Lokpal & Corruption

Anna Hazare protesting against corruption by government servants from April month onwards and to get rid on to the corruption cancer, his team is in favour of strong Lokpal Bill and if we go through the news of just fortnight back of print media then we will find news of corruption at different levels by our government servants becomes headlines after two days on an average which is shocking, so in this scenario it is important and need of the hour to have such a bill which can put tainted persons behind bars, other wise peoples will keep on suffering from these corrupt minds and these corrupt minds will keep on hollowing the financial roots of government coffer, so we can say that Anna is representing the voice of general public which are reeling in the grinder of corruption badly from decades now, but again it is the tragedy that government has oversighted draft of civil society and not only has superseded its Lokpal draft version but also it was tabled and pass by parliament which has not power to take stern action against tainted persons. Below are few stories which hit newspapers recently and self explanatory in nature that how much badly India needs a strong Lokpal bill –

• Paramjit Sandhu I.G.(Internal Vigilance Cell of Punjab Police) was arrested by CBI’s anti corruption cell for taking bribe of fifty thousand rupees, it is worth mentioning here that CBI had arrested him in the year 2007 in connection with Moga sex scandal, he was remained in the CBI custody for two days, and Sandhu was on bail in that case.
• PowerCom Mehatpur SDO was accused of bribe of five thousand rupees to change the transformer and it is claimed by complainant that while handing over money video was made.
• On 22^nd July Vigilance department arrested Punjab National Bank, Khanna’s Chief Manager Ram Niwas Malik on account of demanding fifty thousand rupees as bribe.
• DSP Mohali Raca Gera was arrested by CBI at the time of taking bribe of one lakh Rupees and when her house was raided authorities found cash worth 11 million rupees, documents of fixed deposit worth lakhs of rupees, gold, wine, AK47 rifles and seven hundred and fifty live cartridges.
• Punjab Vigilance Bureau has file charge sheet against former IAS Officer Swaran Singh and three others on account of discrepancies in the twenty million rupees fund of Shaeed Bhagat Singh birth century ceremonies in the year 2008.
• Vigilance Department on 1^st August arrested Randhir Singh Uppal taking bribe of fifty thousand rupees. Person of Naya Nangal accused his tenant for selling his shop after making false documents. Uppal was in charge of this case, he demanded two lakhs rupees from complainant but it was fix at fifty thousand rupees.
• Vigilance Deparment Barnala arrested Patwari Bhim Sen for taking bribe of fifteen thousand rupees, Bhim Sen had demanded thirty five thousand rupees for adjustment of turn of nehar water but it was fixed at thirty thousand rupees and complainant hand over fifteen thousand to Bhim Sen when he was arrested.
• On 2^nd August Punjab State Warehouse Corporation Inspector Surendar Pal Singh was arrested by Vigilance department team when he had taken rupees ten thousand from agent for issuing eighty five thousand rupees cheque.

If Anna Hazare is against Government Lokpal draft then he is not wrong because if strong Lokpal bill comes into force then government servants will be entitle for recovery of money and strong punishment then it will be lesson for government officials to do their duties honestly otherwise they are entitle for harsh sentence. Team Anna Hazare is going to start second agitation from 16^th August onwards and this time Anna team has announced that without getting anything in writing from government they won’t accept government words.