A voter citizen can sentence a corrupt politician to political death ::::daya sagar
( * Daya Sagar is a Sr coloumnist of Kashmir affairs and a social activist dayasagr45@yahoo.com ; <dayasagr@yahoo.co.uk>) '
It is no use becoming critical about the political leadership only when the elections are around. The efforts to work out corrections must carry on on a regular basis even after elections. Any how let us take some short term measures too during 2009 Lok Sabha elections.Time has arisen to correct the politician. The Voter Citizen can only do.
In the Films of Fifties the Villain wanted to marry a Lakhpati’s daughter, then in Sixties Villain was engaged in black marketing/ currency rackets. Then followed the Villains who were Dons of the criminal/ smuggling world. And in 2009 Villain in films is played as a Political Leader. The Boss character as played in Indian films has changed from an ordinary negative social element to a Political “White Collared Legislator” of the day. Films do reflect some thing that exist in the society. Corruption appear having become synonymous. Fingers are this day raised almost on all the public institutions . Even the legislature is not spared. But we can not afford to do away with the Legislature in a democracy.
In a democracy like India the Legislature is elected/ selected by the masses to work out the requirements/ priorities of the society to be executed out of the common pool and regulate those engaged on regular basis as government employees. Another paid full time “Executive” infrastructure is created ( through the Legislature) in the form of Cabinet for execution and management of common order. A government employee is paid pension after retirement because during the service days under service rules he is debarred from taking up any private business enterprise. Once the Politician is corrected, honesty will be delivered by the government servant
The rules / codes/ procedures have this day failed to punish the culprits and the corrupt. It is painful but a true fact even some legislators are often accused for their joining hands with the corrupt .It has become rather impossible these days to punish a criminal element of the society through the laid down rules / procedures.
The government infrastructure for checking the social and material crimes has increased so much that in 1950s States like J&K had only one IGP but this day such States may be seen at occasions having half a dozen officers of the level of DGPs but hardly any theft being traced or criminal being booked. State Vigilance organizations are growing but the accused subjects are remotely convicted. Agencies like CBI are this day accused of political affiliations. And all limits of democratic and political ethics were pushed deep into the ground by the recent controversy regarding the report of the Chief Election Commissioner of India about one of the Election Commissioner. The social conditions this day demand very very special surgical and clinical treatment. But even such like statement made on the floor of Legislature was taken very very causally. Now the Legislators/ Parliamentarians and Judiciary are also being questioned .The commissions set for enquiries including judicial commissions are not yielding.
Books of laws and codes are filling the libraries but the laws are not delivering. Every other morning suggestions are coming for framing newrules/ codes.
Many have been suggesting that there should be a system to call back a corrupt or dishonest Legislator. But , no one has been able to suggest the methodology for the same. How could it be ascertained that a Legislator has reached the level of corruption from where he has to be made to vacate the seat, who will ascertain it and how will the return be ordered ?.
Mr. Rajiv Gandhi was asked by members of a Women Society while at Kolkota that why his party was giving Mandate to the corrupt / dishonest/ alleged criminals. So simply but so wisely had Rajiv replied saying that when the so called "bad element" of society comes to seek the party ticket with thousands of voters endorsing his request , how could he deny such a ticket seeker and explain the refusal if questioned by his supporters.. Under the law the Government machinery / Organisation functionaries have to prove / justify every action taken for or against some one with proper documentation. reasons and opportunity to the accused / concerned. Where as,a Voter Citizen in a democracy is like the "Almighty" for a Vote Seeker ( politician). Rajiv asked “why do you vote for an dishonest person to whom Congress gives a ticket”. Mr. Gandhi’s words of 1985 still appear to me to be the only likely solution as on date in our democratic system to call back a non performing legislature or reject a bad element unilaterally. May be there is some other solution and it could be worked out later.
So far the only answer appears lying in our electoral system and the voting right the voter citizen has. No doubt in a normal course it could be only after five years but five years is not too long a period . A Legislator will again return to the common man for seeking his vote for reelection and then the non performing or and dishonest leader could be sentenced to political death. No case file is to be constructed , no written record of reasons of punishment is to be kept. More over such dismissal through denial of vote support can not be challenged in any court of Law. The rejected politicians has to plead his case for reconsideration only before the common man who denied him vote.
Direct action in material/ physical terms could be anti democratic. We must go by democratic means. When punished through a democratic process ( like elections to Legislature/ Parliament) no one can take the shield of rules and procedures/ or benefit of doubt. A voter citizen can sentence a politician to political death by casting his vote against the criminal/ anti social / bad element / unsuitable favourite of political heads of Party who may be contesting elections. No proof is to be given, no file is to be written, no advocate is to be engaged. A voter citizen is the total judge. A voter citizen has no judge above him/ her except his/ her conscience. Vote for the best before you till you have option to caste even a negative vote. Motivate the fellow voter citizen to caste vote and not simply criticise Indian Constitution.
Let the common man of India not simply rest after sixteenth May. Think of or debate some solution to this problem that is so frequently discussed ? . We need to introspect.
. But the Voter Citizen will have to correct the self first. The common man too will have to become honest by shedding selfishness that the system and subsidy culture has given to Indian society over last 5 decades thereby ensuring safety only to the corrupt politician.
"I" must have patience to stand in a queue wait for my turn. In case "I" wish to break the que it could be only through corrupt means and the menace of corruption would go stronger simply to benefit the " Corrupt Political order ". Indians must work to make India a strong Nation and not a big country infested with the divisive policies and programmes tailored by the politicians in the name of religion and region.
( * Daya Sagar is a Sr coloumnist of Kashmir affairs and a social activist dayasagr45@yahoo.com ; ) '
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