REGULARIZING "IRREGULARITIES"
Shantaram Naik terms illegalities as irregularities,and finds it strange that Anna Hazare's supporters in Goa cannot wait for central government legislation to take shape for a Constitutional amendment backed Lokpal and Lokayukta etc.The Goa cabinet reportedly wants to regularize illegal religious structures and under various guises, illegal construction and mining/carry on disastrous environment pollution for vote bank support! The PAC reports,both in Parliament and Vidhan Sabha, are not being accepted/blocked at every stage by ruling party members,so there is no discussion and follow up action in the House. Goa has finally passed the 2003 amended Lokayukta bill, which requires several more amendments to give it teeth!The Maharashtra Governor holding Goa portfolio has to give assent and maybe the law department will want the President to confirm.Then rules are to be notified to make it operational. Considering the hot waters government is in due illegal mining and politicians riches not commensurate with declarations,trust deficit with public, deliberate and unecessary delay cannot be ruled out. It is obvious that corruption cannot be fought through the existing corrupted political system by democratic means as envisaged by Rahul Gandhi and others! The cancer of corruption and festering gangrene in the political system cannot be cured by medicines and needs surgery. Since the ruling party controls Parliament, Anna's warning to the Congress, whilst castigating what is wrong in the BJP ruled States is necessary and timely!
