India is in turmoil The movements of Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal have really shaken the dormant civil society and galvanized the society into a powerful force The conscience of the society is awakened and the demonstrations have been massive sending the Govt of the day into tailspin. The Govt, has used drastic and repressive measures to sniff out any objections and further used denials, police brutality, CBI and other organs to suppress popular, mass movements
The number of scams that have surfaced recently have been pointing directly the Govt in power and implicating them very severely It is not that the UPAII alone is privy to all mother scams ever, in post Independent era and absolving past Govt, of any wrong doing, The holier than thou attitude is simply deflecting issues and holding UPAII as the root cause of all corruptions No party can honestly absolve themselves of all such corrupt practices by themselves directly or by proxies, close relatives etc. The awaken society and the responsive media has laid thread bare all the scams This is all that makes a difference in recent times unfolding and exposing the underbelly of monumental scams of gigantic magnitude The press and electronic media no more dependent on Govt doles for their existence and sustenance They dare to be different and fearless in the details of their exposures with facts, figures and video links The media ,specially the electronic is displaying very quick responsive as it happens with regular frequencies and alacrity There is no gag, buying of media and influencing them to tow the Govt, view The media in India has come of age and maturity in comparison with the free independent media in the world The judiciary in India is also proactive and taking up issues of corruptions in a fearless manner. It appears that the judiciary with all its past fetters has unshackled itself, upholding the rule of law to a very large extent. It is expressing its own independence to the detriment of the masters, in spite of the Govt controlling all their postings, promotions and post retirement allurements It is most unfortunate that the major political parties are all the time finger pointing at each other at all times and in all circumstances The arguments are a matter of degree and magnitude only. BJP and Congress under UPA II are getting at each others throat, vigorously, playing to the public galleries, They compromise, come to an understanding secretly and most pressing issues come to naught, swept under the carpet once the focus of public wanes with time The greatest scams of the day are the exposure by media, systematically and in a determined way. The proactive judiciary is very supportive, The awakened populace is no more complacent and exerts spontaneously on all issues of public importance, unhindered of consequences of repressions and political might Nelson Lopes Chinchinim * *
