Petition to the Prime Minister supporting the Jan Lokpal Bill & Anna Hazare

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PETITION COPY


Dated : April 7, 2011



To,
Dr. Manmohan Singh,
Honorable Prime Minister of India,
PMO, South Block, Raisina Hill,
New Delhi,
India-110 101.

Subject : Intervention to stop Corruption in India by approval of Jan Lokpal Bill.


Respected Prime Minister,

Background : Today, as India shines and competes with other developing economies, it is also pulled back and questioned on integrity & credibility of government as the corruption in India is something not hidden from the entire world.

View of the World : We keep interacting with lot of foreigners from across various countries. They had two major concerns 10 years back – (1) Development in country and political stability and (2) Corruption in the country. Point No. 1 is very well taken care to a certain extent by you and your team of but Point No. 2 – Corruption is still a major question mark, especially with scams like 2G, CVC, CWG, Black Money, Adarsh etc coming out in the last few months. The FIIs and International Investors are thinking whether to come to India or explore China, Brazil or Russia. We may soon loose the edge, we as a country have, if no concrete action is taken now.

View of the Citizen of India : Even, we the citizen of India, feel extremely cheated and betrayed that our hard earned monies paid as taxes to the government is being misused by politicians and the quantum are not lacs and crores but figures that can not be typed in a calculator ! And in our daily lives too we all become victims of corruptions big and small. The role played by Supreme Court and Media in the past one year is commendable, but the need is to take a concrete step to fight the deadly virus of corruption. That step is to implement the Jan Lokpal Bill.

Background on Lokpal & Jan Lokpal Bill : The Lokpal Bill drafted by the government has languished in the Rajya Sabha for 42 years. The first Lokpal Bill was passed in the 4th Lok Sabha in 1969 but could not get through in Rajya Sabha. Subsequently, Lokpal bills were introduced in 1971, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2005 and in 2008. Yet none of these bills were ever passed. This is a big question which has no answer, if you may have, then please do share.

There are serious differences between the draft Lokpal Bill 2010 prepared by the government which still could protect the corrupt politicians and bureaucrats and the Jan Lokpal Bill prepared by the members of this movement representing the Citizen of India, which has received significant public support:

Draft Lokpal Bill 2010

1. Lokpal will have no power to initiate suo moto action or receive complaints of corruption from the general public. It can only probe complaints forwarded by LS Speaker or RS Chairman.
2. Lokpal will only be an Advisory Body. Its part is only limited to forwarding its report to the "Competent Authority"
3. Lokpal will not have any police powers. It can not register FIRs or proceed with criminal investigations.
4. CBI and Lokpal will have no connection with each other.
5. Punishment for corruption will be minimum 6 months and maximum up-to 7 years.

Jan Lokpal Bill

1. Lokpal will have powers to initiate suo moto action or receive complaints of corruption from the general public.
2. Lokpal will be much more than an Advisory Body. It should be granted powers to initiate Prosecution against anyone found guilty.
3. Lokpal will have police powers. To say that it will be able to register FIRs.
4. Lokpal and anti corruption wing of CBI will be one Independent body.
5. The punishment should be minimum 5 years and maximum up-to life imprisonment.
6. Lokpal will not be a monopoly for particular area

Request from the Citizen of India  : We, the citizen of India support our Veteran citizen Shri. Anna Hazare who is currently fasting at Jantar Mantar for the cause and we are in our own capacities are participating in the Indian Jasmine revolution either by assembling at a local places to support the cause or by this Petition as we strongly believe, that Freedom from Corruption for the country is more important viz. a viz what we got in 1947 ! It is your choice, whether you would want to be at the helm of it and be compared with Mahatma Gandhi in the years to come or you would want to choose otherwise.

We, the citizen of India, would urge an urgent intervention from your end to see that the Jan Lokpal Bill is implemented in the larger interest of the citizen of India.

We, the citizen of India understand and appreciate the possible pressures on you from various fronts to avoid this bill due to vested interests, but we have faith in you and your integrity and credibility is incomparable. But at the same time, some of us feel that you are forced not to perform at times despite having intent may be due to the nature of a remote control government. Sir, we urge you to help prove ourselves wrong and this could happen by seeing you intervene in this important subject and creating another History in India.

Looking at the recent World Cup Victory of India, where all Indians took to streets to celebrate the United Spirit of India, we sincerely hope that all Indians do not take on to the streets for this important national cause and recreate an Egypt in India.

We, with all our hopes and sincerity shall look forward to hear from you on the same.

Thanking you,
Citizen of India

What is LokPal Bill, Jan LokPal Bill ? Who is Anna Hazare ?? What is this Anti Corruption revolution ?

Thesedays we read Headlines like "Revolution against Corruption" "Anna Hazare fasting" "Lokpal Bill" "Jan Lokpal Bill".... many of us know but many of us dont what exactly is the Lokpal Bill and what is Jan Lokpal Bill. Why is Anna Hazare fasting ? What is the whole objective of the so called Revolution or Movement against Corruption.

Who is Anna Hazare ?

Anna Hazare, is an Indian social activist who is especially recognized for his contribution to the development of Ralegan Siddhi, a village in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India and his efforts for establishing it as a model village, for which he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by Government of India, in 1992.One can read more on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Hazare

In April 2011, Hazare started a 'fast unto death' to exert pressure on the Government of India to enact a strong anti-corruption act as envisaged in the Jan Lokpal Bill, a law that will establish a Lokpal (ombudsman) that will have the power to deal with corruption in public offices.

CORRUPTION and CORRUPTION CONTROL

Ideally, RTI Act which came in 2005 became a strong tool to expose corruption in the Government, and thanks to the RTI Activists that we had Scams like 2G, CVC, CWG, Adarsh etc out. But still there is no mechanism in place to tackle the corruption and bring the corrupt to books and we still see jerks like Kalmadi roaming free.

Even, we the citizen of India, feel extremely cheated and betrayed that our hard earned monies paid as taxes to the government is being misused by politicians and the quantum are not lacs and crores but figures that can not be typed in a calculator ! And in our daily lives too we all become victims of corruptions big and small. The role played by Supreme Court and Media in the past one year is commendable, but the need is to take a concrete step to fight the deadly virus of corruption. That step is to implement the Jan Lokpal Bill


Quick Background on Lokpal & Jan Lokpal Bill :

The Lokpal Bill drafted by the government has languished in the Rajya Sabha for 42 years. The first Lokpal Bill was passed in the 4th Lok Sabha in 1969 but could not get through in Rajya Sabha. Subsequently, Lokpal bills were introduced in 1971, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2005 and in 2008. Yet none of these bills were ever passed. This is a big question which has no answer, if you may have, then please do share.



There are serious differences between the draft Lokpal Bill 2010 prepared by the government which still could protect the corrupt politicians and bureaucrats and the Jan Lokpal Bill prepared by the members of this movement representing the Citizen of India, which has received significant public support:


Draft Lokpal Bill 2010


1. Lokpal will have no power to initiate suo moto action or receive complaints of corruption from the general public. It can only probe complaints forwarded by LS Speaker or RS Chairman.
2. Lokpal will only be an Advisory Body. Its part is only limited to forwarding its report to the "Competent Authority"
3. Lokpal will not have any police powers. It can not register FIRs or proceed with criminal investigations.
4. CBI and Lokpal will have no connection with each other.
5. Punishment for corruption will be minimum 6 months and maximum up-to 7 years.

Jan Lokpal Bill


1. Lokpal will have powers to initiate suo moto action or receive complaints of corruption from the general public.
2. Lokpal will be much more than an Advisory Body. It should be granted powers to initiate Prosecution against anyone found guilty.
3. Lokpal will have police powers. To say that it will be able to register FIRs.
4. Lokpal and anti corruption wing of CBI will be one Independent body.
5. The punishment should be minimum 5 years and maximum up-to life imprisonment.
6. Lokpal will not be a monopoly for particular area


In a nutshell, the Jan Lokpal bill is more in the favour of the public and also is made by the involvement of the citizen, which the government is opposing. There will be vested interest of many corrupt politicians or babus who may get pulledup on implementation of this bill and the first victim is Sharad Pawar who had to resign from the Group of Ministers involved.

We, support the movement and revolution to implement the Jan Lokpal Bill in the larger interest of the society and would urge all Indian Citizen to do so. We almost talk about corruption in India and how and when will it become corruption free and the answer we have, in an optimistic mindset, is may be our next generation could see Corruption free India. It is difficult to clean the system overnight and these are the small steps towards the same. RTI has made a huge impact and Jan Lokpal Bill would be the next big stepping stone.

Let us participate in this movement of making India a corruption free nation. Atleast you would be able to tell your grand children that you participated in the Freedom Movement of India !!

For more details on LOK PAL BILL (Government proposed) and JAN LOK PAL BILL (Citizen proposed)- attaching the same.

JAN LOK PAL BILL (Citizen proposed)-
http://empowerfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/jan-lokpal-bill-by-expert-eng.pdf


LOK PAL BILL (Government proposed)
http://empowerfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/lokpal-bill-by-government-of-india.pdf
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One may also read on Jan Lokpal Bill on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Lokpal_Bill
 
If you dont have time to go through the Bill in details, here are Some Key Points on JAN LOKPAL BILL
 
Jan LokPal Bill – Summary and Guide to India’s Civil Society Anti-Corruption Bill Deserves Our Support




The Jan LokPal Bill is supposed to be the answer to India’s massive endemic corruption which strikes daily in the form of a new scam or scandal.The government has proven to be woefully inadequate in taking on the corrupt politicians,bureaucrats and businessmen.This corrupt nexus has been repeatedly exposed and its structure exposed through the Nira Radia Tapes.The Indian administration has shamefully failed to take action only promising to do something without doing anything worthwhile.The Indian Judiciary has also castigated the government numerous times for its abject failure in the 2G Telecom Scam,Black Money Scandal etc.However the government instead of strengthening anti-corruption measures has only put obstacles in the way.Its no wonder when the committee meant to look after the Bill comprises of ministers tainted with a number of scams themselves.Anna Hazare has held a fast unto death to put pressure on the government to pass the draft bill but the Minister appear unconcerned.Here is a short summary and guide to the main points of the Jan LokPal Bill which IMHO deserves the support of the whole Indian civil society.



What is the Jan Lok Pal Bill - The bill has been drafted by eminent members of the civil society like Prashant Bhusan,Kiran Bedi,Lyngdoh and other. The bill proposes institution of the office of Lokpal at the federal level and Lok Akyukta at sthe tate level. Jan Lokpal Bill is designed to create an effective anti-corruption and grievance redressal systems at centre and to assure that effective deterrent is created against corruption and to provide effective protection to whistleblowers.This has been done after the government of India has failed to pass the Lokpal Bill for 42 years reflecting the systemic corruption as the members of the legislature don’t want their powers to be curbed and their actions made accountable.


Main Points

1) There shall be an institution known as Lokpal which shall consist of one Chairperson and ten members along with its officers and employees. The Lokpal shall be headed by its Chairperson.The Government will appoint the members of the Lokpal though Chairperson and members of Lokpal shall not be serving or former member of either the Parliament or the Legislature of any State and shall not hold any office or trust of profit


2) Funding - There shall be a separate fund by the name of “Lokpal fund” in which penalties/fines imposed by the Lokpal shall be deposited and in which 10% of the loss of Public Money detected/prevented on account of investigations by Lokpal shall also be deposited by the Government.

The administrative expenses of the office of the Lokpal including all salaries, allowances and pensions payable to or in respect of persons serving in that office, shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund of India.


3) Appointment of the Lokpal A selection committee consisting of the following shall be set up which will have reprsentatives from the government,judiciary and civil socieity.The members shall have unimpeachable integrity with 4 members from the legal background.


4) Powers of Lokpal -
a) Initiate prosecution against public servants as well as those private entities
b) Order cancellation or modification of a license or lease or permission or contract
c) Blacklist the concerned firm or company or contractor
d)Take necessary action to provide protection to a whistleblower
e) Suo moto initiate appropriate action under this Act
f) Power to Issue Search Warrants
g) For the purpose of any such investigation (including the preliminary inquiry) the Lokpal shall have all the powers of a civil court
h) Lokpal to be a deemed police officer
i) , Lokpal may decide to impose a fine on the officials responsible for the non-compliance of its orders.
j) Assess Number of Special Judges for Corruption in an Area
k) Power to issue Letter of Rogatory

5) Functioning of Lokpal – Lokpal shall function in benches of three or more members.Chairperson shall be responsible for overall administration and supervision of the institution of Lokpal.


6) Punishments for offences: For offences mentioned in Chapter III of Prevention of Corruption Act, punishment shall not be less than five years which may extend upto life imprisonment.


Provided that if the accused is any officer of the rank of Joint Secretary in the state or above or a Minister, the punishment shall not be less than ten years

Summary


The Jan LokPal is a stringent law against corruption and will to strict and hard punishment for corruption doers while protecting whistle-blowers.This Law will be opposed tooth and nail by the executive and the legislature as it meant to punish wrong doers amongst them mainly.Note these 2 arms of the government are endangering Indian democracy with their flagrant violations of the law and massive corruption which has undermined the confidence of the Indian state amongst its citizens.I don’t see much hope that this Law will get passed but it deserves the support of every responsible citizen


 
What is Jan Lokpal Bill and How it Plugs the Giant Loopholes in Government Version LokPal Bill



5 Apr, 2011 by Abhisek Shah Courtesy - http://greenworldinvestor.com/2011/04/05/what-is-jan-lokpal-bill-and-how-it-plugs-the-giant-loopholes-in-government-version-lokpal-bill/  (The Views and summarization / interpretation are authors personal)

India’s Civil Society has brought out the Jan Lokpal Bill that has been drafted has been drafted by eminent members of the civil society like Prashant Bhusan,Kiran Bedi,Lyngdoh and other. The bill proposes institution of the office of Lokpal at the federal level and Lok Akyukta at the state level. Jan Lokpal Bill is designed to create an effective anti-corruption and grievance redressal systems at centre and to assure that effective deterrent is created against corruption and to provide effective protection to whistle blowers.You can understand what the Lokpal Bill is from Arvind Kejriwal an eminent social Right to Information (RTI) activist through this video.You can also read the summary of the Jan Lokpal Bill here

The existing Lokpal Bill proposed by the government is quite toothless and has glaring loopholes which make the whole anti-corruption exercise a sham exercise.The whole selection process,powers and member of Lokpal give rise to vested interests and would make it a fruitless bill.The deficiencies of the government version of the Lokpal are

a) Selection of 3 retired judges by the ruling government only to the Lokpal Panel.Gives rise to vested interests,Jan Lokpal advocates selection of any eminent citizen who has fought against corruption.Selection will be made by government,civil society members and judiciary.

b) Bureaucrats outside the purview of the Lokpal Bill,Speaker Power.This is a huge loophole as government bureaucrats have been found to be ringleaders in most corruption scams taking place in the country.The recent CVC case where PJ Thomas was implicated and Supreme Court had to force the government to remove him

c) No Sou Moto Recognition of Legal Cases – Complaints against the Legislature Members can only be made to the Speaker of Parliament who can decide.This makes no sense as Speakers in India have sullied their image with repeated partisanship to their party.Independent and impartial speakers in Indian parliaments are hard to find.Jan Lokpal can take Sou Moto cases


d) No Defence or Foreign Matter Jurisdiction – Again most of the large scams have taken place in Defence Deals.This has happened under the rule of both the main political parties.Bofors,HDW Submarine are some of the bigger Defence Scandals.Lokpal will have no authority to investigate these.The Jan Lokpal version allows investigations into such cases.Exceptions are only allowed in existing cases before judiciary or currently held legislation.It also imposes strict jail terms for corruption cases.

The Jan Lokpal Bill has the power to transform Indian state and system and have a major impact on transperency like the RTI Bill.However there are extremely powerful interests opposing this Bill..Hazare alleges the 9 member group of ministers who drafted the proposed draft bill are the most corrupt ministers.A lot of support and pressure is needed from the civil society and citizens to get this to move forward.

An Open Letter to Vineet Jain, The Times Of India

November 11, 2010,

To,
Mr. Vineet Jain,
Managing Director,
The Times Of India,
Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.
Mumbai

Congratulations Vineet Jain & The Times Of India for taking the lead...

….the lead in cleaning the corrupt India... Well, India is shining, but behind the glare are a huge number of corrupt individuals who are in a looting spree raping India day by day.... And you and The Times of India have in the recent past shown the courage to bring these demons in public which others have not been able to.

Being born and brought up in Bengal, have been fed by the rich media of The Telegraph and The Statesman, which let me be upfront, had and has much much higher quality of editorial and literature, may be the intellectual Bengal touch... But, even in the communist driven state they could not do what u guys have started....

My compliments once again for shifting your core from being just an “Aggregator of news” to becoming a “Social Change Agent”. I sincerely hope its not just momentary... this is what me or any common Indian has noticed in the past few years only... Be it the 26/11 or the CWG or the recent Adarsh Society Scam, you guys have done a good job and are responsible to get biggies like R.R. Patil, Vilasrao Deshmukh, Suresh Kalmadi and the latest one being CM Ashok Chavan get thrown out of their chairs, which the “Aam Aadmi” only wished, abused over a cutting-chai and forgot !

Some of your critics say that since you and TOI did not get the CWG Business contract, you screwed up the Common Wealth Games. It is not that it is for the first time in India, that some scam happened. But yes, it is definitely for the first time in India, that a Scam of a stature was brought out and people behind the same exposed, and the system pressurized to take a tough call. Some say that Vilasrao Deshmukh or Narayan Rane or the Opposition and others have used you to open up the Adarsh Society matter against Ashok Chavan... But for a commonner like me, it doesnt matter as far as the facts are coming on table and actions are being taken... Tomorrow, there will be another TOI to take care of Vilasrao and others... Some people say that you and your paper write only against a few segment or sect or lobbies of people, but for a commoner it does not matter, as the Awakening you have started, would create some other TOI to expose the segment you may be avoiding, if at all.


So in this Media Awakening, for whatever reasons be it, hope commoners like us are awakened and benefited in whatever ways. Thanks Vineet Jain and Team TOI for giving India the required literacy, being the medium of that lieracy. There are yet many areas that you - TOI initiated for eg. Avinash Bhonsle- Cidco and MKVDC Scam, the Lavasa scam, the Citiscape issues of Mumbai, which are as of now, hope not permanently lying low. Look forward to see them reach the right logical end, courtesy TOI !


Many literates and educated segment like us do mock down your “Aman ki Asha” or “Lead India” or “Teach India” as pure CSR activities which would bring in huge mass visibility and ofcourse the Ad revenues (Come on, lets not shy away from the core of the business we are talking about). I too personally feel the same at times, but well the above activity which you have not branded otherwise is the one which a commoner is appreciating and applauding and wish you the best and hope to see you playing this role of a “Change Agent” and not just a “Commercial Media” !


With Best Regards,
Jalpesh Mehta
Citizen of India
www.jalpeshmehta.blogspot.com

Kalmadi should be sacked and Indians should note 3 points !

As the CAG report emerges this evening, Suresh Kalmadi’s crime gets formally endorsed (Don’t understand why the F*#$ were we waiting for this, when every day we are seeing multiple proofs of frauds and scams worth Rs 2000 Crs in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) which are of huge budgets of Rs 11494 Crs (ref TOI headlines dtd. August 10, 2010) which is Public money – your and mine tax money (I just paid some more tax on July 30, 2010! And it pinches !)

TOI carried Headlines news in its Front pages for a week as below :

August 6, 2010 – Despite denials of shady Games contracts, heads begin to roll. Flower pots worth Rs 30 crs…
August 7, 2010 – OC had hand in all big deals
August 8, 2010- Kalmadi says – ready for judicial probe and would not quit as 40 days left for the game.
August 9, 2010- Kalmadi cleared payment for AM deal which he claimed he had never heard of. (Documents exposed)
August 10, 2010- Indian Medalists at CWG to get raw deal
August 11, 2010 – TOI forgot the issue in awe of the full page BigBazaar Ad;)
August 12, 2010- Key investors in top CWG supplier have fictitious village addresses. Got hockey turf contract at twice the market rate, lawn bowls at 8 times.

Despite all this, do not understand the heights of shamefulness of Kalmadi that he is still having balls to stand up and not resign and the as usual gayish stand of Manmohan Singh’s government to sit silent on this matter for so long ! This evening, post the CAG report, Arnab in Times Now was triggering the issue of Kalmadi to be sacked or stepping down..seconded by all the panelists from Sitaram Yechuri, Vinod Mehta, Kirti Azad etc. But, when I look at one resigning or being sacked, it gives me a feel of ridiculousness and mockery as the same joker lies underground for a while and springs back equally or more powerful…forgot Chhagan Bhujbal & the Telgi scam ? and today Bhujbal is the king once again, forgot RR Patil and his stupid comment on 26/11 ? and today he is back into the chair…its mockery and lets not discuss sacking or resigning for that matter ! There are many such examples….

I ridicule Subrata Roy Sahara (don’t say that he too has some hand or involvement, but he is not a patriot for sure to think about the country and advice the citizen and media to hold back the issue till the games are over.) I ridicule Sahara for even bothering to waste time convincing media and people.

Let us understand 3 things now :

Point 1 : PROTECT THE IMAGE OF INDIA : Whenever I have kept meeting investors abroad, they have been showing immense confidence in India, more than that of China or any other BRIC Country…primarily because of our demographics, DNAs and stable and better image of the government. Else India always had a reputation of being a corrupt country (Lets us accept the fact that we are…. I don’t want to go negative on the branding of the country as the readers of this blog belong to various countries and origins, but since majority of you are Indians, don’t mind sharing that its still easy in the country to do any level and intensity of crime and roam free and even win an election post that and rule the country too…..look at Satyam and Ramalingam Raju for an instance…

So coming back to the point, since only 40 days are left and the whole world is coming to India for CWG, it is important to sack Kalmadi and all relevant officials involved and revamp the whole board else the focus of Media would be more on the scam, scamsters rather than the game as each day a new skeleton would pop out of the box and the world would carry back the wrong image of India and because of handful of corrupts we all would suffer, right from entering another country to doing business with them, all would see us with a sight of suspicion. Media has done its job and no one (Subrata Roy or others) can stop them as they are bringing out facts, but dammage control is required with revamping the whole administration and the government giving confidence to us and the world that no one is indispensible and irreplacable and India has more qualified and experience people to run the show much well and much clean...net net, without Kalamadi and team... the show can go on..

Point 2 : ITS TIME WE WAKE UP AND LEARN TO REACT IN OUR OWN WAYS : India is one of the most literate country – I agree to it and the figures say so….but there is a difference between Literate and Literacy….We are literate but lack literacy….complicated ? Let me put a perspective….We are literate means educated and academically strong, but when it comes to literacy, we lack literacy ….literacy of what is happening around, what has happened and what are our duties….Indian memory is short and we believe in Chalta hai attitude…. We pay tax and we spend 5 minutes to crib about such issues, be it IPL corruption, Satyam Scam, or be it CWG….it is a gossip and time pass topic for us over a cutting chai and we immediately forget it…and when it comes to doing our duty, we fail…we never stand for injustice (I am generalising and not being specific that all do so), push back the corrupt officer for asking for bribe, rather we encourage as we are getting late to work and shelling out a hundred rupee note is simpler and the biggest point we crib about politicians….today we crib about Congress and tomorrow we may crib about the BJP….but most of us don’t even bother to go out and vote ….look at South Mumbai which contributes around 18% of the countries TAX, only 40% people bother to vote…rest take Holidays, enjoy movies and have Page 3 parties on an Election day which is just another Holiday ! This needs to change.

Point 3 : SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TO FRONT : Last point…. When I had been to Pune in 2000-2002, Kalmadi was a huge name there…. As Huge as Shivaji Maharaj in Maharashtra ! But if you go to Pune today you will not even hear K of Kalmadi. Even the paan-waala knows that Kalmadi has shifted towards sports where he makes more Money. Same is the story of almost all the heads of such associations (rich associations which are better on a cost benefit analysis than a city or even a state) are people not belonging to that field. What does Sharad Pawar understand of cricket ? Does Kalmadi even know how many games are there in CWG? Even Lalit Modi would not know what is “Manka dead”, and we have such people heading these bodies…. Where would passion, feeling or push come of one would not even understand the game and well, if you say they are good administrators, please give me a break....our IAS/bureaucrats are much better to do that or even someone from a common walk like Nandan Nilekani, N.Narayan Moorthy, Deepak Parekh, KV Kamath with fair credentials could be identifed to take this responsibility, if we feel Gavaskar, PT Usha, Milkha Singhs of the world are just sports men and incompetent for this job !. Well, or it should be a mix body comprising of specialists, administrators and if required (you cant do without because of various reasons) politicians. But all these should not be politicized. I dont know how much of this could a common man like me or you contol, but am sure somewhere down the line, this would make an impact !

Coming back to Kalmadi….but India, we are loosing confidence !! For us Kasab and Kalmadi are similar, (besides their last names starting with K;)…there are for similarities (1) Both played with Country and countrymens trust and money (2) Both are standing untouched today and god knows till when ? But one things is proven now…unlike the perception, the enemy is not next to us or in our neighbours, it is right there in our house and we meet him every time we tolerate or encourage corruption and contribute in building another Kalmadi !

And sincerely hope, that the Media (compliments for the initiative) and citizen like us with our own capacities and ways are able to throw out this Kalmadi in the next 24 hours and other Kalmadis in our daily lives !