Very few columnists in India call a spade, a spade and Francois Gautier is one of them which is clear from his analysis in the above piece( DNA,May 6). Most of them are part of the establishment and don't see that 'the king is naked' when he drops his clothes. Most of the columnists are horrified that the Central government bowed to Anna Hazare's 'fast unto death' and agreed to include civil society members in a government panel. It does not matter to them that the institution of Lokpal was mooted by the first Administrative Reforms Commission some 42 years ago to investigate and punish wrong doers in high positions, and not implemented all these years. It does not matter to them that such an institution's existence would have prevented scams like 2G spectrum and CWG which siphoned off colossal amount of public money. After agreeing to have civil society members on the panel, minions of the establishment started to throw mud on them.
Less said the better about their attitude of UPA to Modi, notwithstanding his achievements in almost every field in Gujarat – providing water and electricity to every village, e-governance to promote welfare etc. As Gautier has pointed out no Congress leader has been punished for leading the mob to kill the Sikhs after the assassination of Indira Gandhi. Rajiv Gandhi has not been held responsible for the killings in spite of his justification that the earth shakes when a big tree falls, or for late police action and late deployment of army. The police are always late as we see in all the films. The problem is, police have no functional autonomy and they wait for a nod from the above. It is the same situation as far as 'fake encounters' is concerned. Every state has many such encounters but only the home minister of Gujarat is sought to be punished. Let there be a Rule of Law, not selective enforcement of law.
It is time Indian citizens wake up to the dictum that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Congress, now UPA, has been in power for too long which makes them forget that people voted them to power for welfare of the people, not their own welfare or for perpetuating themselves in power through manipulation of public opinion.
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/analysis_why-is-sonia-gandhi-so-scared-of-narendra-modi_1539917
May 7,2011.
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