13th
July 2012
Congratulation to Supreme Court of
Pakistan which has given a tough warning to Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf
about taking action on corruption charges against Pakistan ’s President Asif Ali
Zardari. Our country also needs similar steps.
In
1990 V.P Singh government was formed as a result of movement against Rs. 65
crore corruption in Bofors gun deal. Now the mega corruption charges of couple
of lakhs of crore have come to light. This run away corruption is talking place
when we boast of two successive incorruptible Prime Ministers, Atal Behari
Vajpayee & Manmohan Singh.
It
is open secret that the looted Indian wealth has been stashed in Swiss banks and
other tax havens. The government is taking shelter under the so called secrecy
treaties. In the neighboring country the Supreme Court has shown tremendous
judicial will to unearth the black money by invoking contempt proceedings
against the erstwhile Prime Minister Yusuf Reza Gilani which resulted in his unseating.
Now the new Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf has been served notice to take
action on the same ground by 25th July.
But why is the Supreme Court of the
largest democracy in the world fighting shy of being similarly tough and
uncompromising on the issue of India ’s
plundered wealth?
Why have they not served an ultimatum
to the Government of India? Particularly when our Hon’ble Judges know too well
that our government is not very sincere and prompt in giving this country a
strong LokPal. If the people of Pakistan
could feel empowered by the tough line taken by their Supreme Court why we
Indians are being deprived of such badly needed sense empowerment?
- Swami Agnivesh
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