly bring disgrace or disrepute to our parliament.  Therefore someone like me, an average Indian citizen by the way, feels the same like Arvind Kejriwal.  What democracy is this when a single person does not allow to pass the bill.  Why can’t we have a provision to punish these acts.  He and a few men behind him completely wished away the desire of billions to have an effective Lokpal.  This demonstrates lack of accountability from our MPs and indirectly from our parliament.

Massive corruption cases have come forward in the recent past.  The magnitude and frequency of these scams have shocked many like me.  They have brought to the fore the need for an effective body to tackle corruption like a Lokpal.  If we put to rest for a while the stupid argument of BJP Vs Congress’ betterness and think in totality, it is the parliament that has collectively failed to deliver.  Delivery is lacking because it is governed by people with lethargy or malevolence and that is the point Arvind is making.

Parliament represents our democracy.  Few people with power and money are taking advantage of the democratic setup and its loopholes for their own benefit.  In this process, they are manipulating everything including media and distort all the facts and findings that people of this country should know.  Political parties seem to have lost all their ideologies in the way and their sole objective is to gain or stay in power.

Arvind’s statement has many takers today.  In fact, the number has gone up especially after the last session of parliament.

Political parties should clean up their acts and should have some decorum both inside and outside parliament before criticizing Arvind.  They should not give people like Arvind an opportunity to criticize.  If they ignore his voice, then it will echo in large numbers and then what will suffer is our parliament as more and more people will lose faith in it.

No Lokpal; Well, Boo Ourselves

No Lokpal; Well, Boo Ourselves

Yesterday, an utterly disgraceful event in the Rajya Sabha demonstrated how our politicians behave when there is no deterrent like Anna to fear for. 

Anna's Mumbai fiasco has been a booster for the      politicians, and they have started justifying their misdeeds fearlessly.  Watch Rajniti Prasad on TV.

It was not one-of-its-kind event that took place yesterday. We have seen time and again how easily a few unruly members of parliament can create disruption and subvert the whole idea of democracy.  The fact that a few men can cause havoc in the parliament and disrupt the proceedings makes us believe that parliamentary democracy is nothing, but a big farce.  The whole Indian democratic set up got completely sabotaged by a very few men.  The most worrying thing is that this is not going to be a one-off event.  This has just set a very bad precedent and this is going to happen again and again and again.

Blame it on ourselves for what happened in the parliament yesterday.  By not listening to Anna’s call for agitation, we in a sense made a mistake.  We are too careless, too self-involved, and very less patriotic.

The Congress Party, which is in minority in the Rajya Sabha failed to take into confidence its own allies on the Lokayukta issue and hence completely fixed the last hour proceeding by creating a ruckus along with RJD.

A television channel exposed this dramatic event much before it actually happened.  Therefore instead of going for voting, they just organized a scripted drama and hushed up the proceedings thereafter.

Yesterday’s event in the Rajya Sabha certainly forces us to think why we need people like Anna in our democratic setup.

On the flip side, Team Anna failed to mobilize people for their agitation in Mumbai, and the whole event was a damp squib.  Why there was so much apathy towards the agitation is beyond my understanding.

Now the questions we need to ask ourselves are, firstly, do we need Anna to fight against corruption? Secondly, if this movement dies, what would be the nature of politics that we will see going forward?

The answers are YES, we need Anna and we should not let the movement die, as it would be catastrophic.

But in the meantime, do not feel surprised and sad if any big scam comes to light in the future.  Do not feel sad either if Lalu Yadav judges Anna Hazare.

Voh kehate hai na, Tab dhyan nahi diya, ab bhugto!!!

God bless this country and its countrymen.