Talk given @ JNCASR on during Jan Lokpal Movement !

1. Rajesh
Ranjan
Ci+zen
of
India
Corrup+on
fa+gue
and
THE LOKPAL DEBATE

2. Disclaimer
I
am
perhaps
not
the
best
moral
authority
to
talk
about
this,
even
among
the
crowd
present
here.
I
don’t
deny
of
having
a
past
of
paying
bribes
to
get
things
done,
which
otherwise
seemed
impossible
in
exis+ng
system.
This
in
no
way
I
feel,
deters
me
to
dream,
or
any
Indian
ci+zen
to
dream,
for
that
maCer,
to
breath
in
a
country
free
from
corrup+on.

3. "I
think
one
of
the
byproducts
of
the
communica8ons
explosion
is
a
sort
of
'corrup'on
fa'gue.'
We've
lost
our
ability
to
be
shocked
or
enraged
by
the
machina8ons
of
poli8cians.
We've
been
ba?ered
with
such
frequency
that
we've
become
indifferent.
We're
punch
drunk
with
scandal.”
Larry
Gelbart
(American
television
writer,
playwright,
screenwriter
and
author)

4. Corrup8on
in
India
•
2005
study
conducted
by
Transparency
Interna+onal
in
India
found
that
more
than
55%
ofIndians
had
first-­‐hand
experience
of
paying
bribes
or
influence
peddling
to
get
jobs
done
in
public
offices
successfully
•
In
2010
India
was
ranked
87th
out
of
178
countries
in
Transparency
Interna+onal's
Corrup+on
Percep+ons
Index.

5. Corrup8on
in
India
:
Governmental
bodies
to
check
corrup+on
• Central
Vigilance
Commission
(CVC)
• Created
in
1964
to
address
governmental
corrup+on.
• Status
of
an
autonomous
body,
only
200
staff
• No
inves+ga+on
power,
merely
advisory
body
• Central
Bureau
of
Inves8ga8on
(CBI)
• India’s
Federal
Agency
• Involved
in
many
controversies
• Bofors,
Hawala,
Nithari
Killings,
Sohrabuddin
case,
Bhopal
gas
tragedy
etc.
• Central
Informa8on
Commission
(CIC)
• Set
up
under
the
Right
to
Informa+on
Act
• Comptroller
and
Auditor
General
(CAG)
•
Audits
all
receipts
and
expenditure
of
the
Government
of
India
and
the
state
governments

6. Corrup8on
in
India
:
Governmental
bodies
to
check
corrup+on

7. Corrup8on
in
India
:
Governmental
bodies
to
check
corrup+on

8. Corrup8on
in
India
:
Governmental
bodies
to
check
corrup+on

9. Corrup8on
in
India
:
Governmental
bodies
to
check
corrup+on
• Lokayukta
in
States:
• Based
on
the
Ombudsman
in
Scandinavian
countries
• 3-­‐member
body,
headed
by
a
re+red
Supreme
Court
judge
or
high
court
chief
jus+ce
• NOT
present
in
every
state
or
not
sufficiently
powerful
• Whistleblowers:
• Law
not
sufficient
to
protect
whistleblowers
• Case
of
Satyendra
Dubey
• An8-­‐corrup8on
organiza8ons:
• India
Against
Corrup+on
• Jaago
Re!
One
Billion
Votes
• Associa+on
for
Social
Transparency,
Rights
And
Ac+on
(ASTRA)
• 5th
Pillar
• LokSaCa
Movement
• Bharat
Swabhimaan

10. Corrup8on
in
India
:
Ini+a+ves
to
tackle
graf
• Right
to
Informa+on
act
(RTI)
• Social
Audit
• Scru+ny
of
the
public
u+lity
against
its
social
relevance
• E-­‐governance
• IT
as
tool
to
enable
greater
public
access
• Ci+zens’
Charter
• Time
frame
of
service
delivery
•
Grievance
redressal
mechanisms
•
Transparency
and
accountability

11. Vital
Stats:
Corrup+on
cases
against
govt.
officials
Source:
PRS
Legisla+ve
Research
(www.prsindia.org)

12. Vital
Stats:
Corrup+on
cases
against
govt.
officials
Source:
PRS
Legisla+ve
Research
(www.prsindia.org)

13. Vital
Stats:
Corrup+on
cases
against
govt.
officials
Source:
PRS
Legisla+ve
Research
(www.prsindia.org)

14. Vital
Stats:
Corrup+on
cases
against
govt.
officials
Source:
PRS
Legisla+ve
Research
(www.prsindia.org)

15. Vital
Stats:
Corrup+on
cases
against
govt.
officials
Source:
PRS
Legisla+ve
Research
(www.prsindia.org)
Does
the
govt.
has
poli+cal
will
to
fight
corrup+on?

16. Corrup8on
in
India
Name
Posi+on
Charge
Trial
Result
Prakash
Singh
Badal
Chief
Minister
of
Punjab
Chea+ng,
Possessing
assets
dispropor+onate
to
known
sources
of
income
AcquiCed
afer
witnesses
turned
hos+le
Ashok
Chavan
Former
Chief
Minister
of
Maharashtra
Adarsh
Housing
Society
Scam
Accused
by
CBI,
trial
pending
Balram
Jakhar
Union
minister
and
Speaker
Hawala
(illegal
foreign
exchange)
case
AcquiCed
of
all
charge
Suresh
Kalmadi
Member
of
Parliament
Criminal
conspiracy
and
chea+ng
related
to
2010
Commonwealth
Games
Indicted
and
arrested,
Awai+ng
trail
M.
K.
Kanimozhi
Member
of
Parliament
2G
spectrum
scam
Indicted
and
arrested,
Awai+ng
trial
Madhu
Koda
Chief
Minister
of
Jharkhand
Rs
40000
crores
(USD
8.8
bn)
graf
money
case
In
jail
since
2009,
inves+ga+on
con+nues

17. Corrup8on
in
India
A.
Raja
Cabinet
Minister
for
and
IT
2G
spectrum
scam
Indicted
and
arrested,
Awai+ng
trial
Sukh
Ram
Former
Telecom
minister
Corrup+on
Sentenced
to
five
years
inprisonment
P.
V.
Narasimha
Rao
Ex-­‐Prime
Minister
Alleged
offering
of
bribes,
alleged
framing
of
V.P.
Singh,
and
chea+ng
Lakhubhai
Pathak
Higher
court
overturned
convic+on
in
the
first
case
and
the
trial
court
acquiCed
him
in
the
other
two
cases
Y.
S.
Jaganmohan
Reddy
Member
of
Parliament
Accumula+ng
huge
wealth
dispropor+onate
to
his
known
sources
of
income
Charge
sheeted
by
CBI
,Awai+ng
prosecu+on
Lalu
Prasad
Yadav
CM
of
Bihar,
Minister
of
Railways
Fodder
scam,
others
acquiCed
in
2006
B.
S.
Yeddyurappa
Former
CM
of
Karnataka
Illegal
mining
scam
Surrendered
to
Lokayukta
court,
in
judicial
custody
awai+ng
trial

18. The
best
thing
about
Indian
poli8cians
is
that
they
make
you
feel
you
are
a
be?er
person.
Not
surprisingly,
Indians
oSen
derive
their
moral
confidence
not
through
the
discomfort
of
examining
their
own
ac8ons,
but
from
regarding
themselves
as
decent
folks
looted
by
corrupt,
villainous
poli8cians.
India's
Selec8ve
Rage
Over
Corrup8on
:
Manu
Joseph

19. Corrup+on
is
such
an
integral
part
of
Indian
society
that
the
chief
economic
adviser
to
the
government,
Kaushik
Basu,
has
suggested
legalizing
the
payment
of
bribes.
He
received
enthusias+c
corporate
support,
which
is
to
be
expected
since
the
largest
bribe-­‐payers
in
India
are
corpora+ons.
Mr.
Basu’s
reasoning
is
that
if
the
payment
of
bribes
were
legalized,
the
bribe-­‐payer
could
be
persuaded
to
reveal
the
recipient.
This
would
inject
fear
into
the
hearts
of
poli+cians
and
officials
who
expected
bribes.
N.R.
Narayana
Murthy,
founder
of
the
Indian
sofware
company
Infosys,
said
in
a
television
interview
that
Mr.
Basu’s
sugges+on
was
“a
great
idea.”
India's
Selec8ve
Rage
Over
Corrup8on
:
Manu
Joseph

20. An8-­‐corrup8on
movement
2011:
Background
Oct
29,
2010
An+-­‐corrup+on
press
conference
organized
by
IAC
held
at
the
Press
Club
of
India
to
highlight
the
fact
that
the
government-­‐appointed
Shunglu
CommiCee
had
inadequate
powers
to
inves+gate
the
Commonwealth
Games
scam
Nov
14,
2010
Afer
IAC
registers
a
complaint
regarding
corrup+on
in
the
Commonwealth
Games
scam,
nearly
10,000
people
assembled
at
the
Parliament
Street
Police
Sta+on
Dec
22,
2010
A
20,000-­‐person
an+-­‐corrup+on
protest
in
response
to
the
2G
spectrum
scam
held
at
New
Delhi's
Ramlila
ground
Jan
17,
2011
The
Supreme
Court
of
India
cri+cizes
the
administra+on
for
not
publicly
disclosing
Indian
na+onals
named
on
Rudolf
Elmer's
"black
money"
list
disclosed
by
Wikileaks
Jan
18,
2011
The
public
release
of
an
an+-­‐corrup+on
open
leCer
from
Azim
Premji,
Keshub
Mahindra,
and
other
leading
Indian
industrialists
demanding
reform
of
"the
widespread
governance
deficit
in
almost
every
sphere
of
na+onal
ac+vity,
covering
government,
business
and
ins+tu+ons"
Mar
12,
2011
The
worldwide
50-­‐city
Dandi
March
II
organized
by
People
for
Lok
SaCa
and
IAC
Mar
30,
2011
Famous
cricketer
Kapil
Dev's
leCer
to
Prime
Minister
Manmohan
Singh,
complaining
of
the
inadequacy
of
Commonwealth
Games
corrup+on
inves+ga+ons
and
pe++oning
for
the
Jan
Lokpal
Bill

21. Why
LOKPAL?
Lokpal:
• Caretaker
of
people
• ombudsman
(Legal
Representa+ve)
in
India
• Mechanism
for
complaints
of
corrup+on
against
people
in
power
• Inspired
by
the
Hong
Kong
Independent
Commission
Against
Corrup+on
(ICAC).
The
Administra+ve
Reforms
Commission
(ARC)
while
recommending
the
cons+tu+on
of
Lokpal
(in
1968)
was
convinced
that
such
an
ins8tu8on
was
jus8fied
not
only
for
removing
the
sense
of
injus8ce
from
the
minds
of
deeply
affected
ci8zens
but
also
necessary
to
ins8ll
public
confidence
in
the
efficiency
of
the
administra8ve
machinery.

22. The
LOKPAL
Saga
•
1968
–
Rs
3
lakh
(300,000)
•
1971
–
Rs
20
lakh
(2
million)
•
1977
–
Rs
25
lakh
(2.5
million)
•
1985
–
Rs
25
lakh
•
1989
–
Rs
35
lakh
(3.5
million)
–
PM
under
lokpal
•
1996
–
Rs
1
crore
(10
million)
–
PM
under
lokpal
•
2001
–
Rs
35
crore
(350
million)
–
PM
under
lokpal
•
2011
–
Rs
1700
crore
(17
billion)
The
Lokpal
bill
was
first
introduced
by
Shan+
Bhushan
in
1968
and
passed
the
4th
Lok
Sabha
in
1969.
But
before
it
could
be
passed
by
Rajya
Sabha,
Lok
Sabha
was
dissolved
and
the
bill
lapsed.
The
Subsequent
versions
were
re-­‐
introduced
in
1971,
1977,
1985,
1989,
1996,
1998,
2001,
2005
and
in
2008,
but
none
of
them
passed.

23. LOKPAL
V/S
JAN
LOKPAL

24. 2011:
FAST
1.0
@
Jantar-­‐Mantar
(
5th
Apr
–
9th
Apr)
Joint
Drafing
CommiCee
Formed
:
8th
Apr
2011
Jan
Lokpal
Bill
(Ci8zen's
Ombudsman
Bill)
DraS
Lokpal
Bill
(2010)
Lokpal
will
have
powers
to
ini+ate
suo
motuac+on
or
receive
complaints
of
corrup+on
from
the
general
public.
Lokpal
will
have
no
power
to
ini+ate
suo
motu
ac+on
or
receive
complaints
of
corrup+on
from
the
general
public.
It
can
only
probe
complaints
forwarded
by
the
Speaker
of
the
Lok
Sabhaor
the
Chairman
of
the
Rajya
Sabha.
Lokpal
will
have
the
power
to
ini+ate
prosecu+on
of
anyone
found
guilty.
Lokpal
will
only
be
an
Advisory
Body
with
a
role
limited
to
forwarding
reports
to
a
"Competent
Authority".
Lokpal
will
have
police
powers
as
well
as
the
ability
to
register
FIRs.
Lokpal
will
have
no
police
powers
and
no
ability
to
register
an
FIR
or
proceed
with
criminal
inves+ga+ons.
Lokpal
and
the
an+
corrup+on
wing
of
the
CBI
will
be
one
independent
body.
The
CBI
and
Lokpal
will
be
unconnected.
Punishments
will
be
a
minimum
of
10
years
and
a
maximum
of
up
to
life
imprisonment.
Punishment
for
corrup+on
will
be
a
minimum
of
6
months
and
a
maximum
of
up
to
7
years

25. 2011:
FAST
1.0
@
Jantar-­‐Mantar
(
5th
Apr
–
9th
Apr)

26. 2011:
FAST
1.0
@
Jantar-­‐Mantar
(
5th
Apr
–
9th
Apr)
7th
April
2011:
Resigna+on
of
Agriculture
Minister
Sharad
Pawar
from
the
Group
of
Ministers
on
corrup+on.
9th
April
2011
• The
government
agreed
to
have
a
50:50
distribu+on
of
the
Government
appointed
officials
and
the
members
of
the
civil
society.
• Anna
ends
his
fast
afer
98
hours
• Anna
Hazare
set
an
15
August
deadline
for
the
passing
of
the
bill
in
the
Parliament,
failing
which
he
would
start
a
hunger
strike
from
16
August.

27. 2011:
FAST
1.0
@
Jantar-­‐Mantar
(
5th
Apr
–
9th
Apr)
Member
Qualifica+ons
and
status
Pranab
Mukherjee
Finance
Minister,
Co-­‐Chairman
Shan+
Bhushan
Former
Minister
of
Law
and
Jus+ce,
Co-­‐Chairman
P.
Chidambaram
Minister
of
Home
Affairs
Veerappa
Moily
Minister
of
Corporate
Affairs
Kapil
Sibal
Minister
for
human
resource
&
devlopement
Salman
Khursid
Minister
of
Law
Anna
Hazare
Social
Ac+vist
Prashant
Bhushan
Lawyer
N.
Santosh
Hegde
Former
Lokayukta
(Karnataka)
and
Supreme
Court
Jus+ce
Arvind
Kejriwal
RTI
Ac+vist.
Joint
Drafing
CommiCee
Formed
:
8th
Apr
2011
The
commi?ee
failed
to
agree
on
the
terms
of
a
compromise
bill
and
the
government
introduced
its
own
version
of
the
bill
in
the
parliament
in
August
2011.

28. The
LOKPAL
Debate
Should
lower
bureaucracy
be
included
in
LOKPAL
?
“We
found
that
people
living
below
the
poverty
line
have
to
pay
over
9
billion
rupees
($195
million)
annually
as
bribes
in
order
to
avail
these
basic
and
needs-­‐based
services.
This
means
those
services
which
they
were
supposed
to
get
for
free,
they
have
to
bribe
in
order
to
get
them.
We
have
heard
that
poor
people
have
had
to
bribe
hospital
staff
in
places
for
blood
for
their
sick
rela+ves
some+mes.”
~
transparency
interna+onal

29. The
LOKPAL
Debate
Should
PM
come
under
LOKPAL
?
Should
CBI
come
under
LOKPAL
?

30. The
LOKPAL
Debate
Should
there
be
Lokayukta
in
every
state
?
Should
there
be
reserva8on
in
LOKPAL?

31. The
greater
LOKPAL
Debate
:
Undermining
Democracy
"Real
Swaraj
will
come
not
by
acquisi8on
of
authori8es
by
a
few
but
acquisi8on
capacity
by
all
to
resist
autho-­‐rity
when
opposed.”
Mahatma
Gandhi
"Civil
disobedience
is
the
inherent
right
of
a
ci8zen.”
Mahatma
Gandhi

32. Fas8ng
as
a
method
of
Protest
A
hunger
strike
is
a
method
of
non-­‐violent
resistance
or
pressure
in
which
par+cipants
fast
as
an
act
of
poli+cal
protest,
or
to
provoke
feelings
of
guilt
in
others,
usually
with
the
objec+ve
to
achieve
a
specific
goal,
such
as
a
policy
change.
A
hunger
strike
cannot
be
effec8ve
if
the
fact
that
it
is
being
undertaken
is
not
publicized
so
as
to
be
known
by
the
people
who
are
to
be
impressed,
concerned
or
embarrassed
by
it
The
hunger
strike
is
ofen
terminated
by
the
custodial
en+ty
through
the
use
of
force-­‐feeding.

33. Irom
Sharmila:
Iron
Lady
of
Manipur
• In
protest
of
the
brutal
Armed
Forces
Special
Powers
Act
(AFSPA),
Sharmila
began
a
fast
unto
death
in
2000,
which
con+nues
today.
• She
is
repeatedly
arrested,
charged
with
an
“aCempt
to
commit
suicide,”
kept
alive
through
a
nasogastric
tube,
and
released
once
marginally
beCer.
• For
11
years,
Sharmila
has
been
adamant
to
not
accept
food
or
water.

34. Fas8ng
as
a
method
of
Protest
Person
Demand
Result
Mahatma
Gandhi
-­‐
-­‐
Ja+ndra
Nath
Das
Equality
for
Indian
prisoners
and
undertrials
Dies
afer
63
days
Bhagat
Singh
&
DuC
Equality
for
Indian
prisoners
and
undertrials
Bri+sh
Succumbs
to
their
demand,
breaks
fast
afer
63
days
Swami
Nigamanand
Illegal
mining
on
the
bank
of
the
Ganga
Dies
afer
115
days
Pox
Sreemalu
Crea+on
of
Andhra
State
with
Madras
as
capital
Dies
afer
82
days
Anna
Hazare
-­‐
-­‐

35. • A
democracy
is
always
temporary
in
nature;
it
simply
cannot
exist
as
a
permanent
form
of
government.
• A
democracy
will
con+nue
to
exist
up
un+l
the
+me
that
voters
discover
that
they
can
vote
themselves
generous
gifs
from
the
public
treasury.
From
that
moment
on,
the
majority
always
votes
for
the
candidates
who
promise
the
most
benefits
from
the
public
treasury,
with
the
result
that
every
democracy
will
finally
collapse
due
to
loose
fiscal
policy,
which
is
always
followed
by
a
dictatorship.
• The
average
age
of
the
world's
greatest
civiliza+ons
from
the
beginning
of
history
has
been
about
200
years.
Alexander
Tytler
and
Democracy

36. Elected
Representa8ves
V/S
Civil
Society
3
movements
by
civil
society
went
through
standing
commiCee
and
led
to
below
revolu+onary
bills:
•
MNREGA
(Mahatma
Gandhi
Na+onal
Rural
Employment
Guarantee
Act
•
RTI
(Right
to
Informa+on)
•
RTE
(Right
to
Educa+on)

37. People
V/S
Parliament
• Online
survey
conducted
by
STAR
News
and
Nielsen,
87%
of
the
8900
respondents
(across
28
states)
of
the
survey
supported
the
Jan
Lokpal
Bill.
• Over
a
million
people
joined
the
Times
of
India
online
an+-­‐graf
campaign,
in
one
of
the
biggest
ever
vo+ng
exercises
in
the
virtual
world.
• Support
from
Poli+cal
Par+es:
•
Most
of
the
opposi+on
poli+cal
par+es
supported
the
movement
in
direct/indirect
including
Congress
MPs
from
Maharashtra
Priya
DuC
and
DaCa
Meghe
• Support
of
Aam
Aadmi,
Lawyers,
Filmstars,
Sportsmen
etc,
Social
&
Spiritual
Organiza+ons
If
there
is
clash
of
interest
between
People
and
the
Parliament,
I
am
not
sure
whose
win
should
be
declared
as
win
of
democracy.

38. 2011:
Baba
Ramdev’s
fast
@
Ramlila
Maidan)
• Four
senior
Union
Ministers
Pranab
Mukherjee,
Kapil
Sibal,
Pawan
Kumar
Bansal
and
Subodh
Kant
Sahay
met
Ramdev
to
discuss
his
issues
and
demands
at
Delhi
Airport
on
June
1,
2011.
Talk
fails
Baba
goes
ahead
with
hunger
strike
on
2nd
June
2011
Key
Demands:
• Declare
all
illegal
wealth/black
money
lying
in
foreign
countries,
which
belong
to
Indians
as
Na+onal
Property.
• Declaring
money
laundering
as
a
Na+onal
Crime
and
should
be
punishable.
• Enact
a
strong
Lokpal
bill

39. 2011:
Baba
Ramdev’s
fast
@
Ramlila
Maidan
Police
Crackdown:
• On
the
midnight
of
5
June,
police
raided
the
site
where
Ramdev
was
fas+ng
and
forcefully
detained
him
and
removed
his
supporters
from
the
site
afer
firing
tear
gas
shells
and
resor+ng
to
lathicharge
• Seventy-­‐one
people
were
injured
and
moved
to
hospital,
four
of
whom
were
reported
to
be
in
cri+cal
condi+on
The
Supreme
Court
on
August
29,
2011,
blamed
the
Delhi
Police
for
the
forcible
evic+on
of
Ramdev
Baba
and
public
who
had
gathered
at
Ramlila
ground
on
June
5,
2011.

40. 2011:
FAST
2.0
(
August
Kran8
)
• 16
August
2011:
Hazare,
along
with
close
associates,
was
remanded
to
judicial
custody
for
"intending
to
defy
prohibitory
orders".
•
Massive
protests
all
over
the
world.
Supporters
courted
arrest
• Anna
Hazare
agreed
to
leave
jail
afer
Delhi
Police
granted
him
permission
to
fast
for
15
days
against
corrup+on
at
Ramlila
Maidan.

41. 2011:
FAST
2.0
(
August
Kran8
)

42. 2011:
FAST
2.0
(
August
Kran8
)
Issue
The
Jan
Lokpal
Bill
Government's
Lokpal
Bill
Prime
Minister
PM
can
be
inves+gated
with
permission
of
seven
member
Lokpal
bench.
PM
can
be
inves+gated
by
Lokpal
afer
she/he
vacates
office.
Judiciary
Can
be
inves+gated,
though
high
level
members
may
be
inves+gated
only
with
permission
of
a
seven
member
Lokpal
bench.
Judiciary
is
exempt
and
will
be
covered
by
a
separate
"judicial
accountability
bill".
Conduct
of
MPs
Can
be
inves+gated
with
permission
of
seven
member
Lokpal
bench
Can
be
inves+gated,
but
their
conduct
within
Parliament,
such
as
vo+ng,
cannot
be
inves+gated
Lower
bureaucracy
All
public
servants
would
be
included.
Only
senior
officers
(Group
A)
will
be
covered.
An+-­‐
corrup+on
wing
of
the
(CBI)
The
An+-­‐corrup+on
wing
of
the
CBI
will
be
merged
into
the
Lokpal.
The
An+-­‐corrup+on
wing
of
the
CBI
cannot
be
merged
into
the
Lokpal.
Lokayukta
Lokayukta
and
other
local/state
an+-­‐
corrup+on
agency
would
remain
in
place.
All
state
an+-­‐corrup+on
agencies
would
be
closed
and
responsibili+es
taken
over
by
centralized
Lokpal

43. 2011:
FAST
2.0
27
August
2011:
• A
special
and
all
exclusive
session
of
Parliament
was
conducted
and
a
resolu+on
was
unanimously
passed
afer
delibera+ons
in
both
the
houses
of
Indian
Parliament
by
sense
of
the
house.
• The
resolu+on,
in
principle,
agreed
on
the
following
subjects
and
forwarded
the
Bill
to
related
standing
commiCee
for
structure
and
finalise
a
report:
1.
A
ci+zen
charter
on
the
bill
2.
An
appropriate
mechanism
to
subject
lower
bureaucracy
to
lokpal
3.
The
establishment
of
Lokayuktas
(ombudsmen
at
state
level)
in
states
Anna
Hazare
ended
his
12-­‐day
fast
aSer
288
hours
on
Sunday
morning
at
around
10
am

44. 2011:
FAST
3.0

45. 2011:
FAST
3.0
11
December
2011:
• Anna
Hazare
sat
on
a
day-­‐long
fast
at
Jantar
Mantar
protes+ng
against
proposals
of
Parliamentary
Standing
CommiCee
on
the
an+-­‐graf
measure.
• The
protest
for
the
first
+me
saw
poli+cians
sharing
stage
with
Hazare,
with
leaders
of
of
BJP,
CPI(M),
CPI,
JD(U),Akali
Dal,
TDP
and
BJD
par+cipated
in
the
public
debate
on
Lokpal
bill
• Congress
refrains
from
aCending
the
public
debate
Standing
Commi?ee
Report:
• CBI
not
included
in
Lokpal,
no
inves+ga+on
agency
for
Lokpal
• Lower
Bureaucracy
not
included
• PM
not
included
• Reserva+on
in
Lokpal

46. 2011:
FAST
3.0

47. 2011:
FAST
3.0
22
December
2011:
• Food
Security
Bill
was
introduced
in
Lok
Sabha
instead
of
much-­‐awaited
Lokpal
bill.
27
December
2011
• Government
withdrew
previous
Lokpal
Bill
which
was
introduced
in
August
2011
and
presented
new
bill
"The
Lokpal
and
Lokayuktas
Bill,
2011"
• Cons+tu+onal
(116th
Amendment)
Bill
in
Lok
Sabha
• Reserva+on
for
minori+es
and
50%
reserva+on
for
SC/ST,
OBC
and
women
candidates

48. 2011:
FAST
3.0
27
December
2011:
Anna
Hazare
began
his
3-­‐day
fast
demanding
a
stronger
version
of
the
ombudsman
Lokpal
bill
at
Mumbai
28
December
2011:
• Anna
ends
fast
• Lok
Sabha
passes
Lokpal
and
Lokayukta
Bill
• Cons+tu+onal
amendment
bill
fails
29
December
2011:
• Bill
introduced
in
Rajya
Sabha.
• Rajya
Sabha
adjourned
sine
die
afer
drama,
no
vo+ng
done
Opposi8on,
media
terms
the
ruckus
in
Rajya
Sabha
as
an
eyewash
to
prevent
Lokpal
Bill

49. 2011:
The
way
it
happened

50. 2011:
The
way
it
ended
“Power
corrupts
but
the
prospect
of
losing
power
corrupts
absolutely.”
-­‐
Jethmalani

51. LOKPAL
&
Lokayukta
Bill
2011:
It’ll
be
a
toothless
wonder
“The
Lokpal
Act,
when
it
becomes
a
reality,
will
at
best
be
cosme+c
in
its
impact.
I
do
not
think
it
would
make
even
a
marginal
difference
to
the
current
sordid
scene.
Without
any
authority—
it
could
rightly
become
a
toothless
wonder
—
it
would
be
another
appendage
to
the
system
and
a
drain
on
the
exchequer,
analogous
to
the
Central
Vigilance
Commission.”
-­‐
J.
Venkatesan
Former
CBI
Director

52. Before
the
debate
begins….
•
It’s
NOT
about
Anna
Hazare
and
his
team
•
One
may
agree
or
disagree
with
their
methods/demands
•
It’s
NOT
about
civil
society
and
NGOs
figh+ng
for
corrup+on
•
There
could
be
vested
interest
•
It’s
NOT
for
those
who
have
‘sab
chalta
hai’
axtude
and
who’ve
accepted
corrup+on
as
almost
part
of
life
•
It’s
NOT
for
those
who
have
lost
all
the
hope
with
this
country
(Is
Desh
ka
kuch
nahi
ho
sakta?)
and
the
only
way
they
see
to
get
out
of
all
these
is
to
seCle
somewhere
else
•
It’s
for
those
who
have
been
vic+m
of
the
system,
frustrated
with
the
system
yet
hopeful
to
contribute
and
make
a
beCer
India
because
at
+mes
despite
of
all
the
problems
they
took
pride
in
calling
themselves
Indian……
the
baCle
is
yet
to
be
won
for
them
“Jinhe
Naaz
Hai
Hind
Par
Wo
Kahan
hain”

53. Acknowledgements
:
Most
of
contents
presented
are
taken
from
internet.
I
don’t
own
any
of
the
materials.
Credits
are
due
to
respec8ve
owners.
• Web:
Wikipedia,
Google,
Youtube,
Wordpress
• Newspapers:
The
Hindu,
Times
of
India,
Indian
Express,
DNA,
Faking
News
etc.
• Cartoonist:
Sandeep
Adhwaryu,
Sa+sh
Acharya,
Pawan
Kumar
etc.
• Websites
of
NGOs
like
India
Against
Corrup+on,
The
LoksaCa
etc.
• Govt.
of
India
websites