Thursday, April 7, 2011

Anti Corruption Protests in India

In the last few days there has been a big hue and cry in the country against corruption under the leadership of the Gandhian Mr. Anna Hazare. Is this something sudden or have we just woken up to this stark reality recently? No, the fight has been going on for decades with a bill called the Lokpal bill like the Ombudsman in the UK and other countries tabled about 8 times with the first time being 1968. The current draft is too diluted than what Mr. Hazare is asking for and he is not alone. He has the support of eminent personalities such as Ms. Kiran Bedi, IPS, Swami Agnivesh, Sri Sri Ravishankar, Baba Ramdev, RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal and many more. Plus, most of the general public are behind him. With the ever increasing scams both in numbers and scale this is all the more important. Also, many political parties are supporting it too. The efforts to bring back the black money is also gaining momemtum. I hope we are at the climax and I wish to see the careers of most of the politicians, bureaucrats and business men be destroyed. There are protests all over the country in support of Mr. Hazare.
Why am I writing this blog after so much is being written in the media? Answer, I am not in India currently and I am unable to join this agitation in person. Therefore, the only way I can show my solidarity with those protesting is to write about it. If you are in India, please join the protests. Do not abstain thinking nothing is going to come out of it. If not, please write, blog, tweet, email etc. about it and make all your fellow Indians aware of this and show your solidarity. The Indian government will not be swayed until we show solidarity and put them in the spot.
I strongly support the anti-corruption protests in India.

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