Another day dawns,another citizen's march beckons,only this time around jurists and citizens combined are marching in forty cities to raise their voices against the rampant corruption that seems to be well entrenched amongst our babudom, netadom,mafiadom and every other real and imagined dom in whichever shape,size and form it exists.
Candle light vigils and marches holding up placards and banners seem to have become the in thing ever since Rang De Basanti hit the screens way back in 2006. These vigils,marches begun with the activities involved in ensuring that the killers of Jessica Lall are duly sentenced and get the punishment that they deserved,then came the activities attached with the Priyardshini Mattoo,Ruchika Girhotra and last but not the least the inaction on part of the infamous Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the now eyeball grabbing Aarushi Talwar case.
The crowning glory of them all were the marches organised by various citizens rights groups and Non Governmental Organisations (NGO's) to raise their voices in protest against the apathy displayed towards the victims of the dastardly terrorist attack on 26/11 and to ensure that the perpetrators were bought to justice and were duly punished under the relevant/applicable sections of the Indian Penal Code for their heinous crimes.
But,what boggles the mind is whether these vigils,marches and other forms of protest really have the desired long term effects and force the auhtorities that be to do a rethink and formulate user friendly policies/laws/strategies/theorems and so and so forth.Lets' critically examine the difference these measures have made/had on the government/relevant authorities.
Vikas Yadav and his co-conspirators,cohorts in crime find themselves theroretically incarcerated within the four walls of the capital's Tihar Jail for life but have already stepped out of the jail premises more than sixty times on one flimsy pretext or the other as a Right to Information query succintly and rather cruelly revealed.The murderers in Aarushi Talwar's case are yet to be identified by the CBI sleuths even after two and a half years of so called intensive investigation,lie detector and brain mapping tests and all the other bunkum and hocus pocus.
S.P.S.Rathore is out on bail and cocking a snook at the law and the citizens who raised their concerted voices against his sins of omission and commission thanks to his being hand in glove with the very authorities who are vested with the powers of investigating his crimes and building up a fool proof case that ensures that he gets the due sentence he so richly deserves.Ajmal Aamir kasab is busy enjoying an extended lease of life in Mumbai's Arthur Road jail, wolfing down biryanis and kababs as if there was no tomorrow, occasionally making highly illogical and absurd claims pertaining to his innocence and his not being involved in the tragic events that unfolded on 26/11 that send the entire law and order machinery into a tizzy and sending out the wrong signals about the inherent weaknesses/loopholes/maladies and contradictions that continue to plague our criminal justice system.
Yours truly is of the informed opinion that the afore mentioned measures though both highly desirable and welcome pale in significance to the right to recall that should be enshrined within our constitution,let's all join hands and force our lawmakers into incorporating the right to recall our elected representatives in the face of non-performance,being tainted by the tinge of corruption or wrongdoing, indulging in any corrupt,immoral or dubious act that serves to undermine their stature as the people's elected representative, or any other sins of omission or commission covered under the various sections of the law.
Let's immediately begin a citizen's movement demanding the right to recall,clamour for an additional choice to be included in ballot papers thast gives us the right to abstention in the face of political parties failing to nominate candidates with squeaky clean backgrounds, begin casting our votes with alacrity and due diligence at any and every given opportunity,begin signing and framing petitions with crores of signatures that would go a long way in guaranteeing us the rights denied to us for the last 65 years. Let's amalgamise these measures with the stereotypical marches and vigils and then see whats stops us from ushering in an India where anybody and everybody would be accountable and answerable for any and every act.
VANDE MATRAM.
SUNDEEP CHOPRA.
Candle light vigils and marches holding up placards and banners seem to have become the in thing ever since Rang De Basanti hit the screens way back in 2006. These vigils,marches begun with the activities involved in ensuring that the killers of Jessica Lall are duly sentenced and get the punishment that they deserved,then came the activities attached with the Priyardshini Mattoo,Ruchika Girhotra and last but not the least the inaction on part of the infamous Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the now eyeball grabbing Aarushi Talwar case.
The crowning glory of them all were the marches organised by various citizens rights groups and Non Governmental Organisations (NGO's) to raise their voices in protest against the apathy displayed towards the victims of the dastardly terrorist attack on 26/11 and to ensure that the perpetrators were bought to justice and were duly punished under the relevant/applicable sections of the Indian Penal Code for their heinous crimes.
But,what boggles the mind is whether these vigils,marches and other forms of protest really have the desired long term effects and force the auhtorities that be to do a rethink and formulate user friendly policies/laws/strategies/theorems and so and so forth.Lets' critically examine the difference these measures have made/had on the government/relevant authorities.
Vikas Yadav and his co-conspirators,cohorts in crime find themselves theroretically incarcerated within the four walls of the capital's Tihar Jail for life but have already stepped out of the jail premises more than sixty times on one flimsy pretext or the other as a Right to Information query succintly and rather cruelly revealed.The murderers in Aarushi Talwar's case are yet to be identified by the CBI sleuths even after two and a half years of so called intensive investigation,lie detector and brain mapping tests and all the other bunkum and hocus pocus.
S.P.S.Rathore is out on bail and cocking a snook at the law and the citizens who raised their concerted voices against his sins of omission and commission thanks to his being hand in glove with the very authorities who are vested with the powers of investigating his crimes and building up a fool proof case that ensures that he gets the due sentence he so richly deserves.Ajmal Aamir kasab is busy enjoying an extended lease of life in Mumbai's Arthur Road jail, wolfing down biryanis and kababs as if there was no tomorrow, occasionally making highly illogical and absurd claims pertaining to his innocence and his not being involved in the tragic events that unfolded on 26/11 that send the entire law and order machinery into a tizzy and sending out the wrong signals about the inherent weaknesses/loopholes/maladies and contradictions that continue to plague our criminal justice system.
Yours truly is of the informed opinion that the afore mentioned measures though both highly desirable and welcome pale in significance to the right to recall that should be enshrined within our constitution,let's all join hands and force our lawmakers into incorporating the right to recall our elected representatives in the face of non-performance,being tainted by the tinge of corruption or wrongdoing, indulging in any corrupt,immoral or dubious act that serves to undermine their stature as the people's elected representative, or any other sins of omission or commission covered under the various sections of the law.
Let's immediately begin a citizen's movement demanding the right to recall,clamour for an additional choice to be included in ballot papers thast gives us the right to abstention in the face of political parties failing to nominate candidates with squeaky clean backgrounds, begin casting our votes with alacrity and due diligence at any and every given opportunity,begin signing and framing petitions with crores of signatures that would go a long way in guaranteeing us the rights denied to us for the last 65 years. Let's amalgamise these measures with the stereotypical marches and vigils and then see whats stops us from ushering in an India where anybody and everybody would be accountable and answerable for any and every act.
VANDE MATRAM.
SUNDEEP CHOPRA.
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