http://www.oheraldo.in/newpage.php?month=2&day=12&year=2011&catid=15
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM
Seize property of the corrupt, Bihar style
This is a story from the latest issue of the Forbes India magazine,
headlined "Bribeless in Bihar", which details a complete turnaround of the
state from lawlessness and corruption to a change agent which is doing a
cleanup act. The change agent is the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his
tool for change is an extraordinary legislation initiated and enacted by him
called the Special Courts Act 2009.
In a single stroke, Kumar developed a tool which would take away the main
after affect of corruption-ill gotten wealth. The new law provides for a
summary confiscation of property of al government officials found to be
having more assets than their income justifies. The act comes into force
when investigating agencies are convinced that an official owns assets in
excess of his known source of income. Then even as it pursues a corruption
case against the official, the state separately seeks to take control of his
assets.
The vigilance department moves one of the six special courts set up for the
purpose to fast track the hearings declaring that an official has amassed
unexplained wealth. The property is then held while the court conducts
speedy trials within six months and decides if the property should be
confiscated or not. If acquitted the property is returned with five percent
interest. If not the state takes over the property for a public purpose.
Under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Vigilance officials have to get a
clearance to prosecute a bureaucrat from his very own department. The
Special Courts Act has made this redundant by hitting where it hurts.
Property. And that is not all. A Special Vigilance Unit has been set up by
the Bihar government to go after the big fish. This unit consists of crack
team of former CBI officers and sits in a separate office. This team caught
the former Director General of Police, Bihar Narayan Mishra and state drug
controller YK Jaiswal with wealth, which according to Forbes Magazine, is
"enough to finance annual budgets of entire villages". Both of them will
have one or more properties confiscated.
All this has been possible only because Bihar has a Chief Minister with a
political will to do this. Does Goa's Chief Minister have the will to do the
same?
We do not have the time to do any further lip service on corruption. Goa
should without fail draft a Special Courts Act along the lines of the Bihar
Act, form a Special Vigilance unit with handpicked team of officers, most
definitely from outside the state and start zeroing in on government
officials, including police officers who have built giant bungalows all over
the state. Even IPS and IAS officials who were posted in Goa have bought
land and houses, as their holiday homes. While these may be legal, a look at
these properties is justified.
Moreover given the stench of corruption and criminality associated with the
Anti narcotics Cell, a special vigilance unit should probe the assets and
wealth of every officer, inspector and constable associated with the ANC for
the past five years at the very least.
Next on the list-politicians. There are so many rags to riches stories of
Goan politicians, that the stories have reached a level of boredom . Some
worked in factories, others were contractors, one senior controversial
politician started off as a motorcycle pilot and now has properties dotting
every town of Goa. Another reportedly has a flat in very building project he
helped by way of licences and permissions. If there is a strong belief that
these properties were built through ill gotten wealth or were the actual
bribes, they should be seized and held till special courts dispense justice
.
If this successful model wasn't in place in Bihar, this debate would have
been dumped as a wishful exercise. But no state including Goa has an excuse
now. The Bihar Special Courts Act 2009 has been eventually signed into law
by the President of India in March 2010. Though this has been challenged ,
the challengers are mainly officers from Bihar whose properties have been
confiscated in disproportionate assets cases.
Bihar has shown the way. Does Goa have the guts to follow?
COMMENTS
Goa Su-Raj Party was founded as GOA'S new political 'ORDER' in the year
2000 and was registered with the Election Commission of India on 31 August,
2000.
The single purpose of this Goa's new political ORDER was to CLEAN-UP the
Augean stables of Corruption ridden GOA and pile up the 'SHIT' onto the
road-sides for the public to feast upon, knowing very well that even after
the people of Goa have had their fill, the crumbs left over would be ENOUGH
to pave every Goan road and it's every pathway from Pernem to Cancon with
REAL GOLD as against the biological 'GOLD' that has been recently discovered
under Goa's skin.
In so saying, Goa's NITISH KUMAR was born unto GOA as far back as 10 good
years ago.
No doubt that ' IT ' has suffered ridicule and has failed to be noticed.
This because IT'S TIME HAD NOT COME
But now, that time is galloping at a pace that all the' lost time' shall be
made-up in a jiffy.
Because, a 'truly good thing does not lose its VALUE', but on the contrary
the same increases ten-fold with time.
BEWARE CORRUPT GOA !
The Clean-up Tsunami is fast approaching to wash your feet AWAY.
Cheers
floriano
goasuraj
9890470896
www.goasu-raj.org
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